User's Manual

1: Install MoteView on your PC
Before you can use MoteView you have to install it on a PC. The
requirements necessary to properly install MoteView are
provided below:
• A PC with Windows XP Home/Professional or Windows
2000 with SP4
• An NTFS file system
• Screen resolution must be at least 800 X 600 or the
interface will require scrollbars
• Administrative privileges to write to Windows registry
NOTE: Prior to installing MoteView, it is highly
recommended that you shut down all the programs
running on your computer.
Follow these installation steps:
1.1. Insert the WSN Kit CD into the computer’s CD-ROM
drive.
1.2. Double-click on MoteView<version>_Setup.exe from
“Mote View” folder.
1.3. Select the desired installation directory (the default
installation directory is
C:\Program Files\Crossbow\MoteView)
1.4. Check all the available installation tasks.
1.5. InstallShield Wizard will guide you through the rest of
the process and install the following:
• MoteView application
• PostgreSQL 8.0 database service
• PostgreSQL ODBC driver
• Microsoft .NET framework
2: Install the USB drivers for BU Series
Base Station/Gateway
When you plug the BU Series Base Station/Gateway into your
PC for the first time, Windows detects and reports it as new
hardware. Follow these installation steps.
2.1. Connect one end of the USB extension cable to an
available USB port on your PC. Connect the other to
the BU Series Base Station’s USB connector. In a few
moments your PC will identify the MIB520 as a new
hardware.
2.2. When the PC directs you to search for a suitable
driver select “Install from a list or specific location
(Advanced).”
2.3. Browse to “MIB520 USB Drivers” folder of the
WSN Kit CDROM.
2.4. Follow the FTDI InstallShield Wizard through the rest of
the installation process. When the drivers are installed,
you will see two virtual COM ports associated with the
BU Series Base Station/Gateway. Before communicating
with Motes using the USB gateway, you need to see
which ports were assigned to it. To find out do the
following:
2.5. Click on Start > Control Panel > System > Hardware
>Device Manager > Ports (COM & LPT).
2.6. Make a note of the assigned COM port numbers for
USB Serial Port.
NOTE: The two virtual serial ports for BU Series Base
Station/Gateway are com<x> and com<x+1>com<x> is
for Node programming, and com<x+1> is for Node
communication.
3: Set-up SN Series Sensor Nodes
All Sensor Nodes in your Kit are labeled with Unique Node ID
3.1. Insert batteries into the battery holder compartment of
the Sensor Nodes and turn the power switch to ON
position.
3.2. Spread the nodes around on your desk top or in the
office area.
3.3. Make sure that the sensor nodes are resting on their
bases with antenna pointing vertically upwards.
4: Start MoteView and log sensor data from
the network
All the visualization tools in MoteView require being
connected to a database. The database is in your PC
(“localhost”), but can also be a remote PC/server.
Instructions for logging and viewing data locally are
described below:
4.1. Start MoteView by double-clicking the icon on the
desktop.
4.2. Open the Data Logger dialog window from File >
Connect > Connect to MIB510/MIB520/MIB600.
4.3. Change the COM port to the higher of the two com
numbers assigned to the BU Series Gateway during the
driver installation. For example if the COM ports for the
USB Serial Port are 8 and 9, then enter in 9 for COM.
Select the “57600” for the Baud rate from drop-down
box.
4.4. For XMesh Application, select “XMTS400” from the
pull-down menu.
4.5. Click on the Start button.
Soon after that it should display incoming data. Click on
the MoteView window to view data, time plots of sensor
values, and topology of the sensor network. Refer to the
MoteView User’s manual for further details.
This guide will step you through the process of setting up a
simple wireless sensor network demonstration. The four
main steps are to
1. Install MoteView on your Windows PC
2. Install the USB drivers for BU Series Base
Station/Gateway.
3. Set up SN Series Sensor Nodes
4. Start MoteView and log sensor data from the wireless
network
IMPORTANT: This section is intended for the Standard
Mote kit users only. If you did not purchase the complete
pre-programmed kit, but only stand-alone boards, then
refer to MoteView User’s manual.