[Tinyos-help] "Programmer is not responding" problem with MIB510

[Tsenka Stoyanova]

Hi all,

We have problem with our MIB510, and I think it is not matter of syntax in 
writing the command in the bash shell. We will appreciate if somebody has 
suggestions.



We have a MICA mote kit (the professional one) consisting of a programmer 
MIB510 and some motes (mica2 and mica2dot). We use an usb-to-serial bridge 
or RS232 cable to connect the pc to the programmer.

We have done all the staff needed in order to start uploading applications 
to the motes and using "mote-view" to test a network and it's ok.

We uploaded some applications to the motes and used "mote-view" to take and 
display the data, and all worked fine.
Afterwards, We tried to upload another application to a mica2 without 
changing any settings, by simply typing 'make mica2 install' (in the cygwin 
bash shell) and after successful compilation there was a message like:
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'admin at adhok /opt/tinyos-1.x/contrib/xbow/apps/cnttoledsandrfm

$ make mica2 install



mkdir -p build/mica2  compiling CntToLedsAndRfm to a mica2 binary ncc -o 
build/mica2/main.exe -Os -I%T/lib/Counters -I%T/../contrib/xbow/tos/platf 
rm/mica2 -I%T/../contrib/xbow/tos/AXStack/mica2 -finline-limit=100000 
Wall -Ws hadow -DDEF_TOS_AM_GROUP=0x88 -Wnesc-all -target=mica2 
fnesc-cfile=build/mica2/app.c -board=micasb - 
DCC1K_DEFAULT_FREQ=RADIO_916BAND_CHANNEL_00-DRADIO_XMIT_POWER=0x5F -DCC2420_TXPOWER=0x1F 
 -DCC2420_DEF_CHANNEL=26 -I%T/lib/Deluge-DIDENT_PROGRAM_NAME=\"CntToLedsAndRfm\" 
 -DIDENT_USER_ID=\"admin\"-DIDENT_HOSTNAME=\"adhok\" -DIDENT_USER_HASH=0xecd2ee4aL 
 -DIDENT_UNIX_TIME=0x447acde1L-DIDENT_UID_HASH=0x5c59a94eL 
CntToLedsAndRfm.nc -lm

 compiled CntToLedsAndRfm to build/mica2/main.exe

11924 bytes in ROM

448 bytes in RAM

avr-objcopy --output-target=srec build/mica2/main.exe 
build/mica2/main.srecavr-objcopy --output-target=ihex build/mica2/main.exe 
build/mica2/main.ihex

writing TOS imagecp build/mica2/main.srec build/mica2/main.srec.out

 installing mica2 binary using mib510

uisp -dprog=mib510 -dserial=/dev/ttys3 --wr_fuse_h=0xd8 -dpart=ATmega128--wr_fuse_e=ff 
  --erase --upload if=build/mica2/main.srec.out

Programmer is not responding.

make: *** [program] Error 2'

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The programmer with one mica2 as a base station, however, still works. We 
can take data from the programmer with a mica2 attached to it programmed 
with TOSbase application.
So, the serial connection at least in one direction from programmer to PC 
still works.

We tried any syntax and everything we could imagine, but the programmer is 
still not responding.

We suppose some hardware problem. If somebody has experienced with such 
problem we will appreciate any shared information.
Thank you all,
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Tsenka Stoyanova, PhD student
Applied Electronics Laboratory (APEL)
http://www.apel.ee.upatras.gr/
University of Patras
26500 Rion-Patras
Greece
E-mail: tsstoyanova at ee.upatras.gr
Phone: +302610997312
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