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In this part, you will run your motes and manager as a completely standalone network. That is, you will neither connect your network to the cloud, nor connect your motes to other managers.
You will interact with both your manager and one of your motes over their "Command Line Interface" (CLI) by connecting them to your computer with a USB cable.
Depending on the model of mote you have, you might need to close the LED_EN jumper, or press and hold the status button. |
Switch on your manager. What LED is ON?
Switch on your mote. What sequence of LED patterns do you see?
What exactly is happening when the nodes are joining the network? |
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Why 4 serial ports, and which one do I use? |
You just connected to the "Command Line Interface" (CLI) of the manager! You can now type commands and read responses. |
Type the following to log into the manager as a user:
login user |
Type the following command (sm
stands for "show motes"):
sm |
What is the list of motes in your network?
Type the following command:
show stat |
What is the reliability of your network?
What is the stability of your network?
What is the average latency of your network?
Definition of reliability, stability, latency. |
Type the following command:
ping 2 |
How long did mote 2 take to respond? This is called the "Round Trip Time" (RTT) of your network.
Type the following command (minfo
stands for "mote information"):
minfo |
What is the netid of your manager?
What is the netid, and what is it used for? |