User Manual
Table Of Contents
- RK-5409-5 Reference Kit for 916 MHz MeshScape™ Systems
- Contents
- About This Guide
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Installing the MeshScape System
- 3: Running MeshScape Network Monitor
- MeshScape Network Monitor Overview
- Configuring a Node’s Operation
- Configuring Sample Interval of Single Node
- Configuring Sample Interval of all Network Nodes
- Configuring Digital I/O Operation
- Configuring UART Operation
- Configuring AD (analog-to-digital) Converter Operation
- Configuring RS-232 Operation (MN-5409 only)
- Configuring RS-485 Operation (MN-5409 only)
- Using Watch Function to Display Configuration Information
- Labeling an End Node or Mesh Node
- Configuring Persistence Attributes
- Selecting a Com Port on the Host PC
- Configuring Serial and ADC Data Formats
- Turning Event Tracking On/Off
- Broadcasting Data to All Nodes.
- Creating an Event Log File
- Viewing the Contents of an Event Log File
- Viewing MeshScape Statistics
- 4: Using the MeshScape API
- A: Sample Application
- B: Performing Firmware Upgrades and Configuring Device IDs
- Glossary
- Index
1-6 Millennial Net
Introduction
MeshScape System Overview
In order to realize benefits wireless sensor networking promises, the technology must be able to
address several critical requirements: reliability of data transmission, responsiveness to adapt to
dynamic environments, power efficiency, and scalability. The MeshScape™ wireless sensor
networking system from Millennial Net delivers on all of these requirements. The MeshScape
ready-to-embed hardware modules and assemblies support fast and cost-effective application
development.
Core Elements of MeshScape System
The core elements of the MeshScape wireless sensor networking system are depicted in
Figure 1-4 below.
Figure 1-4. MeshScape system core elements
MeshScape Networking Software
The ultra-efficient, highly scalable, self-organizing networking software is based on Persistent
Dynamic Routing™ techniques. The networking software is delivered on the hardware modules
described in this section. For volume applications, the MeshScape system software can also be
licensed and integrated directly onto your sensor assembly.
Millennial Net has developed and optimized its protocol to address the unique characteristics
and challenges associated with wireless sensor networking. The end result is a networking
system and associated protocol that is highly scalable, ultra-efficient, and extremely responsive
and resilient in dynamic environments. The MeshScape protocol for wireless sensor networks
provides the industry's longest battery life at sensor nodes while delivering data over
fault-tolerant links with end-to-end redundancy. The Millennial Net protocol is based on a set of
Data Models
Collect Broadcast Dialog
Event
Driven
Periodic
Sampling
Store &
Forward
Burst Stream Polling
On
Demand
Network Monitor
Application APIs
MeshScape Networking Software
w/ Persistent Dynamic Routing™
Hardware
ISM Bands
916 MHz. 2.4 Ghz
Modules
End Nodes
Mesh
Nodes
Gateways