User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- MeshScape™ RK-5424-5 Reference Kit for 2.4 GHz MeshScape Systems User's Guide
- Contents
- About This Guide
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Installing the MeshScape System
- 3: Running MeshScape Network Monitor
- MeshScape Network Monitor Overview
- Configuring a Node’s Operation
- Labeling an End Node or Mesh Node
- Configuring Persistence Attributes
- Selecting a Com Port on the Host PC
- Configuring Serial and ADC Data Formats
- Turning Event Tracking On/Off
- Broadcasting Data to All Nodes.
- Creating an Event Log File
- Viewing the Contents of an Event Log File
- Viewing MeshScape Statistics
- 4: Using the MeshScape API
- A: Running the Demo Application
- B: Using MeshScape Programmer
- Glossary
- Index
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MeshScape System Overview
techniques including, Persistent Dynamic Routing for reliable and scalable wireless sensor
networks. When forming an ad hoc sensor network, Persistent Dynamic Routing requires
minimal overhead for requesting and establishing connectivity without relying on the
bandwidth-consuming flooding technique.
MeshScape Network Monitor and Application APIs
The MeshScape system delivers the tools to view and control network dynamics. The
MeshScape Network Monitor provides functions for monitoring and managing the network.
Application APIs streamline development by providing input/output functions for sensor and
application integration.
Hardware
The MeshScape system includes field-proven, “integratable” modules for fastest time to
market. These ready-to-integrate end nodes, mesh nodes, and gateways support numerous
application requirements and support various ISM bands for license-free operation around the
world.
Data Models
The MeshScape system provides built-in support for data movement profiles to speed
development including:
• data collection models
• bi-directional dialogue models
•broadcast models
These data models optimize the network for an application’s specific data requirements and
support a variety of classes for collection and bi-directional dialogue data models.
Data Collection Models
Data collection models describe monitoring applications where the data flows primarily from
the sensor node to the gateway. The MeshScape system supports the data collection models
described in this section.
Periodic Sampling
For applications where certain conditions or processes need to be monitored constantly, such as
the temperature in a conditioned space or pressure in a process pipeline, sensor data is acquired
from a number of remote sensor nodes and forwarded to the gateway or data collection center
on a periodic basis.
The sampling period mainly depends on how fast the condition or process varies and what
intrinsic characteristics need to be captured. In many cases, the dynamics of the condition or
process to be monitored can slow down or speed up from time to time. Therefore, if the sensor
node can adapt its sampling rate to the changing dynamics of the condition or process,
over-sampling can be minimized and power efficiency of the overall network system can be
further improved.