[Tinyos-help] visualizing mesh network topology?

[Philip Levis]

On Sep 2, 2007, at 4:50 AM, Ákos Maróy wrote:

> Kevin Klues wrote:
>> In TinyOS 1.x this was the surge application.  In T2 its the Mviz  
>> application.
>
> thanks. I looked at MViz, and I found two shortcomings in the java
> application:
>
> - it unbearingly overloads the X server on Linux
> - it's 'write-only': any node or link ever entering the vizualization
> app remains there forever
>
> the first issue can be sort of remedied by make DNavigate less
> frequently. at every 2 seconds sort of feels OK. but still it is slow

It turns out this depends on what VM you're using. Some have no  
problem, others are CPU bound.

>
> I change the application to remove motes / links that are unheard  
> of for
> some time. I could send a patch over if you guys find this  
> interesting.

That would be great.

Phil