[Tinyos-help] Does Mica2 2003 version works with TinyOS 2.x?

[Philip Levis]

On Jun 2, 2007, at 2:51 AM, Peizhao Hu wrote:

> Hi, All,
>
> I just received a mote kit from my supervisor she bought in year 2003.
> I have setup TinyOS 2.X on my ubuntu machine. And I tested it will  
> the Blink application without any problem.
> However, when I got to Lesson 3 that require one of the mote to  
> receive packet from over the radio. It didn't do anything.
> I confirmed it triggered the AMSend.send command with
> call Leds.led0Toggle();
> just after the send command. and it does blink.
>
> but the toggling of Led1 in my receive never occurs.
> I also tested it with the RadioCountToLeds example, which came with  
> TinyOS 2.x package, but it is the same, no luck.
>
> so my question is whether my hardware compatible with TinyOS 2.x.
>
> The hardware specification I can see on the board:
> MPR400CB
> 2003  CrossBow C29
> with 900MHZ

Yes, it is compatible. But you need to tell TinyOS that you are using  
a 900MHz radio, not a 433MHz radio (the default). If you search  
through the archives there are a lot of messages on how to do this.

Phil