MoteView User`s Manual
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1. Information and Images source MoteView Users Manual settings Tab e General settings e Server heartbeat toolbar style and playback settings e Node option e Health status and the properties of a selected node Information and Images source MoteView Users Manual Tools Tab e Refresh view option e Force a visual refresh of all visualization in software e Add node option e Program Mote option e Alerts option e Alert conditions oe Te DEN ON DEMO Node ight Add Alert Item Delete Alert Item Information and Images source MoteView J Users Manual MDA support via tool tab e Calibration parameters e Convert from raw voltage into engineering units e Define custom external sensors conversions and associate them with channels on a data acquisition board Information and Images source MoteView Users Manual MDA Configuration max am mpa 100 k AADA 300 H MADA 320 H MDA 325 AADA 500 Reset database option via tool tab e Deletes all of the data from the local database e reinitializes it e not supported for remote databases Information and Images source MoteView Users Manual Units Tab e User can select preferred engineering units for a given class of sensor e Sensors will convert to the units specified by the user Information and Images sour2. S Data lab e he data tab displays sensor readings that are received from the nodes in the connected network e here are columns that display information including nodelD server timestamp and sensor values from the sensor board firmware packet Source MoteView User Manual MoteView 2 0 Woe File Settings Tools Units Help E loom 661 Data Command Charts Heath Histogram Scatterplot Topology lt 11 14 2005 1 05 06 PM BACA n 11 18 2005 6 12 32 AM Command Tab e The command tab allows the user to change the nodes parameters wirelessly e The command tab can also change the LED light on the sensor to either Red Yellow or Green Chart Tab e The chart tab lets the user create graphs from the oog information it receives from the nodes e Up to 3 sensor types can be selected for plotting therefore creating 3 different graphs e The x axis on the graph displays date and time x x x x x d z EEEEEREERE zeeaggeg urrent Time 1 ufala 11 18 2005 6 12 32 AM while the y axis shows the i data collected in engine
3. MoteView User s Manual Presented by Bretny Knamphavong Nancy White Chloe Norris Catherine Greene Introduction to Crossbow MoteView User s Manual Presented by Bretny Khamphavong Wireless Mesh Networking Overview e Generic name for a class of networked embedded systems that share several characteristics e Multi Hop e Self Configuring e Self Healing e Dynamic Routing sensor networks become long lived easily deployed and resilient to the unpredictable wireless channel Wireless Network Deployment Composed of three distinct software tiers e Client Tier e Visualization software and graphical interface for managing the network e Server Tier e Handles translation and buffering of data from the wireless network e Provides bridge between the wireless motes and internet clients e Mote Tier e Runs on the cloud of sensor nodes forming a mesh network Applications and software of Components e Client Tier MoteView e Free client from Crossbow e Server Tier XServe and XOtap e Runona PC or Stargate e Mote Tier XMesh e Required to form a reliable communication base MoteView Overview e Mote Layer e Programmed with XMesh and TinyOS e Server Layer e Provides data logging and database services e Client Layer e Provides visualization monitoring and analysis tools to display and interpret sensor data Framework for Deploying a senso
4. e Delete all readings from a table DELETE FROM lt tablename gt Deleting specific readings from table DELETE FROM lt tablename gt WHERE result_time lt 2004 11 20 e Delete table entirely Type DROP TABLE lt tablename gt Information and Images source MoteView x Users Manual Health Packets e Pre compiled XMesh applications included with MoteView generate health packets at regular intervals e encapsulate the state of the wireless mesh over time e The Health tab displays the latest health packet readings received for each node in the network e Each Mote also transmits a neighbor health packet e The latter is logged to the postgreSQL database but is not currently displayed by MoteView Information and Images source MoteView Users Manual
5. b shows a mote network m nn map with placement ASe 9 and parenting information which allows users to view the topology of the modes in the network _ Gateway x x x x x ERE saeegR 288 8 MoteView Section 6 Chloe Norris Ne Section 6 Y MoteView 2 0 File Settings Tools Units Help e s Oe paw OO gies ld Name Data Command Charts Health Histogram Scatterplot Topology Details functions and how to use the toolbars and menus toolbar provides buttons for Connect to WSN wizard Program Mote Alerts Manager MDA configuration Export to Spreadsheet Print Print Preview Refresh View Mote View Help Stop XServe Start XServe Checkbox for displaying Live vs historical sensor network data Information and Images source MoteView Users Manual File Tab Export Database Table Jae C O n n ect tO th e WS N Export Database Table to Spreadsheet File e via the WSN wizard text file that can be imported into a spreadsheet Select File Delimiter e Import or export data eo e print preview print a e Exit functions ee AU Data Start May 01 2007 1 01AM M
6. ce MoteView Users Manual Help Tab e Users Manual e Support option e About option e displays a splash screen containing MoteView version information Information and Images source MoteView Users Manual Messages Administration Packets By Catherine Greene server Messages e Server Messages pane is the bottom of the MoteView window e displays server side messages error messages and general status messages as MoteView is running aa xserve S COM1 57600 4 xmifile XmlStream xm xmlp xmipot 9005 XSERVE 2 0 E Sid xserve cv 1 8 2 3 2007 02 02 17 si oa Exp Wi MIB510 COM1 Error amp Status Messages e The Error Messages tab displays exceptions errors reported by MoteView software e The Status bar at the bottom displays chart query status current database and gateway settings in a plain view e Left hand side it displays the Charts query Loading or Done e Center it displays the Database and table name e Right hand side it displays the gateway type and port settings Information and Images source MoteView Users Manual Server Administration e XServe is a powerful packet parsing and data logging server preinstalled by MoteView A user may run XServe from a Cygwin shell e included with the MoteWorks CD e Using the command line interface for XServe you must have the Cygwin shell installed on your PC Instructions for installing Cygwin from MoteWo
7. eb server m export data using modbus port set server port lt default 9001 gt Sf connect to unframed serial forwarder fsf connect to framed serial forwarder device connect to serial device lt default dev ttySO gt baud set serial baud rate lt default 57600 gt platform set platform lt default mica2 gt values mica2dot mica2 mica telos micaz debug set debug level lt default DBG_WARNING gt alert alert when data values are above below specified Information and Images source MoteView Users Manual Database Administration e PostgreSQL e An advanced relational database system included in the MoteView installer e The database tables that MoteView accesses can be manipulated directly by advanced users e Access the PostgreSQL database from a Cygwin shell type psql h localhost U tele task e You can also use the psql command line interface in the Windows Command window from the C Program Files PostgreSQL 8 0 0 rc1 bin folder Information and Images source MoteView x Users Manual Database Administration e SQL e SQL is the generic command language used to manipulate databases such as PostgreSQL SQL commands can be typed in directly from the PostgreSQL command shell Some useful commands e Display all readings select from lt tablename gt e Display subset of readings select field field from 12 lt tablename gt where fieldn condition value
8. ering units Source MoteView User Manual Health e The XMesh application generate health packets on regular intervals health packet encapsulate the state of the wireless mesh over time e The health tab displays the latest health packet reading that has been received from each node Histogram Tab e The histogram tab displays a bar chart that summarizes the distribution of a single sensors data e The x axis shows the data in engineering units and the y axis shows fro the instances for each sensors values x a 6 a EEERERENE AS Sage Source MoteView User Manual A scatterplot Tab e The Scatter plot tab has the ability to plot 2 sensors reading against each other for a set of nodes The scatter plot is a visual comparison of each sensors data fields and help to determine what kind of relationship exists between them cai dig Fi X RRR hme a ss a R Ble Topology Tab e The topology ta
9. r Network System MOTE TIER SERVER TIER XMesh XSensor Apps Database Logger Sensor Mesh Network GS an Image Source Crossbow MoteView User s Manual Node List By Nancy White About the Node List e The node list displays all the nodes being used and allows the user to change the visualization settings e The nodes information can be displayed in various forms such as charts histograms scatter plots Add a Node e To add a node the user must right click on the node list and select add node e The mote properties dialog box where you can create a unique node ID and name the node Source MoteView User Manual P Delete a Node e To delete a node the user must highlight the node they wish to delete and right click and select delete node When a node is deleted it permanently deletes that node and all associated information to that node Warning Source MoteView User Manual Ne Node Properties e The properties box allows the user to name the mote and on the color tab the user can select different colors for charting the mote Source MoteView User Manual Brightness 255 2 Visualization e There are different tabs for visualization including data command charts health histogram scatter plots and topology which provide different ways to view the data
10. rks InstallShield Wizard are detailed in the MoteWorks Getting Started Guide Information and Images source MoteView x Users Manual Command Line Options e display help help r raw display of tos packets raw a ascii display of tos packets ascii p parsed display of tos packets parsed C converted display of tos packets conveted xr raw tos packets xported to file export raw Xp parsed tos packets exported to file export parsed XC converted tos packets exported to file export converted db parsed tos packets exported to db database parsed dbserver database server name default localhost Information and Images source MoteView Users Manual More Command Line Options dbport database server port number default 5432 dbname database name default MoteView db dbuser database user default MoteView user dbpasswd database user password default MoteView user password parsed tos packets exported to db xmlr raw tos packets exported to xml xml raw xmlp parsed tos packets exported to xml xml parsed xmic converted tos packets exported to xml xml converted xmifile file name to store exported xml default screen xmlport port number to start the xml server Information and Images source MoteView Users Manual More Command Line Options v show version of all modules h display data through w
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