Ok, if your Null application already includes the ActiveMessageC, then it will turn off the radio. Then it is something else. Miklos
On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 9:35 AM, Ugo Colesanti <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Miklos, but isn't it the ActiveMessageC component that I already > included? > > Ugo > > > On 09/25/2012 04:21 PM, Miklos Maroti wrote: >> >> You have to include the radio driver even if you do not use it since >> that puts the radio into sleep mode. Miklos >> >> On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 3:58 AM, Ugo Colesanti >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> I'm using two zigbit amp with tinyos based on the latest eth code found >>> on the old tinyos-contrib cvs. Everything seems to work fine (I receive >>> and send packets even in LPL) except for one test that I'm used to >>> perform on new platforms: I burned the Null application (including the >>> ActiveMessageC component as it should be done for IRIS platforms) and >>> measured the current draw of the node. Based on the datasheet, the >>> expected current draw should be lower than 6uA but in my case I'm not >>> able to reach values below 160uA. I forced MCUSleep to return >>> ATM128_POWER_DOWN as lowest state and disabled the amplifier pulling low >>> the PC1 port of the cpu but nothing changed. >>> I noticed that the CPS pin of the SE2413l (the front-end) stays high >>> which avoids the fron-end to go in sleep mode and I think that this is >>> the main reason of the unexpected power consumption. Unfortunately Atmel >>> does not give the schematics of the ZigBit Amp and I have not been able >>> to pull this pin low (nor I've been able to understand how bitcloud >>> manages it). >>> Does anybody have worked on it and could help me? >>> >>> Ugo >>> >>> p.s. Janos: I've seen an old post where you say that you've worked on >>> that module, have you experienced the same issue? >>> >>> -- >>> Ugo Maria Colesanti >>> Dipartimento di Ingegneria Informatica, Automatica e Gestionale "Antonio >>> Ruberti" >>> Sapienza Universita' di Roma >>> Via Ariosto 25, I floor, room B112 >>> 00185, Rome >>> >>> http://wiserver.dis.uniroma1.it/cms/index.php/contacts/13-postdoc/4-ugo-colesanti >>> Phone: +39 06 77274119 >>> Fax: +39 06 77274002 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Tinyos-help mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://www.millennium.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tinyos-help > > > > -- > Ugo Maria Colesanti > Dipartimento di Ingegneria Informatica, Automatica e Gestionale "Antonio > Ruberti" > Sapienza Universita' di Roma > Via Ariosto 25, I floor, room B112 > 00185, Rome > http://wiserver.dis.uniroma1.it/cms/index.php/contacts/13-postdoc/4-ugo-colesanti > Phone: +39 06 77274119 > Fax: +39 06 77274002 > _______________________________________________ Tinyos-help mailing list [email protected] https://www.millennium.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tinyos-help
