[Tinyos-help] Tossim-2.x and C++

[A. Banani]

Hi,

thanks for answering.
I am trying to test a few localization algorithms in Tossim (and 
visualize them) and I thought that the new Tossim would be better for 
this task, since it allows everything to be in the same process. But it 
seems that it may be to early to do that in Tossim 2.x (at least for 
me). But I found TinyViz and Tossim 1.x to be too slow and heavy.

What would be your oppinion?  I was planning to implement the whole 
thing in C++ and Qt.

ali

Philip Levis wrote:
> On Dec 11, 2006, at 9:08 AM, A. Banani wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am currently testing Tossim with TinyOs 2.x under Gentoo Linux as 
>> described in the tutorial no. 11. I have written a small program 
>> which uses the RadioCountToLeds object files and would like to 
>> analyze the states of the leds.
>> I was now wondering if the debug messages are the only way to do that 
>> or are there any other ways of checking the motes leds (or other 
>> motes properties)?
>
> One drawback of the C++ approach is that you can't (as easily) query 
> variables. In the case of the Leds, your nesC code can always call 
> Leds.get() and Leds.set(). From an output standpoint, the best way is 
> to use a dbg() statement indicating their state.
>
> Phil
>