Ok but I am still a beginner, how do I check that ?

On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 3:03 PM, Michael Schippling <[email protected]>wrote:

> Check to see that the O'scope program is configured to sample
> the light sensor. It may be using something else. I remember
> one less than spectacular demo that used the battery voltage...
>
> MS
>
> Baudry Arthur wrote:
>
>> Good afternoon to both of you,
>> Thanks for your answer, I was away for a few days and I'm just seeing it
>> now. About the sensor type, I have no idea my mote is supposed to be a
>> telosb, if I do a motelist the reference is M4AP1122 and the description is
>> Sensilla tmote sky. I don't know what exactly is the type of the sensor,
>> this a light sensor mounted on the telosb node. I am seeing anything
>> changing when I cover the sensor with my finger, that's why I know that
>> there is a problem but I don't know how to fix it, I'm using oscilloscope
>> to send the data to another node equipped with basestation and the value
>> displayed after conversion are around 3900 just like the values I can
>> observe when I run the Java GUI for Oscilloscope. If you have any ideas,
>> they are welcome :)
>> Have a good day
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 12:26 AM, Urs Hunkeler <[email protected] <mailto:
>> [email protected]>> wrote:
>>
>>    Hi,
>>
>>    I remember getting values close to 0 (< 50) when it is dark and
>>    values just slightly greater than 1000 when it is very bright
>>    (without any conversion). If your values don't change much, I think
>>    there is a problem with the sensor. You should see a clear drop
>>    (50%?) when you cover the light sensor with your finger.
>>
>>    Cheers,
>>    Urs
>>
>>
>>    On 11/24/11 7:37 PM, Baudry Arthur wrote:
>>
>>        Good afternoon everyone,
>>
>>        I use a telosb node equipped with a light sensor, I have
>>        succeeded in
>>        receiving data from the node on my laptop, but for me the data are
>>        talking non sense because I always get a value next to 4000 (when I
>>        convert the readings to a decimal value) even if it is dark in
>>        my place.
>>        Is there a way to treat those data, I know that for example for
>>        temperature data we have to apply a formula to get the real
>>        temperature
>>        value. Does anyone know how to interpret the light data ?
>>        Have a good day, regards,
>>
>>        --
>>        Arthur Baudry
>>        ESEO
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