[Tinyos-help] [tinyos2.0] event timer.fired() getting lost on telosb using BlinkToRadio apps.

[Joe Polastre]

Could be a bug in the radio stack.  Note that only one of two motes stops...

-Joe

On 7/23/06, Philip Levis <pal at cs.stanford.edu> wrote:
> On Jul 22, 2006, at 6:31 AM, ipark at ncsu.edu wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've implemented BlinkToRadio application on telosb with tinyos 2.0.
> > Two telosb motes send packets to each other using BlinkToRadio
> > application.
> > Packets are sent in event Timer.fired() in BlinkToRadio application.
> > I found something wrong in telosb operation.
> > If TIMER_PERIOD_MILLI(packet generation interval)is set to 1(ms),
> > event
> > Timer.fired() of one of two motes is not signalled anymore after
> > several
> > seconds. As a result, only one mote can send packets.
> > If TIMER_PERIOD_MILLI is set to 2(ms), this situation seldom occures.
> > Have you ever seen this situation?
>
> This sounds like a bug in the MSP430 timer stack. Cory, have you
> encountered this?
>
> Phil
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