Arduino-esp32: BLEDevice: esp_bt_controller_init: rc=259 Invalid state

[SoyTecnopata]

Hardware:

Board: ESP-WROOM-32
Core Installation/update date: 14/Aug/2018 fff178304644a93f72e9c280b52a8c4d9a7ef828
IDE name: Arduino IDE 1.8.5
Flash Frequency: 80Mhz
Upload Speed: 115200?
ESP32_BLE_Arduino installation: 23/Jun/2018 7951347ed68313d75c367e1f2cce763cb56d1eb2

Description:

Using Example BLE_server
I can compile it and Upload it
When I open the serial port there is a problem initiating BLE device
I have tried with different previous commits of the ESP32_BLE library but none solved the problem

Sketch:

/*
    Based on Neil Kolban example for IDF: https://github.com/nkolban/esp32-snippets/blob/master/cpp_utils/tests/BLE%20Tests/SampleServer.cpp
    Ported to Arduino ESP32 by Evandro Copercini
*/

#include <BLEDevice.h>
#include <BLEUtils.h>
#include <BLEServer.h>

// See the following for generating UUIDs:
// https://www.uuidgenerator.net/

#define SERVICE_UUID        "4fafc201-1fb5-459e-8fcc-c5c9c331914b"
#define CHARACTERISTIC_UUID "beb5483e-36e1-4688-b7f5-ea07361b26a8"

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(115200);
  Serial.println("Starting BLE work!");

  BLEDevice::init("MyESP32");
  BLEServer *pServer = BLEDevice::createServer();
  BLEService *pService = pServer->createService(SERVICE_UUID);
  BLECharacteristic *pCharacteristic = pService->createCharacteristic(
                                         CHARACTERISTIC_UUID,
                                         BLECharacteristic::PROPERTY_READ |
                                         BLECharacteristic::PROPERTY_WRITE
                                       );

  pCharacteristic->setValue("Hello World says Neil");
  pService->start();
  BLEAdvertising *pAdvertising = pServer->getAdvertising();
  pAdvertising->start();
  Serial.println("Characteristic defined! Now you can read it in your phone!");
}

void loop() {
  // put your main code here, to run repeatedly:
  delay(2000);
}

Debug Messages:

rst:0x10 (RTCWDT_RTC_RESET),boot:0x13 (SPI_FAST_FLASH_BOOT)
configsip: 0, SPIWP:0xee
clk_drv:0x00,q_drv:0x00,d_drv:0x00,cs0_drv:0x00,hd_drv:0x00,wp_drv:0x00
mode:DIO, clock div:1
load:0x3fff0018,len:4
load:0x3fff001c,len:808
load:0x40078000,len:6084
load:0x40080000,len:6696
entry 0x400802e4
Starting BLE work!
**E (12) BLEDevice: esp_bt_controller_init: rc=259 Invalid state**

[lbernstone]

Where in the world did you get those UUID strings? They should just be the hexadecimal numbers. https://github.com/nkolban/ESP32_BLE_Arduino/blob/7951347ed68313d75c367e1f2cce763cb56d1eb2/examples/BLE_server/BLE_server.ino

[SoyTecnopata]

That was a mistake in my comment the links were supposed to be in the hardware version of the issue request
I used that example, from : File -> Examples -> Examples for ESP32 -> ESP32 BLE -> BLE_server
and didnt change a thing

[lbernstone]

Set your board to ESP32 Dev Module and then turn debugging to verbose. I haven't heard of other problems with this, so you may have a hardware problem.

[Bascy]

Same here.
It looks like BT_CONTROLLER_INIT_CONFIG_DEFAULT is not defined because it doesnt find the definition of CONFIG_BT_ENABLED.
There is a line in sdkconfig.h defining CONFIG_BT_ENABLED as 1.

I've tried this with an Arduino-esp32 library in Eclipse downloaded on May, 19th and ti works, but on the master HEAD it doesnt compile anymore

[rmhomecouk]

I want to confirm that I also have this issue while I was testing out BLE integration with the Blynk App. Reverting to an older arduino-esp32 also resolved the issue for me.

Referenced here (and the commit that I reverted to)
https://github.com/nkolban/esp32-snippets/issues/592

[SoyTecnopata]

I had it working before with older versions of core and ESP installations and the same hardware
When I pulled the last update it crashed and couldn't go back to the previous repos.

ets Jun  8 2016 00:22:57

rst:0x1 (POWERON_RESET),boot:0x13 (SPI_FAST_FLASH_BOOT)
flash read err, 1000
Falling back to built-in command interpreter.
OK
>ets Jun  8 2016 00:22:57

rst:0x10 (RTCWDT_RTC_RESET),boot:0x13 (SPI_FAST_FLASH_BOOT)
configsip: 0, SPIWP:0xee
clk_drv:0x00,q_drv:0x00,d_drv:0x00,cs0_drv:0x00,hd_drv:0x00,wp_drv:0x00
mode:DIO, clock div:1
load:0x3fff0018,len:4
load:0x3fff001c,len:808
load:0x40078000,len:6084
load:0x40080000,len:6696
entry 0x400802e4
Starting BLE work!
E (12) BLEDevice: esp_bt_controller_init: rc=259 Invalid state

[geoffreyottoy]

Same problem here. Working on previous versions, but also get the error:
BLEDevice: esp_bt_controller_init: rc=259 Invalid state

[SoyTecnopata]

I've been digging in my previous version and installations.
And I found a way to make it work for windows users:

In order to get rid of the E (12) BLEDevice: esp_bt_controller_init: rc=259 Invalid state message I uninstalled/deleted the arduino-esp32 folder from C:/Users/[YOUR_USER_NAME]/Documents/Arduino, where the documentation recommends to clone.

I also uninstalled Arduino and reinstalled older versions (tested on 1.6.13 and 1.8.0) but I don't think this is super necessary. Reboot the computer.

I followed the Steps to install Arduino ESP32 support on Windows but cloning in C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware. I did this with a Administrator mode terminal. Also ran as administrator the get.exe file.

In the Arduino 1.6.13 version I had to use the previous arduino-esp32 repo version.
With git checkout 30b3eeb

[Bascy]

I seem to have solved this by adding -DARDUINO_ARCH_ESP32 to the C++ compiler options

[rmhomecouk]

Shouldn't that option be already included as part of the compilation (at least if you're doing from the Arduino IDE)? Do you know what commit you are using as I can confirm an older commit works as does others?

[Bascy]

I'm using Eclipse IDE from SLoeber
Im at the lastest commit of BLE and of arduino-esp32

[seannaes]

不知道你们解决这个问题了吗？我也遇到同样的问题了，求助！

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