aioble peripheral connection attempt returning OSError -530 (BLE_HS_EROLE)?

[OEngineer]

I am trying to write a simple aioble program (on an ESP32-S3) that sends some touch sensor data via a characteristic.
However, I get an OSError: -530 when I try to run it:

MPY: soft reboot
waiting for connection
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 4, in <module>
  File "asyncio/core.py", line 1, in run
  File "asyncio/core.py", line 1, in run_until_complete
  File "asyncio/core.py", line 1, in run_until_complete
  File "ble.py", line 48, in peripheral_task
  File "aioble/peripheral.py", line 159, in advertise
OSError: -530

Looking at the source code, this would appear to be BLE_HS_EROLE from ble_gap_encryption_initiate():

    if (!(conn_flags & BLE_HS_CONN_F_MASTER)) {
        return BLE_HS_EROLE;
    }

My code is simple:

# Configure the esp32 micropython BLE stack
# Uses aioble library from micropython-lib
# GATT server, peripheral role
from micropython import const
import asyncio
import aioble.peripheral
import aioble.server
import aioble.security
import struct

import touch_sensor
from uuids import ADV_INTERVAL_MS, TOUCH_SERVICE_UUID, TOUCH_CHARACTERISTIC_UUID

REFRESH_INTERVAL_MS = 100

# register service and characteristic
touch_service = aioble.Service(TOUCH_SERVICE_UUID)
touch_characteristic = aioble.Characteristic(
    touch_service, TOUCH_CHARACTERISTIC_UUID, read=True, notify=True
)
aioble.register_services(touch_service)

sensor = touch_sensor.MultiTouchSensor()


# touch task: notify touch values to connected device
async def _touch_task(connection):
    while True:
        try:
            with connection.timeout(None):
                while True:
                    values = await sensor.read_async()
                    touch_characteristic.write(
                        struct.pack("<9L", *values), send_update=True
                    )
                    await asyncio.sleep_ms(REFRESH_INTERVAL_MS)
        except aioble.DeviceDisconnectedError:
            return


# Serially wait for connections. Don't advertise while connected.
async def peripheral_task():
    while True:
        print("waiting for connection")
        async with await aioble.advertise(
            ADV_INTERVAL_MS,
            name="touch_sensor",
            services=[TOUCH_SERVICE_UUID],
        ) as connection:
            print(f"connection from {connection.device}")
            await _touch_task(connection)

What am I doing wrong here? This is my first aioble attempt.
Thanks in advance!

[andrewleech]

Are you only seeing this error after a soft-reset, or does it also occur after a power cycle?

Could you also please share the content of the attributes imported from uuids ?

What version micropython are you running? Is it an official downloaded build or one locally compiled?

[OEngineer]

I see this both after a power cycle and after a soft-reset.

Here's uuids.py:

# this module defines the UUIDs for the BLE service and characteristics
from bluetooth import UUID

# service UUID
TOUCH_SERVICE_UUID = UUID("851FAB9A-7E53-402A-9AE1-C74DBCA4A1BD")

# characteristic UUIDs
TOUCH_CHARACTERISTIC_UUID = UUID("8EE902D1-8A51-48D2-AEB8-5C59E2F0C7B7")

# advertising interval in milliseconds
ADV_INTERVAL_MS = 10_000

The Micropython build is:

MicroPython v1.22.0-preview.63.g2fda94c28 on 2023-10-29; TinyS3 with ESP32-S3-FN8

which I locally compiled after doing a git pull and updating the submodules.

[OEngineer]

I also installed aioble using mip.

[andrewleech]

Is it possible for you to try running generic s3 micropython firmware from the official download page? It would be good to check if it works there or not.

[OEngineer]

Sure, can do.
By "generic" do you mean not the UM_TINYS3 version?

[OEngineer]

OK, used this version:

MicroPython v1.22.0-preview.81.ga614c1d50 on 2023-10-31; Generic ESP32S3 module with Octal-SPIRAM with ESP32S3

with the same results.

I also tried using aioble Python sources from a fresh micropython-lib with no differences (of course, but I figured I'd check).

[Walkline80]

I got this OSError -530 today while connecting to a peripheral device, I'm using a ESP32 board with ESP32_GENERIC firmware, after comparing with ble_simple_central, it was found that the difference is, in my code I used ble.config(addr_mode=2) to setup BLE's address mode to RPA - Use resolvable private addresses., everything works fine after commenting it out. But the same code worked fine on another ESP32C3 board.