User's Manual

MicroStrain, Inc.
is designed for use with the 2.4 GHz V-Link®, SG-Link®, SG-Link® OEM , G-Link®,
USB Base Station, Serial Base Station and Analog Base Station. The SDK provides a
complete Data Communications Protocol manual as well as code samples for C++, VB
and LabVIEW.
The SDK is designed to provide the application builder with all the necessary protocol
commands and responses to build robust wireless sensor applications for the Agile-
Link™ wireless sensor network.
The Data Communications Protocol manual details these commands:
• Ping base station
• Read base station EEPROM
• Write base station EEPROM
• Short ping
• Read node EEPROM
• Write node EEPROM
• Download page
• Erase session data
• Trigger datalogging session
• Initiate real-time streaming
• Initiate sleep mode
• Read single sensor
• Auto-balance channel
• Long ping
• Initiate low duty cycle
• Initiate high-speed streaming
• Stop node
• …and more
Sample applications demonstrating most protocol commands are provided with fully-
commented source code and a compiled executable for Microsoft® Visual Studio C++
.Net 7.1, Microsoft® VB 6.0, Microsoft® VB.NET 2003, Microsoft® VB.NET 2005 and
LabVIEW® 7.1. The source code contains only objects native to the particular IDE with
no third party controls added. The SDK is shipped on the CD with one license for use.
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