Could you please answer some newbie questions
1. It is my understanding that paring is a process in which 2 devices communicate over a connection that is established after a passkey has been exchanged. Bonding is a process where the passkey is saved so next time devices connect they don't have to exchange the passkey and the connection is established quicker.
Here is where I have a disconnect: The GAP settings tab of the BLE component has options to disable pairing/bonding and yet it's possible to establish communication with various services that a device has and read and write data to/from various characteristics.
So am I correct in assuming that pairing and bonding are only for security purposes?
What about advertising (i.e beacon functionality) ?
How does pairing/bonding affect advertising?
Related questions
1. How many unpaired/unbonded connections can a client ( i.e iOS and Android ) can have?
2. How many paired and bonded connections?
3. Same question regarding the BLE component itself
Thank you
Andy