From 3ce6e020d7e37f9ce4fc21022a3ff55f37d88b64 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sandeep Mistry <s.mistry@arduino.cc>
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2017 11:38:50 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Set characteristic value internally if it not associated with
 a service yet

---
 libraries/CurieBLE/src/BLECharacteristic.cpp | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/libraries/CurieBLE/src/BLECharacteristic.cpp b/libraries/CurieBLE/src/BLECharacteristic.cpp
index 278eb1d4..1416cef3 100644
--- a/libraries/CurieBLE/src/BLECharacteristic.cpp
+++ b/libraries/CurieBLE/src/BLECharacteristic.cpp
@@ -283,6 +283,10 @@ bool BLECharacteristic::writeValue(const byte value[], int length, int offset)
                                                                    characteristicImp->valueLength());
             BLEDeviceManager::instance()->startAdvertising();
         }
+    } else {
+        // not associated with a service yet
+        _setValue(value, length);
+        retVar = true;
     }
     return retVar;
 }