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Expected completion time of this lab: TODO min.

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See the temperature data published by the motes

  • Connect you SmartMesh IP manager to your computer.

  • Turn your SmartMesh IP manager on.

  • Turn on all your motes, and what for them to join your manager.

  • In the TempMonitor application, select “network type: SmartMesh IP” and click “load”

  • In the “manager connection” frame, in the “port name” field, enter the API port of your SmartMesh IP manager. A table appears which lists the motes in your network

  • what are the temperatures of your motes?

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  • Compare that to other groups

  • Place a mote on a hot/cool area and make sure the reported temperature changes

Get the publish rate

  • get the current publish rate of a mote by pressing the "get" button. What is the default value?

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  • Verify that value with your stopwatch

Set the publish rate

  • using the "set" button, configure the mote to publish a temperature reading every 5 s.
  • After a couple of minutes, make sure this more publishd more data than the others motes in the network

 

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At the end of this lab, revert all motes to publishing at their default rate.

Toggle the blue LED of your motes

  • using the "toggle led" button, make sure you can toggle the status LED on all motes

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  • create the following Node-RED flow:
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  • what is the use of the "http response" node?

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Answer 1:

  • what is the temperature reported by each of your sensors?

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Answer 2:

  • how often is each of the sensors publishing temperature data?

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Answer 3: