BLE 31 byte payload, extract and publish

Connectivity BLE // NFC
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Goodday. Im trying to extract the 31 byte payload from i-beacons and particle.publish them. Using a central example I manage to only publish the “scanResults[i].advertisingData.deviceName();” correctly.

In Segger with the Nordic libs I use the following snipit to get the 31 byte payload

  memmove(RX_Data, p_gap_evt->params.adv_report.data.p_data, p_gap_evt->params.adv_report.data.len);

 //use this to check and print all
            /*   NRF_LOG_RAW_INFO("%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x", RX_Data[0], RX_Data[1], RX_Data[2], RX_Data[3], RX_Data[4], RX_Data[5]);
                  NRF_LOG_RAW_INFO("%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x", RX_Data[6], RX_Data[7], RX_Data[8], RX_Data[9], RX_Data[10], RX_Data[11]);
                   NRF_LOG_RAW_INFO("%02X%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x", RX_Data[12], RX_Data[13], RX_Data[14], RX_Data[15], RX_Data[16], RX_Data[17]);
                    NRF_LOG_RAW_INFO("%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x", RX_Data[18], RX_Data[19], RX_Data[20], RX_Data[21], RX_Data[22], RX_Data[23]);
                     NRF_LOG_RAW_INFO("%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x", RX_Data[24], RX_Data[25], RX_Data[25], RX_Data[26], RX_Data[27], RX_Data[28]);
                      NRF_LOG_RAW_INFO("%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x\r\n", RX_Data[29], RX_Data[30], RX_Data[31], RX_Data[32], RX_Data[33], RX_Data[34]);
                     */

Im having trouble figuring out how to extract it from the code below. I presume the payload is the buf string. I would then like to particle.publish the entire string or sections of it. Any guidance would be appreciated.

#include "Particle.h"

// This example does not require the cloud so you can run it in manual mode or
// normal cloud-connected mode
//SYSTEM_MODE(MANUAL);

const size_t SCAN_RESULT_MAX = 30;

BleScanResult scanResults[SCAN_RESULT_MAX];

uint8_t buf[BLE_MAX_ADV_DATA_LEN]; // buffer that hold the 30 characters
const char *EVENT_NAME = "test";
void subscriptionHandler(const char *event, const char *data);

void setup()
{
    //selectExternalMeshAntenna(); // set the external antenna
    Serial.begin();
    while (!Serial.available()) delay(10);
}


void loop()
{

     
    // Only scan for 500 milliseconds
    BLE.setScanTimeout(50);
    int count = BLE.scan(scanResults, SCAN_RESULT_MAX);

    for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
    {
        
        size_t len;

        len = scanResults[i].advertisingData.get(BleAdvertisingDataType::MANUFACTURER_SPECIFIC_DATA, buf, BLE_MAX_ADV_DATA_LEN);
        // We have manufacturer-specific advertising data (0xff) and it's 7 bytes (without the AD type)

        // Byte: BLE_SIG_AD_TYPE_MANUFACTURER_SPECIFIC_DATA 
        // 16-bit: Company ID
        // Byte: Internal packet identifier

        Serial.printf("\nindex: %2i RSSI: %d len: %i MANUF: %02X:%02X  %02X:%02X  MAC: %02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X ",
                               i,scanResults[i].rssi,len,buf[1], buf[0], buf[2], buf[3],        
        scanResults[i].address[0], scanResults[i].address[1], scanResults[i].address[2],
        scanResults[i].address[3], scanResults[i].address[4], scanResults[i].address[5]);
        
        String name = scanResults[i].advertisingData.deviceName();

  
    
        if (name.length() > 0)
             {Serial.printlnf("Name: %s", name.c_str());
             
             Particle.publish(EVENT_NAME, name , PRIVATE);
            
             }
        else {Serial.println();}

          /*   Serial.printf("%02X%02X%02X%02X%02X%02X%02X%02X%02X%02X%02X%02X%02X%02X%02X%02X%02X%02X%02X%02X%02X%02X%02X%02X%02X%02X%02X%02X%02X%02X ",
      scanResults[i].address[0],scanResults[i].address[1],scanResults[i].address[2],scanResults[i].address[3],scanResults[i].address[4],scanResults[i].address[5],
      scanResults[i].address[6],scanResults[i].address[7],scanResults[i].address[8],scanResults[i].address[9],scanResults[i].address[10],scanResults[i].address[11],
      scanResults[i].address[12],scanResults[i].address[13],scanResults[i].address[14],scanResults[i].address[15],scanResults[i].address[16],scanResults[i].address[17],
      scanResults[i].address[18],scanResults[i].address[19],scanResults[i].address[20],scanResults[i].address[21],scanResults[i].address[22],scanResults[i].address[23],
      scanResults[i].address[24],scanResults[i].address[25],scanResults[i].address[26],scanResults[i].address[27],scanResults[i].address[29],scanResults[i].address[29],
      scanResults[i].address[30]);*/


     
        
    }

     
    delay(1000);
}
//applies to BT as well as mesh
void selectExternalMeshAntenna()
{
#if   (PLATFORM_ID == PLATFORM_ARGON)
	digitalWrite(ANTSW1, 1);
	digitalWrite(ANTSW2, 0);
#elif (PLATFORM_ID == PLATFORM_BORON)
	digitalWrite(ANTSW1, 0);
#elif (PLATFORM_ID == PLATFORM_XENON)
	digitalWrite(ANTSW1, 0);
	digitalWrite(ANTSW2, 1);
#endif
}

void subscriptionHandler(const char *event, const char *data) 
{
	Log.info("received %s", data);
}
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Not to worry I came right

using the below

#include "Particle.h"

#define SCAN_RESULT_COUNT       30
#define BLE_ADV_DATA_MAX        31

//SYSTEM_MODE(MANUAL);

SerialLogHandler log(115200, LOG_LEVEL_ALL);

BleScanResult results[SCAN_RESULT_COUNT];


void setup() {

}

void loop() {
    int count = BLE.scan(results, SCAN_RESULT_COUNT); // scan how many beacons are around

    if (count > 0) {
        uint8_t buf[BLE_MAX_ADV_DATA_LEN];
        size_t len;

        Serial.printf("%d devices are found:", count);// how many beacons were found
        for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
            BleAddress address = results[i].address;  // mac address
            Serial.printf("MAC: %s\r\n", address.toString().c_str());


            len = results[i].advertisingData(buf, sizeof(buf));
            if (len > 0) {
                Serial.printf("Advertising data length: %02d\r\n", results[i].advertisingData.length());
                for (size_t j = 0; j < len; j++) {
                    Serial.printf("%02x,", buf[j]);
                }
                 String name = results[i].advertisingData.deviceName(); // check if the results have an name
                if (name.length() > 0) {Serial.printlnf("Name: %s", name.c_str());}
                
                Serial.println("\r\n");
               
            }

            len = results[i].scanResponse(buf, sizeof(buf));
            if (len > 0) {
                Serial.printf("Scan response data length: %02d\r\n", results[i].scanResponse.length());
                for (size_t j = 0; j < len; j++) {
                    Serial.printf("%02x,", buf[j]);
                }
                Serial.println("\r\n");
            }
        }
    }

    delay(5000);
}
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