Texas Instruments eZ430-RF2480 - Manual

Page 3 - Contents; USB

Contents EZ430-RF2480 SENSOR MONITOR ............................................................................... 1 1. INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................... 2 2. INSTALLATION...............................................

Page 5 - installation; XP

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...

Page 8 - Vista

3.2. Windows Vista The first time the USB dongle (sink) is connected to the PC, the new HW is detected and the system will ask to install driver software. Select “Locate and install driver software”. Select “I don’t have the disc. Show me other options.” Select “Browse my computer for driver softwar...

Page 10 - Interface

4. User Interface The user interface is developed to be as simple as possible with only a few buttons and input fields. In fact, the user does not need to interact with the user interface in order to run the application. When the eZ430-RF2480 dongle is connected to the PC, the application will searc...

Page 11 - Figure 1: Screenshot of the eZ430-RF2480 Sensor Monitor

Figure 1: Screenshot of the eZ430-RF2480 Sensor Monitor 9

Page 15 - bar

The meaning of each node is also shown if the mouse is held over the node for more than a second. Note: The Nodes are connected with arrows to show the relationship between parent and child nodes based on the CSKIP addressing scheme. This relationship is with respect to addressing, and does not nece...

Page 16 - More than one dongle connected to the PC

5. Troubleshooting 5.1. Strange temperature values If the temperature is much different from the expected value, this is because the temperature sensor is not calibrated. 5.2. Status of the connected dongle It is possible for the status of the connected dongle to get out of synchronization if the do...

Page 17 - The composite device

The composite device The serial COM port. When the eZ430-RF2480 is removed, these device drivers should disappear from the view in the Device Manager. If they don’t disappear, a restart of the PC will be necessary. Check that the “MSP430” device is available in the drop down list of available COM po...

Page 19 - History; Revision; Initial

6. Document History Revision Date Description/Changes swru157 08/03/2008 Initial release. 17