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

[Gilman Tolle]

On Apr 11, 2005 10:46 AM, David Gay <david.e.gay at intel.com> wrote:
> 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)...
> 

Just as before, we're guessing about unused types. The guessing is
made simpler by the fact that only two packet types exist, but we're
still guessing.

We have clearly-defined serial links. Let's make sure our software
knows their status, on both ends. Let's formalize the link
establishment process.

Gil