Hi Mike. Thanks for your reply ! I have a problem with first point of your reply.Firstly,to view the output, when i plug span usb in my debian machine , its is not detected .I do not know why !!
Regards Farrukh Munir On 5 July 2012 10:09, mike healy <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Most of your questions are answered in the TinyOS tutorials, primarily > lesson 3 and 4: http://docs.tinyos.net/tinywiki/index.php/TinyOS_Tutorials > > 1. View the output of dmesg or read /var/log/messages directly after > plugging in the Span. Two FTDI serial ports should be detected (e.g. > /dev/ttyUSB0 and /dev/ttyUSB1). The first port is used to program the Span, > the second to communicate with it over a serial line. The standard TinyOS > "motelist" command won't find a Span (or any of the shimmer docks), but it > is very easily modified to do so. > > 2. Yes, except with TelosB motes you only get one serial port on the PC > which is used for programming and communication, on a Span you have two as > already described. > > 3. As long as you keep the fact about the 2 different serial ports in mind > then you can follow the TinyOS tutorials and use the standard apps such as > BaseStation, BlinkToRadio, etc. > > 4. The shimmer has two radios, 802.15.4 and a Bluetooth. A span can > communicate with a Shimmer configured to use the 802.15.4 radio, but not if > configured to use the Bluetooth radio. There are 16 separate 802.15.4 > channels. Unless you go manually changing the one used it should default to > the same on both the Shimmer and the Span (probably channel 26). > > Mike > > > On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 1:53 AM, farrukh munir <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi to all !! >> I want to discuss few questions about SPAN module that comes with shimmer >> motes with all of you , >> 1-How to configure and detect SPAN module in debian? >> 2-Is it the same way like to display data using Telosb motes (like one at >> sending other is receiving) in TinyOs? >> 3-Is any one have any manual/guidelines about SPAN motes configuration >> and how to program it ? Please send me . >> 4-When configuring with the shimmer mote which is acting as edge mote in >> sensor network, Is the wireless channel be same? >> >> >> Hoping for the reply !!! >> >> >> Cheers >> Farrukh Munir >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Shimmer-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.eecs.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/shimmer-users >> >> >
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