Homework #4. Wireless Sensor Network Programming

The crossbow mote (EAS 172) reservation web page for 11/11-24/2003 is here.
Dilhose and Ardor reservation web page for 11/11-24/2003.

The crossbow mote (EAS 172) reservation web page for 12/1-12/2003 is here.
Dilhose, Dilbert, Ardor reservation web page for 12/1-12/2003.

Since we are using the new MIB510 and USB serial interface, please check with http://cs.uccs.edu/~cs526/mote/mib510.htm and use MIB510=/dev/ttyS3 before make mica2(dot) reinstall command.

• First reserve the time slot for mote exercises in EAS172.
• Check out the mote kit from Ganesh, Yu, or me.
• Login Toshiba P25 laptop in EAS 172 with "Edward Chow" and our normal cs526 password.
• Click on cygwin icon. Type "ls". You should see a directory with your CS login name already created for you. You should carry out the exercises in that directory. Ask for permission if you need to create additonal files outside of that directory.
• cd <yourCSLogin>.
• Follow the instruction in the http://cs.uccs.edu/~cs526/mote/moteSetup.htm for exercise 1 (a and b) and Tinyos tutorial lessons 1-8 in http://cs.uccs.edu/~cs526/mote/tinyos/tutorial/.
• Exercises 1a, 1b, and exercise in lessson 2 (add sound effect) is mandatory.
• Make sure you learn how to use TOSSIM and add debuging code and turn on the debug flag by using "export DBG=" command.
• Copy your nesc programs to your CS Unix account and create a hw4 web page with links to those programs. http://cs.uccs.edu/~<yourlogin>/cs526/hw4.htm.
• Email me the url of the hw4 web page
• Note that you can also reserve timeslots on dilhose and ardor for studying the tinyos, compile your code, and test the applications with the simulator and Tinyosviz. There is a directory with your login name already created for you. Please work inside this designated directory.