Software equipment of the evaluation kit
UM0602
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ready message (SINK_READY) and, at that point, the sensor is free to send data (DATA) to
the sink at fixed intervals (as set by SEND_DATA_RATE).
Note:
The sink, sensor applications require the user interaction through the serial communication
channels (virtual COM through USB). Press the “?” key on the hyper terminal for printing the
user help menu. See the
Section 4.3.3: Serial commands supported on sensor and sink
for
a description of the available serial commands.
4.3.1 Sensor
A device that takes data readings from some input source and passes these readings to
a particular collection point. Many sensors report to a single sink. When the sensor
application joins the network, led LD2 on the board will blink (visual signal that the node is
active and joined to a network).
4.3.2 Sink
Sink is a device that serves as a collection point for 1 or more sensor devices. In this
example, the sink is set up to be the ZigBee coordinator device, and it forms the network
automatically on first startup and retains these settings across reboots. Once the sink
application starts running, led LD2 on your evaluation STEVAL-IFS013V2 board will blink
(visual signal that the node is active).
4.3.3
Serial commands supported on sensor and sink
Table 1.
Serial commands supported on sensor and sink
Command
Response / description
l
Tells the node to send a multicast hello packet
!
Leave the ZigBee network so on node reset the sink can form a new network
i
Prints info about this node including channel and power
?
Prints the help menu
5
Simulate button B1 press - turns permit join, allowing other nodes to join to this node
6
Leave the ZigBee network
a
Prints the address table
m
Prints the multicast table
c
Print child table
k
Print the security keys
Table 2.
Serial commands supported on sink only
Command
Response / description
f
Force the sink to advertise
*
Switch the network key: send the key followed by a switch key command 30 s later
&
Send a switch key command. This is needed only if the device sent a new key and then
reset before it was able to send the switch key command
