Texas Instruments eZ430-RF2480 User Manual

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eZ430-RF2480 Sensor Monitor

User's Guide

SWRU157
2008 Low-Power RF

Contents

EZ430-RF2480 SENSOR MONITOR ...............................................................................1

1. INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................2

2. INSTALLATION......................................................................................................... 3

3. DRIVER INSTALLATION .......................................................................................... 3

3.1. WINDOWS XP....................................................................................................... 3

3.2. WINDOWS VISTA .................................................................................................. 6

4. USER INTERFACE ...................................................................................................8

4.1. TOOLBAR ...........................................................................................................10

4.1.1. Configuration ............................................................................................. 11

4.2. THE NETWORK VIEW........................................................................................... 12

4.2.1. Zoom .........................................................................................................13

4.2.2. Scroll bars.................................................................................................. 13

4.2.3. Moving a Node ..........................................................................................13

4.2.4. Removal of a Node....................................................................................13

4.3. STATUS BAR....................................................................................................... 13

5. TROUBLESHOOTING ............................................................................................14

5.1. STRANGE TEMPERATURE VALUES........................................................................ 14

5.2. STATUS OF THE CONNECTED DONGLE ................................................................. 14

5.3. MORE THAN ONE DONGLE CONNECTED TO THE PC .............................................. 14

5.4. CONNECT/DISCONNECT OTHER USB DEVICE ON SAME PC .................................. 14

5.5. USB DONGLE NOT AUTOMATICALLY DETECTED WHEN CONNECTED....................... 14

5.6. NOT ABLE TO START THE APPLICATION ................................................................ 16

6. DOCUMENT HISTORY ........................................................................................... 17

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1. Introduction

eZ430-RF2480 (formerly eZ430-RFZACC06) Sensor Monitor is a PC application that will
be used to monitor the sensors in a ZigBee network. The network is formed when setting
up the basic out of the box eZ430-RF2480 Demo that includes the ZigBee Accelerator
Sample Application (ZASA).

This document will only describe the user interface of the PC application.

Further details about the hardware platform and the ZigBee Accelerator Sample
Application (ZASA) can be found on the eZ430-RF2480 Demo kit website at

www.ti.com/eZ430-RF2480

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2. Installation

The installation of eZ430-RF2480 Sensor Monitor is very straight forward. Download the
zip file from internet and unzip the setup file. Double click on the setup file and follow the
instructions.

Note: The PC application should be installed before the eZ430-RF2480 dongle is
connected to the PC. This is to be sure that the required files for the driver installation
are available

3. Driver installation

The PC application will communicate with the eZ430-RF2480 dongle over a virtual COM
port. The first time the dongle is connected to the PC, the new HW will be detected and
the wizard will appear and ask to install the necessary software. The required “inf” file
will be installed when installing the PC application. Please follow the guidelines in this
section based on your PC’s operating system.

3.1. Windows XP

Select “Install the software
automatically” and click next.

When the dialog box appears, select
“No, not this time” and Click next.

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If the IAR kickstart for MSP430
has been installed before this
application, it might be that this
dialog will pop up and ask the
user to select one of the two inf
files. Both inf files are equal and
it doesn’t matter which one that
is selected. Either should work
fine.

The installation will start without any
further selections.

If this warning appears, the option “Continue
Anyway” must be selected in order to install
the driver.

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