> Todd Roper wrote:
> >
> > Phil,
> >
> > Great to hear on the CTP
> >
> > 1) We are running deployed around the office here. Simple temp
gathering
> > 2) The platform is the isi1000, this is a hybrid we have made that
has
> > the MSP430 on it with the CC1000 radio.  All other apps seem to work
as
> > expected with the exception of this one (Antitheft). I only had to
do
> > some minor changes in the CC1000 stack to remove the ATMEGA
dependencies
> > and then wire it up to the MSP.
> > 3) Using TinyOS 2.0.1 (latest release from early May).
> >
> > I was wondering if this may have to do with some of the mesh
statistics
> > for the routing in the /ctp (rssi/parent,etc). Reason is that
sometimes
> > I can reset one node and 5 others will start reporting in again as
if
> > they now have a valid path to the root.
> >
> 
> CTP does not use RSSI; it directly measures ETX through packet
> acknowledgements. There acknowledgements are layer 2, though, so do
not
> consider queue drops. It sounds like one node is wedged and other are
> trying to route through it. If it can't send packets, then it will
drop
> all packets it receives. When you reboot it, it either finds a route
and
> continues forwarding packets or the prior children choose new routes.
> 
> By "all other apps" do you mean MultihopOscilloscope? That would be an
> easy to to separate an Anti-Theft failure from a CTP failure.
> 
> One thing you can do is program a BaseStation and snoop on traffic
> around a crashed node. If you see other nodes sending it packets but
it
> doesn't send anything, then it's a local fault. You could also then
plug
> that node into a serial port to see if CTP is sending any debug
messages
> or whether the node has crashed/locked up.
> 
> Phil

Phil,

Thanks much for the hints.  I'll do some more debugging/checking to see
if I can isolate where the issue is.  I really appreciate your quick
response.

Best regards,

Todd


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