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  • Connect a USB cable between your computer and your manager. Open your Device Manager (if you're on Windows) and write down the serial ports that have appeared.

  • Connect a second USB cable to your mote.

  • You should be able to write down the serial port numbers in the table below


manager

mote

first serial port



second serial port



third serial port



fourth serial port



Answer 1

Tip

Crash Course: Why 4 serial ports, and which one do I use?

You will be connecting to the third and fourth serial port:

  • the third is the “Command Line Interface” (CLI) of your device, you will connect to it using a serial terminal and type command “by hand”

  • the fourth is the “Application Programming Interface” (API) of your device, you will connect to it in future lab using Python programs

Software Version on your Manager

  • Open a serial terminal, connected to the CLI port of your SmartMesh IP manager (the third one). Use a Serial Terminal such as TeraTerm or Putty. Make sure you use serial type communication, and, once connected, make sure you see carets “>” when typing Enter

  • type in the following commands:

    Code Block
    login user
    show ver

  • What is the version of the firmware running on your SmartMesh IP manager?

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