VMgr_OTAPCommunicator
- Alain Levesque
- Dave Bacher [analog]
- Jonathan Simon
This application was added in REL-1.1.0.
Introduction
This script is a reference utility to update the firmware on SmartMesh IP motes motes in a network using the built-in Over The Air Program (OTAP) feature.
The script connects to a Manager using the Python library and does the following:
- Connects to a VManager
- Gets the list of operational motes in the network
- Performs the OTAP function
It connects to:
- The SmartMesh IP VManager
Running
You can run the VMgr_OTAPCommunicator.py application:
- By double-clicking on its source files at
/vmanager_apps/VMgr_OTAPCommunicator.py - By launching it in a console window (to override default options)
VMgr_OTAPCommunicator.py takes the following options:
VMgr_OTAPCommunicator.py [--verbose] [--host] [-m|--mote] [--delay] [--nostart]
where
--verbose: Prints verbose messages to the screen
--host: enter the IP address of the VManager instance
--mote: List of mote(s) (separated by spaces) to be OTAPed
--delay: interpacket delay. The default is 1 second
--nostart: Don't start running the OTAP process automatically, i.e use interactive mode
> python VMgr_OTAPCommunicator.py --verbose mote_ip_1_3_3_1_oski.otap2 Welcome to the OTAP communicator console Loading mote_ip_1_4_0_79_oski.otap2 Starting OTAP for mote_ip_1_4_0_79_oski.otap2 Starting handshake with 1 motes [OTAPCommunicator:INFO] Starting handshake with 1 motes [ReliableCmd:INFO] ORC sending cmd 22 to 00-17-0D-00-00-60-08-DC [ReliableCmd:INFO] ORC (re)sending cmd to 00-17-0D-00-00-60-08-DC, attempt 0 [ReliableCmd:INFO] ORC received cmd 22 from 00-17-0D-00-00-60-08-DC [OTAPCommunicator:INFO] Got Handshake response from 00-17-0D-00-00-60-08-DC Handshake completed, 1 motes accepted [OTAPCommunicator:INFO] Handshake completed, 1 motes accepted Starting data transmission of 2313 blocks, 1 motes left [OTAPCommunicator:INFO] Starting data transmission of 2313 blocks, 1 motes left [OTAPCommunicator:INFO] Sending block 0 to 00-17-0D-00-00-60-08-DC [OTAPCommunicator:INFO] Sending block 1 to 00-17-0D-00-00-60-08-DC [OTAPCommunicator:INFO] Sending block 2 to 00-17-0D-00-00-60-08-DC [OTAPCommunicator:INFO] Sending block 3 to 00-17-0D-00-00-60-08-DC [OTAPCommunicator:INFO] Sending block 4 to 00-17-0D-00-00-60-08-DC [OTAPCommunicator:INFO] Sending block 5 to 00-17-0D-00-00-60-08-DC [OTAPCommunicator:INFO] Sending block 6 to 00-17-0D-00-00-60-08-DC [OTAPCommunicator:INFO] Sending block 7 to 00-17-0D-00-00-60-08-DC [OTAPCommunicator:INFO] Sending block 8 to 00-17-0D-00-00-60-08-DC . . .