[Tinyos-host-mote-wg] Re: TinyOS 2.0 host-mote working group

[David Gay]

Gilman Tolle wrote:
> (discussion moved to tinyos-host-mote-wg)
> 
> So, let's list some problems. 
> 
> The only way for a host to discover whether a mote is attached is to
> send a data message to a (hopefully) unused AM type, and listen for
> the ACK.

Actually you could just send a packet with an unused packet type, and 
you'll get P_UNKNOWN back if there's a mote there (ok, I haven't checked 
if FramerM actually does this, but it's supposed to)...

David