Basic Programming with eMotes (the MIB600 ethernet programming board)

Supplies

A good reference for how to crimp your own crossover cable is http://www.incentre.net/incentre/frame/ethernet.html . You will need an ethernet cable, some ethernet heads, and an ethernet crimping tool. Also, take a look at crimp_tip.txt .

If you are programming a mica2dot, you will also need:

You must have the battery board plugged in for the assembly to work. All power sources go through the battery board to boost the voltage to 3.3 and 5 Volts.
If you are using the mica2dot, make sure you plug in the 6-pin header properly. Pin 1 on the circuit boards is the pin with a square (not circular) pin hole. See Figure 1 for how to connect the pinOut board to the eMote using the 6-pion header cable. Use the red stripe to help you match header orientation.

Figure 1: Connecting eMote to the pinOutBoard

The eMotes first need to be assigned an IP address. One option is to set up a router which can serve as a DHCP server, and connect it to both your laptop and your eMote. The other option is to run a DHCP server on your laptop.
After the eMotes receive an IP address, you may need to log into the eMote to change the baud rate of the UART Serial connection between the eMote and the mote.
You are now ready to program the eMote using Terence's RSC scripts.

To log into the eMote, type in the IP address into your java enabled browser (ex. Internet Explorer).
Click on the "Channel 2" button ("Channel 1" is for the uisp programmer, and is running at 115200). Local port should be 10002 (as opposed to 10001 for channel 1).
Set the Speed in the drop down menu appropriately: mica2dot is 19200, mica2 is 57600.
Click on the "Update Settings" button and wait for the eMote to reboot.

Obtain the DHCP software from: http://ruttkamp.gmxhome.de/ and follow the instructions.

After starting up the DHCP server program, power cycle the plugged in eMote. The eMote will then request an IP address from the DHCP server.
To check if the program is working, Look at the log file dhcptrc.txt. If you see the MAC address of the eMote and the assigned IP address (and no error messages), it was successful. You can also ping the device via it's assigned IP address.
If you use IPPOOL, IP addresses are assigned in the order that the requests arrive and stored in the dhcpsrv.ini file automatically by the DHCP server. If you wish to save the association of ip addresses to the MAC addresses, save the dhcpsrv.ini file.

If you plan on using the eMote solely as a programming board for your computer (and not part of a network of eMotes for mass reprogramming/data collection), you might want to assign the eMote a static IP address. This would save the hassle of starting up a DHCP server on your computer every time you want to program a mote.
The eMotes are initially configured for DHCP. You must first have access to a DHCP server to assign the eMote an IP address so you can communicate with it.

To log into the eMote, type in the IP address into your java enabled browser (ex. Internet Explorer).
Click on the "Server Properties" button in the left sidebar.
On the "Server Properties" page, fill in the "IP Address" field with the desired Static IP address.
Click on the "Update Settings" button and wait for the eMote to reboot.
Label your eMote with its new static IP address (so you don't forget).

This is explained in Terence's RSC page under program.sh usage. Note the changes from his original set of instructions:

Instead of using the mote DNS name, use the ip address for the --networkhost option to program.sh and intel-program.sh.
It is unnecessary to get the UISP specified in his instructions. The UISP tools distributed with TinyOS are up to date.