Fluorescent project

Page last updated 04 Nov 2016, by jonathan mulvaine. 4 replies

mbed has an https://developer.mbed.org/teams/mbed-os-examples/code/mbed-os-example-client/ example which seems quite similar to a border router example hosted at https://github.com/ARMmbed/k64f-border-router

It is hard to tell what needs to be done to have a working border router secure or unsecure. Note: if it is unsecure, some web services will not allow a connection. I have succeeded at connecting 1 device to https://connector.mbed.com/ However, that sample used IPv4 and doesn't appear to run a mesh also. Also, I do not know how much "routing" we would have to encode in a border router or if the implemented library would handle that.

4 comments on Fluorescent project:

jonathan mulvaine
04 Nov 2016

Currently trying to get the mbed-os-example-client to use IPv6.

from simpleclient.h

//Select network stack mode: IPv4 or IPv6
M2MInterface::NetworkStack NETWORK_STACK = M2MInterface::LwIP_IPv6;

does not cause the Ethernet to connect on IPv6

jonathan mulvaine
04 Nov 2016

This is taken from the mcr20a-rf-driver

# Example RF driver for Freescale 802.15.4 transceivers #

Support for:
 * MCR20A

This driver is used with 6LoWPAN stack.
jonathan mulvaine
05 Nov 2016

Probably the most promising piece of information was found here https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbed-os-example-mesh-minimal#selecting-optimal-nanostack-configuration. This page shows some of the differences between LowPAN and Mesh which are different protocols. There is no one source for this information, it is scattered like stars in the sky.

jonathan mulvaine
05 Nov 2016
  • Edit the mbed_app.json file to reflect configurations. This appears to include what type of device this object will be, RF type, Mesh type, Router/Host type, etc.
  1. "network-interface" for ETHERNET, or MESH_THREAD
  2. "mesh_radio_type" for MCR20
  3. "target.features_add" for MESH_ROUTER or other...

... I am led to believe at this point that getting a version from GitHub is the way to go. This may REQUIRE using the Command Line Interpreter. I tried once to import a project from a downloaded zip file, that was not a success. so...

  1. GitHub account
  2. CLI
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