Online documentation for MotesFactory

Generated 2006-03-17

Factory to detect and manage deployed Smart-It devices.

Description

Factory for MotesInstances, which manages serial port and communication on their behalf.

Sensor boards attached to the Motes, include accelerometer, light, movement (PIR), temperature, and touch sensors.

Motes are discovered upon the first identifiable message received at the base station.

Installation

Attach a Motes station to a serial port in order to receive messages from other Motes. Make sure the protocol and message format in the Motes PICs are compatible.

Configuration

Specify the configuration such as comm port, baud rate, etc for your specific property. Upon launching the component, settings should be read from the properties file, and run a serial device listener on the specified comm port.

Usage

Install the Smart-It base station, run the component and wait for Smart-It messages.

Technical Details

The Smart-Its device handler uses java.commx comm package to listen in to serial comm port events.

There is no current standard for smart-it PIC code, and message parsing is based on ACCORDs (www.sics.se/accord) original implementation. The PIC code is resides within the ECT repository (ect\java\resources\smartits).