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Step 2Program the TelosB board
This step can be done at any time, you just need access to the USB port on the TelosB board. However, it's easiest to do it before the board has wires, cables and antennas sticking out of it.
The TelosB board is programmed with software that "bridges" wireless data to a serial connection. This software is called TOSBase. We use it pretty much unmodified, except it is possible to get in there and turn off the blinking light to save power.
http://www.tinyos.net/tinyos-1.x/apps/TOSBase/
The Tinyos.net site can step you through the basics of compiling and loading software onto the TelosB.
Compile and load TOSBase at 57600 bps (the default communication speed). The TOSBase program listens for data from all other nodes in the vicinity, then sends it to the computer via USB. That is what normally happens. This data starts out on a serial line (the TX line) at the TelosB's processor, and that is where we will grab it to send to the datalogger.
The TelosB board is programmed with software that "bridges" wireless data to a serial connection. This software is called TOSBase. We use it pretty much unmodified, except it is possible to get in there and turn off the blinking light to save power.
http://www.tinyos.net/tinyos-1.x/apps/TOSBase/
The Tinyos.net site can step you through the basics of compiling and loading software onto the TelosB.
Compile and load TOSBase at 57600 bps (the default communication speed). The TOSBase program listens for data from all other nodes in the vicinity, then sends it to the computer via USB. That is what normally happens. This data starts out on a serial line (the TX line) at the TelosB's processor, and that is where we will grab it to send to the datalogger.
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