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Contents
Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 5
Building and deploying Sun SPOT applications .............................................................................. 6
Deploying and running a sample application................................................................................................ 6
Deploying a pre-existing jar.................................................................................................................................... 12
Incorporating utility classes into your application .................................................................................................. 12
Excluding files from the compilation...................................................................................................................... 13
Manifest and resources................................................................................................................................ 13
Other user properties...............................................................................................................................................13
Built-in properties ................................................................................................................................................... 14
Using the Basestation.................................................................................................................................. 14
Overview.................................................................................................................................................................14
Set up ...................................................................................................................................................................... 15
Base Station configuration ......................................................................................................................................16
Remote operation ........................................................................................................................................ 16
Introduction.............................................................................................................................................................16
Ensure that the remote Sun SPOT is executing the OTA Command Server...........................................................16
Connect a Sun SPOT base station...........................................................................................................................17
Launch the spot client to control a remote Sun SPOT via the base station .............................................................17
Using short names for SPOTs.................................................................................................................................18
Take suitable actions during over-the-air downloads..............................................................................................18
Managing keys and sharing Sun SPOTs ..................................................................................................... 18
Background ............................................................................................................................................................. 18
Changing the owner of a Sun SPOT ....................................................................................................................... 19
Sharing Sun SPOTs.................................................................................................................................................19
What is protected?...................................................................................................................................................20
Generating a new key-pair ...................................................................................................................................... 20
Limitations .............................................................................................................................................................. 20
Deploying and running a host application................................................................................................... 20
Example .................................................................................................................................................................. 20
Your own host application ...................................................................................................................................... 21
Incorporating pre-existing jars into your host application....................................................................................... 21
Configuring network features...................................................................................................................... 21
Mesh routing ........................................................................................................................................................... 21
Trace route ..............................................................................................................................................................22
Logging................................................................................................................................................................... 22
Hardware configurations and USB power .................................................................................................. 22
Developing and debugging Sun SPOT applications....................................................................... 24
Overview of an application ......................................................................................................................... 24
Threads........................................................................................................................................................ 24
Thread priorities......................................................................................................................................................24
The Sun SPOT device libraries................................................................................................................... 25
Introduction.............................................................................................................................................................25
Sun SPOT device library......................................................................................................................................... 25
Persistent properties ................................................................................................................................................ 26
Overriding the IEEE address................................................................................................................................... 27
Accessing flash memory ......................................................................................................................................... 27
Using input and output streams over the USB and USART connections................................................................ 28
The radio communication library................................................................................................................ 29
Radio properties ...................................................................................................................................................... 35
Monitoring radio activity ........................................................................................................................................ 37
Conserving power using deep sleep mode.................................................................................................. 37
Shallow Sleep..........................................................................................................................................................37
Deep Sleep ..............................................................................................................................................................38
Activating deep sleep mode .................................................................................................................................... 38
USB inhibits deep sleep .......................................................................................................................................... 39
Preconditions for deep sleeping .............................................................................................................................. 39
Deep sleep behaviour of the standard drivers.......................................................................................................... 39
The deep sleep/wake up sequence........................................................................................................................... 39