readme-nwprog

tinyos-2.x.rar

 @title Meraki Documentation
 @author Stephen Dawson-Haggerty [e-mail]
 @release public
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What is it?
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nwprog is a method of over-the-air programming.  It uses much of the
machinery Deluge has developed, like the boot loader and flash layout,
but substitutes a simpler transport using UDP for Deluge's
dissemination algorithm.  This means that it is point-to-point, and
not incredibly appropriate for reprogramming an entire network all at
once.

How do I get it?
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It is included with the b6lowpan stack.  It reuses much of the Deluge
code directly from the TinyOS tree without shadowing the files.

Differences from Deluge?
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 - no dissemination 
 - no base station or serial port for injection

 The application is very simple: flash is formatted into several
volumes (a golden image and three application volumes), which are used
to store application images.  Flash management, boot loading, and
image formatting are all provided by Deluge.

How to use it?
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Build your application with support by include a line in your
application Makefile, and include the IPDispatchC component.
== application makefile ==
BOOTLOADER=tosboot
== </snip> == 
Also, it is necessary to include a volumes xml file for your flash
chip; examples for the stm25p and at45db are present in apps/UDPEcho.

First built the tosboot bootloader for your platform by going to
tinyos-2.x/tos/lib/tosboot and typing `make <platform>`.

Then just build and install your application like usual.  If
networking is working, you should have no problem following the rest
of the instructions.

Interactions with the motes happen using the 'nwprog' tool in a shell.
Connect the shell with `nc6 -u 2001:470:1f04:56d::65 2000`.
It has three commands:
 `nwprog list`: examine the flash and print out information on volumes
        containing images believed to be valid
 `nwprog reboot`: reboot into the same image
 `nwprog boot N`: reboot, and flash the mote with the binary stored in
        volume N

In order to upload new images, use the tos-nwprog tool, located in
$LOWPAN_ROOT/tools/tinyos/misc.  This tool provides minimal
functionality; only erasing and uploading are supported.

 `./tos-nwprog 2001:470:1f04:56d::65 -e 0`: erase image 0 from the
        mote at the given IP address.
 `./tos-nwprog 2001:470:1f04:56d::65 -u 0 tos_image.xml`: upload the
        image in tos_image.xml to volume 0 on the mote at the IP
        address.  This will erase the volume before uploading it.

To integrate with your own application, there are several internal
interfaces which can be used to examine the flash.  Looking at the
example code in UDPShellP component is the best way of finding out
about these.