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SWRU157D 2008 Low-Power RF ZigBee Sensor Monitor U se r ' s G u i d e User's Guide.
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1 Contents ZIGBEE SENSOR MONITOR ................................................................................................................... 1 1. INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................
2 1. Introduction ZigBee Sensor Monitor (or ZSensorMonitor 1 ) is a PC application that will be used to monitor the sensors in a ZigBee Network. ZSensorMonitor can be used together with either the CC2530ZDK or an eZ430-RF2480 kit. The network is formed when setting up the basic out of the box demo included either of the kits.
3 2. Inst allation The installation of ZSensorMonitor is very straight forward. Download the zip file from internet and unzip the setup file. Double click on the setup file and follow the instructions. 3. eZ430-RF2480 Driver Inst allation This section is only relevant if the eZ430-RF2480 kit platform is used.
4 Select “Install the software automatically” and click next. If the IAR kickstart for MSP430 has been installed before this application, it might be that this dialog will pop up and ask the user to select one of the two inf files. Both inf files are equal and it doesn’t matter which one that is selected.
5 If this warning appears, the option “Continue Anyway” must be selected in order to install the driver. This dialog will be shown when everything has been successfully installed.
6 3.2. Windows Vista The first time the USB dongle (sink) is connected to the PC, the new HW is detected and the system will ask to install driver software. Select “Locate and install driver software”. Select “I don’t have the disc. Show me other options.
7 The required “inf” file will be installed together with the application. Browse to the directory of the application and select the sub directory “Drivers”. Click Next to continue. Select “Install this driver software anyway” At the end the software should be successfully installed.
8 4. User Interface The user interface is developed to be as simple as possible with only a few buttons and input fields. When the eZ430-RF2480 dongle is connected to the PC, the application will search for an applicable COM port and start reading if a connection is successfully established.
9 4.1. Toolbar Pause captur ing dat a fr om the ser ial COM port Stop capt uri ng data fr om the ser ial COM port Star t capt uri ng data fr om the ser ial COM port Drop down li st wi th al l the avai.
10 4.3. Data logging and playback It is possible to capture the data traffic on the serial port to a log file for debugging and playback purposes. The log file is pure ASCII text which displays a time-stamp and the raw data in hexadecimal format. Data logging is started by clicking the button .
11 4.4. Help The User’s Manual is a file which opens when the “help” button is clicked. The “About” button can be clicked to obtain information about the application. 4.5. Configuration Click on the “Configuration” button and the settings dialog will appear.
12 Temperature unit Celsius or Fahrenheit can be selected. Time interval The timestamp of each node will be checked regularly to see if any message has been received within the given time interval. If the elapsed time is longer than specified, the Node will be removed from the screen.
13 4.6. Network View The PC demo will always display one node on the top of the screen, the Sink. Below the Sink the presence of additional network nodes will be displayed as they are detected. Be aware that nodes may place themselves on top of existing nodes when they first appear, but can easily be dragged away with the mouse.
14 voltage and a timestamp from when the last message was received from this node. The source node will blink each time a message is received by the connected Sink node. The role of each node is also indicated if the mouse is held over the node for more than a second.
15 5. T roubleshooting 5.1. Incorrect temperature values If the temperature is much different from the expected value, this is because the temperature sensor is not calibrated. 5.2. Status of the connected dongle NB! This section only applies to the eZ430-RF2480.
16 When the eZ430-RF2480 is removed, these dev ice drivers should disappear from the view in the Device Manager. If they don’t disappear, a restart of the PC will be necessary. Check that the “MSP430” device is availabl e in the drop down list of available COM ports.
17 5.6. Not able to start the application If an error message about missing the msvcp80.dll is received, or the error message shown below appears when attempting to start the application, you may be required to install an additional package from Microsoft.
18 Document History Revision Date Description/Changes swru157 08/03/2008 Initial release. swru157a 08/05/2009 • Added logging and playback • Changed document name • Added support for CC2530 Z- S.
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