Unable to connect to multiple devices

Hi,

I have 5 devices and most of the time it will only connect to 1 or 2 devices. Sometimes 3, but rarely more. I’m running ubuntu 14.04 TLS.

Here is my code if it can help:

var noble = require('noble');
var os = require('os');

noble.on('stateChange', function(state) {
    console.log(state);
    if (state === 'poweredOn') {
        noble.startScanning();
    } else {
    }
});

noble.on('scanStart', function() {
    console.log('scanStart');
});

noble.on('scanStop', function() {
    console.log('scanStop');
});

noble.on('discover', function(peripheral) {

    var localName = peripheral.advertisement.localName;
    console.log("discover ", localName);

    if(localName !== undefined && localName !== "" && localName.substring(0, "MY".length) === "MY") {
        console.log("Connecting ", localName);

        peripheral.on('connect', function() {
            console.log(localName, 'connected');
        });

        peripheral.on('disconnect', function() {
            console.log(localName, 'disconnected');
        });

        peripheral.connect(function(error) {
            if(error) {
                console.log(error);
                return;
            }
            console.log(localName, 'connected!'); 
        return;
        });
    }

});

When all 5 devices are power on, it will connect to maximum 3, I haven’t seen it connect to all 5. When all devices are off, the I switch one on, it will connect to it. But then when I turn on all the other 4 devices, it will never discover any of them. Thus not making an attempt to connect.

Also, would it work with bluez 5.xx?

[sandeepmistry]

@pdaddy26 try adding a noble.startScanning(); inside the `peripheral.connect(function(error) {`` callback.

This might be related to https://github.com/sandeepmistry/node-sensortag/issues/37.

[sandeepmistry]

@pdaddy26 thanks, unfortunately it looks the same to me.