How to setup CC-6LOWPAN-DK-868

Hi Aung,

Please send a ping command form you PC to the Edge Router Board and let me know the result (e.g. send a screenshot).

ping6 2001::22

Also what is the status on the two LEDs on tha small adapter board on the Edge Router board?

Regards,

Jonas

Also please make sure that you disable any firewalls etc. that might block the IP traffic between the PC and Edge Router board.

Thank you, Firefighter. I disable "Network Thread Protection" at Symantec and can ping to edge router. "ping 2001::11".

Here what I can see at nodeview program.

Sorry for late reply.

I cannot see any screen shots. Is the problem solved?

The IPv6 address of the Edge Router is 2001::22 and if you followed the Quick Start Guide your PC should have IPv6 address 2001::11

Hi I'm having the same problem.

I disabled all antivirus and firewall but still can't connected the router thru nodeview. here what i got.

I try the Quick guide step by step. Try to restart my pc. Still not working. Can you help me set this device up?

Could you issue "ipconfig" in the prompt and let me know the result. Are you using the Ethernet interface "Local Area Connection" to connect to the Edge Router, or are you using another Ethernet interface? You shall setup the Ethernet interface you are currently using.

Please also verify that the Edge Router has 2001::11 as IPv6 address, by using the debug interface (RS-232) and "ifconfig" command, see Users Guide on how to log in to the Edge Router using the debug/console interface.

-Jonas

Hi Jonas. Thanks for the reply. Here is ipconfig screen. I'm not sure if i'm doing the right thing. And I'm using Local Area Connection to connect the edge router.

also from node view

Hi,

Just to verify, can you ping the address 2001::11 using "ping6 2001::11"?

What are the status of the two LEDs on the adapter board on the OMAP-L138 board?

Can you log in to the OMAP board Linux and send me a screenshot of the ifconfig command also, this is to verify that the ethernet interface on the Edge Router is ok.

-Jonas

Hi firefighter, thanks for your help. I can now connect the router to pc and all 10 nodes.

The problem is, we bought 3 of the cc 6 lowpan 868 device. Can we connect all the 3 router together at the same time?

Can node view show all the 3 router on network analyzer?

Thanks.

Hi,

Glad to hear you solved your problem!

Yes - you can connect the 3 Edge Routers at the same time. 

Note that in order to create 3 separate 6LoWPAN networks on the same frequency (or more specific the EXACT same RF configuration) you need to use different AES encryption keys, see the Users Guide on how to setup a network with AES encryption enabled. This is for the devices to distinguish between the networks, it is not possible to change the sync word.

You can off course also create separate networks using e.g different data rate, frequency, FHSS, etc.

One instance of the Node View PC application can connect to several Edge Routers, use "Add Router" to add more Edge Routers to your system.

Please let me know if you have any further questions!

-Jonas

Thanks Firefighter for the answer!

But i seem did not understand how to change the AES encyption key. (Even after reading the user guide). Then i try to 'change interface as user guide' page  28. Then after that all NODE do not connected to the router at all.

How to make it connected to the router again?

And I try to set up different router using the same PC as previous router it seem doesn't work. Do we need different PC to set up dofferent router?

Hi,

The AES key need to change on both the Edge Router, which you do with the Node View tool. The AES also needs to be changed on the nodes connecting to that Edge Router.

I can give you detailed instructions on how to change the AES key. Do you use CC430 or CC1180?

On CC430:

First of all define the key:

static uint8_t aes_key[16] = {0xbf,0xbe,0xbd,0xbc,0xbb,0xba,0xb9,0xb8,0xb7,0xb6,0xb5,0xb4,0xb3,0xb2,0xb1,0xb0}; 

Then let the stack know that you want to use AES encryption for your network:

net_key_set(&aes_key[0]); (This shall be added before the get_address(NET_ADDR_EUID); line right before we enter the while(1) loop in the example provided.

Then we should start the network (conenct to the Edge Router) using AES, in the void event_handler(event_t *event) on the case RF_SETTING_REPLY:

replace the net_start(NW_INFRA); with net_start(NW_INFRA_AES);

Now the node shall join the Edge Router with the defined AES encryption key.

I suggest that you start with one Edge Router and change the AES key and see that you get the nodes with the correct key to join, and the nodes with the incorrect key to NOT join.

You can connect all Edge Routers to one PC.

Cheers,

Jonas

Hello,

I just purchased the CC-6LOWPAN-DK-868 development kit and cannot get the end devices (CC430s or CC1180s) to connect to the edge router. I have the Node View software connected to the edge router and I can ping it, however, no nodes ever connect. Both of the LEDs (red and green) on the CC-OMAPL138EXP-ADAPTER card are on.

From a different thread, I followed the steps to run the NanoBoot_host_10_8552 application to take the gateway out of boot mode. This didn't work for me. I never get a menu after step 10. Like someone else posted in response, it seems as though the /dev/ttyS1 interface is not working.

Any help would be very much appreciated.

Thanks,

Kurt

Hi Kurt,

From the other thread, keep following the guide even if you do not get the menu in step 10. (Pressing 1, enter, 6, enter should toggle mode on CC1180)

The gateway seems to be in boot mode, which is indicated by the two LEDs are on. Use the NanoBoot_host tool to get it into application mode:

1)Use RS-232 cable to debug console port (RS-232 port on OMAP, use e.g. Tera Term in windows)

2)Power up OMAP board, wait for it to boot.

3)Log in to Linux: “root” (no password)

4)Issue the command ps, you will see a list of active applications

5)Use kill -2 [process ID for nanorouter], e.g. kill -2 845

6)Repeat step 4 +5 for the NAPSocketServer process ID. (Not certain that you have one)

7)Issue command cd /tools

8)Issue command ./Nanoboot_host_10_8552 /dev/ttyS1 ENCRYPTED_CC1180_AP_FW.hex

9)You will now get a small GUI in front of you.

10)Press 1 [Enter]

11)Press 6 [Enter]

12)Press Ctrl-C to exit the nanoboot application

13)Cycle power on the OMAP board and let it boot, it will start nanorouter automatically. 

The GREEN LED shall be on if everything is ok, and the CC1180 is in application mode (ready to accept node connections)

Let us know how it goes!

-Jonas

Hi Firefighter,

I am still struggling to set up another 2 router, I try to debug using tera term, here is what i got:

I see there is no 845 in the list. What should I do?

Thanks!

The process ID of your nanorouter application is per the screenshot you attached 892, so you need to follow the instructions but use 892 instead of 845.

-Jonas

Hi Firefighter,

I have procured CC-6LOWPAN-DK-868 kit this Month. While working on it, I can not boot the linux system in the SD card,so I can not enter in the linux development environment.  The errors like this below:

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** Unable to read "boot.scr" from mmc 0:1 **
reading uImage

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No filesystem could mount root, tried: ext3 ext2 cramfs vfat msdos
Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(179,2)

U-Boot > printenv
bootargs=mem=32M console=ttyS2,115200n8 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rw rootwait ip=off
bootcmd=if mmc rescan 0; then if fatload mmc 0 0xc0600000 boot.scr; then source 0xc0600000; else fatload mmc 0 0xc0700000 uImage; bootm c0700000; fi; else sf probe 0; sf read 0xc0700000 0x80000 0x220000; bootm 0xc0700000; fi
bootdelay=3
baudrate=115200
bootfile="uImage"
stdin=serial
stdout=serial
stderr=serial
ethaddr=00:08:ee:05:0e:43
ver=U-Boot 2009.11 (Nov 09 2010 - 18:48:43)

Environment size: 461/65532 bytes

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I am new to linux and need urgent help in setting up Linux development environment as well as bringing up CC-6LOWPAN-DK-868 board.

I doubt that it have some problems with the linux system in the SD card.

Can someone provide me some help. Thank you!

Thanks in Advance...!

zuo

Hello,

Thank you in advance for accepting my problem!

I am a new users of cc-6lowpan-dk-868 development kit, and I power on the router this morning and it goes into different than as usually to---the two leds(red and green) on the adapter board keeping on.I think something wrong with my edge router.

I power on the edge router which has already attached the adapter card and the cc1180EM on. Then I connect the router to my computer using RS232 cable,and the situation in the serial monitor shows blow:

And I would like to know the problem is that the system been broken in the SD card? I am very anxious to solve this problem!

Thank you again!

Regards,

Yujin Cheng

Hi, 

Seems like the CC1180 on your gateway device has been stuck on boot mode. Please see link below for a solution;

http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/CC-6LoWPAN#CC1180_stuck_in_boot_mode

-Jonas

Hello,

I am afraid that the problem is not coming from the cc1180 stack, while it is the error in the SD card.

I power on the router, according to the terminal and cut the picture shows below:

When it is operating to the step:"reading boot.scr", it says that "Unable to read "boot.scr"from mmc 0:1"

I don't know how to ,or where to boot the "boot.scr".

I would like to know how to fix this problem as soon as possible!

Thank you in advance!

Yujin Cheng

Hi Yujin,

As I understand your problem the kernel still boots? Please issue a "ps" command from the prompt when the kernel has booted and send me the log.  

-Jonas

Hello Jonas,

Thank you for your replying!

And now I think the problem gets worse! The kernel cannot boot successfully any more, and when I turn on the switch on the router, it would stop after running for a while.

The picture attached is the screen cut.  

Therefore, it cannot get to the step what you said.

Regards,

Yujin Cheng