TinyOS Primer

Installing TinyOS on Windows using Cygwin

May 2010 (Updated 11/5/2010), by Geoffrey Lo and Ashwin Ram

Important Note #1: This guide can be used with files downloaded from the Internet (do not install any files from the TinyOS CD as they contain older versions that will conflict)

Important Note #2: Install all applications in their default directory. Otherwise, proceed at your own risk! (e.g. Cygwin in C:\cygwin).

Comments and suggestions: I’ve turned on comments just for this page – if anything’s worked for you or hasn’t worked, please leave a comment! Thanks.

Step 1: Installing Files

Follow the official TinyOS guide to Install Java, Cygwin, Native Compilers, Toolchain and Source Tree (click here). In lieu of the links on their website, do this:

Java: To install the Java 1.6 JDK, go to http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/widget/jdk6.jsp
- Add the Java BIN directory (e.g. C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_20\bin) to your PATH Windows Environment Variable (don’t delete what’s in the variable – just add to it separating folders with semicolons). How? Windows XP / Windows Vista and 7.
Cygwin: Download the web installer at http://www.cygwin.com/setup.exe
- Run the installer, and accept the default packages butwith the following extras and all related packages (make sure these are installed!):
  - gcc (compiler)
  - nano (text editor)
  - file (Utils: required by tos-install-jni)
  - rpm (package management)
  - python base package (required for TOSSIM – see below)
Native compilers:
- Run Cygwin. On Vista / Win7, make sure you run as administrator (especially if you see ‘permission denied’ erorr messages).
- For each of the packages in the order listed, type rpm -Uvh –force –ignoreos –nodeps <file> where <file> is each of the packages listed (without the braces).
- The copy of jflashmm.tgz is corrupt so you can ignore it.
TinyOS Toolchain: Install as per instructions.
TinyOS 2.x Source Tree:
- Install the TinyOS RPM package listed.
- Plug in your tinyos mote (wait for Windows to install the USB to Serial Drivers), then start up Cygwin shell and type motelist. Take a note of which COM port Windows has assigned your mote. Note that each mote you plug in will have a different COM port assigned.
- To configure your environment, we can create a bash profile to store all environment variables. Here’s one we made to save you time (replace the COM3 in red with whatever COM port you saw from motelist and telosb with your platform if you’re not using TelosB – valid platforms can be found here). Create a new file called .bash_profile in your Cygwin home directory (e.g. C:\cygwin\home\<user>\) (if you have problems with the dot in front, use nano inside Cygwin) and include the following lines:

export TOSROOT="/opt/tinyos-2.x"
export TOSDIR="$TOSROOT/tos"
export CLASSPATH=".;C:/cygwin/opt/tinyos-2.x/support/sdk/java"
export CLASSPATH="$CLASSPATH;C:\cygwin\opt\tinyos-2.x\support\sdk\java\tinyos.jar;."
export MAKERULES="$TOSROOT/support/make/Makerules"
export PATH="/opt/msp430/bin:/opt/jflashmm:$PATH"
export MOTECOM=serial@COM3:telosb

Step 2: Fixing Files Post-Install

There are a few problems with the default install which will become apparent as soon as you walk through tutorials and try to compile code, run Java etc,. Follow these steps to fix them.

the -32.dll problem

In C:\cygwin\lib\tinyos, make copies of getenv.dll and toscomm.dll and name them getenv-32.dll and toscomm-32.dll respectively.
Copy these four DLL files into C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_20\bin

the printf.h problem

In C:\cygwin\opt\tinyos-2.x\tos\lib\printf, make a copy of printf.h and name it generic_printf.h.

compiling tinyos java

In cygwin (make sure to run as administrator), navigate to C:\cygwin\opt\tinyos-2.x\support\sdk\java and type maketo compile the Java environment.
- If you get an error about javac not found, double check your Windows PATH variable in System Properties. On 64-bit systems, if you install the 32-bit JDK, you will be in “Program Files (x86)” not “Program Files”.
In any directory, type tos-install-jni (make sure everything is successful. some operations require admin privileges in Windows).
- If there is an error on Line 23 about “file: command not found”, be sure to select and install ‘file’ in the Cygwin installer.

TOSSIM compiling problem (added 6/11/2010)

If you’re trying to compile your program and you get an error along the lines of “make: python2.5-config: Command not found”, re-run the Cygwin installer and install the Python package (you can search for it in the installer). You only need to install the base python package.
Note that TOSSIM is not supported for TelosB motes. In the opt/tinyos-2.x/tos/platforms/, you’ll notice that MicaZ has a ‘sim’ subdirectory, but telosb does not.

Step 3: Installing Mote Drivers

Optional step for 64-bit Windows users – added 6/14/2010

Note: In Cygwin, if your motes are successfully showing up when you type ‘motelist’ and are assigned COM ports, and there are no exclamation marks in the Windows Device Manager, you can safely skip this section.

If you have a 64-bit Windows Operating system, chances are you won’t be able to see your mote when typing ‘motelist’. The CD that comes with the TelosB motes only come with 32-bit drivers. Since Crossbow doesn’t appear to supply drivers on their website, you’ll need to manually install the USB to serial drivers used by your mote from the manufacturer of the USB Serial converter:

For TelosB motes, you can download the USB To Serial drivers from http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/D2XX.htm – click on the newest driver version (2.06.2 at the time of writing) to download the driver package.
Extract the ZIP file.
Open up Windows’ Device Manager, and you’ll see an exclamation mark on the CrossBow TelosB mote. Right click it, and click ‘Update Driver’. Point the wizard to your newly extracted driver folder. This should install a ‘USB Serial Converter’ to your ‘Universal Serial Bus controllers’ section.
At this point, a new ‘USB Serial Port’ will show up in your ‘Ports’ section with an exclamation mark. You’ll also need to do the same (point the Update Driver wizard to the same driver folder package you just downloaded) to install the correct drivers automatically. At this point, there should be no USB Serial-related yellow exclamation marks in your Device Manager.

Now, in Cygwin, your motes should show up when you type ‘motelist’ and should be assigned a COM port each. Note that you only need to go through the Device Manager procedure once per computer and subsequent motes will automatically be installed.

Step 4: Troubleshooting

In case any of these steps do not work, be sure to try this:

Close and reopen Cygwin (make sure to run as administrator) after any changes to the system library/environment/Cygwin/Java.
If any components (e.g. rpm, gcc) are missing, reopen Cygwin’s setup.exe and make sure the packages are installed. Reinstall them if necessary.
Update on 11/5/2010: I was advised by a reader that newer versions of Cygwin 1.7 (e.g. 1.7.7) on Windows 7 produces conflicting declarations of the cfmakeraw() function. This has to do with the function being included in Cygwin libc as of version 1.72. To make UISP compile, and for R. Bornet’s comments and patch file, check out his mailing list post here.
Be sure to read the official TinyOS Tutorials (especially #1 to #5) to get familiar with TinyOS. Also a good read is: TinyOS Programming Manual

Good luck!

Reader Comments

“I wish i could describe you the feeling when i inserted the lines […] in my tinyos.sh file, then clicking “Save” and starting again cygwin. Finally i managed to run the *&!%^+@~!@ TestSerial. I dont know who i can pay it you back. I have spent 3 days googling and applying solutions with no effect.” – N. Larisis, Greece
“I just started with TOS and had some trouble with installation and thus posted on tinyos-help mailing-list. Another guy on the list directed me to your Tiny OS primer page and found it very useful. I added a link to it on the official TinyOS documentation wiki.” – R. Bornet, Switzerland

Jasper Buesch says:

November 18, 2010 at 2:32 PM

Hey!
I had major problems with the java stuff myself! (running cygwin under Win7(64) with javax64)
When executing the last rpm package (tinyos-tools) I got “Java not found…” although the PATH and CLASSPATH were set right.
I found out, that the tos-locate-jre script (which is used by that package)
is using a tool called “regtool” to get the java home dir from “HKLM/SOFTWARE/JavaSoft/Java Development Kit/1.6”

The problem is that on my computer a regtool list command for “HKLM/SOFTWARE” is redirected to
“HKLM/SOFTWARE/Wow6432Node” and there was no entry for the java stuff at all.
The simple solution was to copy the java entries from “HKLM/SOFTWARE/JavaSoft/” to
“HKLM/SOFTWARE/Wow6432Node/JavaSoft” and everthing is fine now… 🙂

biyan says:

December 1, 2010 at 9:10 PM

I can see python2.5-config file along with other python exe files inside this directory:
C:\cygwin\bin

Still, I am getting this error “make: python2.5-config: Command not found” while compiling Blink application.

Is there any place I should tell make to look for this directory fo python2.5-config?

vino says:

December 9, 2010 at 1:17 AM

I’m getting the error like this

make: python2.5-config: command not found

I read the above but coudnt get where to install Python.exe… help me to fix this error

geoff says:

December 9, 2010 at 1:38 AM

@ Comments #2 and #3, have you guys ensured that you have installed python through the Cygwin installer? I’d re-run the Cygwin setup file, search for all packages with ‘python’ in the name, and make sure they are checked – click the checkmark a few times to see the difference between checked and unchecked. Hope this helps!

Baris says:

December 20, 2010 at 1:49 PM

Hi,

I followed the exact same steps and also changed the PYTHON VERSION from 2.5 to 2.6 in sim.extra files.
This way everything works ok and the Blink application’s TOSSIM object can be created. However when I try to
use TOSSIM on RadioCountToSend while compiling the related java file it says that symbol “SerialPacket” cannot be found
the location is “class net.tinyos.message.Message”. I specifically installed JAVA 1.5 for this. Python is also installed I was able to run
Blink’s simulation using python.

Regards
Baris

Jay says:

January 18, 2011 at 3:49 PM

for 64 bit tos-locate-jre correction, add the -w switch to the regtool, see below, tos-locate-jre file:
regtool -w -q get ‘\\HKLM\\SOFTWARE\\JavaSoft\\Java Development Kit\\CurrentVersion
Remember to update both calls to regtool.

John says:

February 1, 2011 at 9:55 PM

I get the error “make: *** No rule to make target ‘micaz’. Stop.” I have followed these steps carefully, and after googling around, it appears that others have the same issue. This is after all the steps to install have been completed, and I am trying to make the Blink example. Any ideas?

Thanks!

John

mmmq says:

March 8, 2011 at 11:04 AM

Hello, I am getting this warning when I try to execute this command:

rpm -Uvh –force –ignoreos –nodeps msp430tools-libc-20080808-1.cygwin.i386.rpm

warning: user TinyOS User does not exist – using root

Please help

alex says:

April 3, 2011 at 5:52 PM

Hello and thanks for you good work!
I have the same issue

warning: user TinyOS User does not exist – using root
what i m doing wrong? I have windows 7 64 bit

daniele says:

April 14, 2011 at 6:52 AM

hi all,
i followed the steps well but i meet some problems:
1)also i have the same issue about
warning: user TinyOS User does not exist – using root
warning: user TinyOS User does not exist – using group
2)when i make the command rpm -Uvh –ignoreos –force –nodeps tinyos-tools-1.4.0-3.cygwin.i386.rpm
the package is installed and show installing jni code in “pathname” done
but a window appears about giveio-install.exe-Impossible find the entry mount point
the error message(i translate it from my language in italian):Impossible to find the entry point __getreent of the procedure in the
library of dinamic linking cygwin1.dll
and when i type motelist the same error appears.
I installed giveio in windows xp sp3 but the error still remain.
What cause the error?
Many thanks for the help,
Daniele.

April 14, 2011 at 6:55 AM

sorry in the first problem i found only
warning: user TinyOS User does not exist – using root
😉

Hammitt Raffaelli says:

April 19, 2011 at 2:01 PM

I still have problem with python2.5-config: command not found.
the version of python installed is 2.5.1-2

I have read that I should install the python headers using the apt-get install commands, but it seems apt-get doesnt work in cyqwin. I am using cyqwin 1.5 (from the tinyos.net). I have no problem installing the apps on motes and running them and java serial is also working fine, the only problem is the TOSSIM :

make: python2.5-config: command not found
and many lines of errors

There is no error regarding python.h and I have checked python2.5-config exist in /bin directory. python.h in /usr/include/python2.5 The Python version is set to 2.5 in sim.extra

Do you have any suggestion?

April 21, 2011 at 8:36 AM

second point resolved 😉

i think the first will not give any problems

S.Vinodh Kumar says:

May 20, 2011 at 11:52 PM

hi!!!
I am facing trouble with installation of the source tree …..
its showing failed dependencies..please help me out.

May 20, 2011 at 11:55 PM

I gave
rpm -ivh tinyos-2.1.1-3.cygwin.noarch.rpm
error:
Failed dependencies:
tinyos -tools 1.4 >= is need by tinyos-2.1.1-3
nesc -1.3 is needed by tinyos 2.1.3

Tanner says:

June 3, 2011 at 11:19 AM

I installed everything fine, but I got errors when trying to run the Java tools or run a Java program. It says I can’t load 32-bit dll on a 64 bit AMD. I am running windows 7 x64. Is there and easy way around this?

Unai says:

August 3, 2011 at 1:45 AM

I have exactly the same problem of Hammitt Raffaelli(#12)
someone could help me?

Prasanth says:

September 14, 2011 at 2:29 AM

Am using Tinyos 2.x. Make in the folder C:cygwinopt inyos-2.xsupportsdkjava is not working for me.
Its throwing error like this..

javac DDocument.java
DDocument.java:49: package net.tinyos.message does not exist
import net.tinyos.message.*;
^
DDocument.java:68: cannot find symbol
symbol : class DNavigate
location: class net.tinyos.mviz.DDocument
public DNavigate navigator;
^
DDocument.java:325: cannot find symbol
symbol : class DMoteModelListener
location: class net.tinyos.mviz.DDocument
implements DMoteModelListener {
^
DDocument.java:168: cannot find symbol
symbol : class DMoteModel
location: class net.tinyos.mviz.DDocument
protected DMoteModel selected = null;
^
DDocument.java:179: cannot find symbol
symbol : class DShape
location: class net.tinyos.mviz.DDocument
public DShape getSelected() {
^
DDocument.java:183: cannot find symbol
symbol : class DShape
location: class net.tinyos.mviz.DDocument
public void setSelected(DShape selected) {
^
DDocument.java:189: cannot find symbol
symbol : class DMoteModel
location: class net.tinyos.mviz.DDocument
private DMoteModel createNewMote(int moteID){
^
DDocument.java:206: cannot find symbol
symbol : class DMoteModel
location: class net.tinyos.mviz.DDocument
private DLinkModel createNewLink(DMoteModel start, DMoteModel end) {
^
DDocument.java:206: cannot find symbol
symbol : class DMoteModel
location: class net.tinyos.mviz.DDocument
private DLinkModel createNewLink(DMoteModel start, DMoteModel end) {
^
DDocument.java:206: cannot find symbol
symbol : class DLinkModel
location: class net.tinyos.mviz.DDocument
private DLinkModel createNewLink(DMoteModel start, DMoteModel end) {
^
DDocument.java:361: cannot find symbol
symbol : class DMoteModel
location: class net.tinyos.mviz.DDocument.DrawTableModel
public void shapeChanged(DMoteModel changed, int type){
^
DDocument.java:366: cannot find symbol
symbol : class DMoteModel
location: class net.tinyos.mviz.DDocument.DrawTableModel
public void add(DMoteModel model){
^
DDocument.java:372: cannot find symbol
symbol : class DMoteModel
location: class net.tinyos.mviz.DDocument.DrawTableModel
public void remove(DMoteModel model){
^
DDocument.java:381: cannot find symbol
symbol : class DMoteModel
location: class net.tinyos.mviz.DDocument.DrawTableModel
private int findModel(DMoteModel changed){
^
DDocument.java:142: cannot find symbol
symbol : class DNavigate
location: class net.tinyos.mviz.DDocument
navigator = new DNavigate(sensed_motes, sensed_links, this);
^
DDocument.java:190: cannot find symbol
symbol : class DMoteModel
location: class net.tinyos.mviz.DDocument
DMoteModel m = new DMoteModel(moteID, rand, this);
^
DDocument.java:190: cannot find symbol
symbol : class DMoteModel
location: class net.tinyos.mviz.DDocument
DMoteModel m = new DMoteModel(moteID, rand, this);
^
DDocument.java:207: cannot find symbol
symbol : class DLinkModel
location: class net.tinyos.mviz.DDocument
DLinkModel dl = new DLinkModel(start, end, rand, this);
^
DDocument.java:207: cannot find symbol
symbol : class DLinkModel
location: class net.tinyos.mviz.DDocument
DLinkModel dl = new DLinkModel(start, end, rand, this);
^
DDocument.java:226: cannot find symbol
symbol : class DMoteModel
location: class net.tinyos.mviz.DDocument
DMoteModel m = (DMoteModel)moteIndex.get(new Integer(moteID));
^
DDocument.java:226: cannot find symbol
symbol : class DMoteModel
location: class net.tinyos.mviz.DDocument
DMoteModel m = (DMoteModel)moteIndex.get(new Integer(moteID));
^
DDocument.java:240: cannot find symbol
symbol : class DMoteModel
location: class net.tinyos.mviz.DDocument
DMoteModel m = (DMoteModel)moteIndex.get(new Integer(startMote));
^
DDocument.java:240: cannot find symbol
symbol : class DMoteModel
location: class net.tinyos.mviz.DDocument
DMoteModel m = (DMoteModel)moteIndex.get(new Integer(startMote));
^
DDocument.java:244: cannot find symbol
symbol : class DMoteModel
location: class net.tinyos.mviz.DDocument
DMoteModel m2 = (DMoteModel)moteIndex.get(new Integer(endMote));
^
DDocument.java:244: cannot find symbol
symbol : class DMoteModel
location: class net.tinyos.mviz.DDocument
DMoteModel m2 = (DMoteModel)moteIndex.get(new Integer(endMote));
^
DDocument.java:248: cannot find symbol
symbol : class DLinkModel
location: class net.tinyos.mviz.DDocument
DLinkModel dl = (DLinkModel)linkIndex.get(startMote + + endMote)
;
^
DDocument.java:248: cannot find symbol
symbol : class DLinkModel
location: class net.tinyos.mviz.DDocument
DLinkModel dl = (DLinkModel)linkIndex.get(startMote + + endMote)
;
^
DDocument.java:295: cannot find symbol
symbol : class DataModel
location: class net.tinyos.mviz.DDocument
DataModel model = new DataModel(packetVector);
^
DDocument.java:295: cannot find symbol
symbol : class DataModel
location: class net.tinyos.mviz.DDocument
DataModel model = new DataModel(packetVector);
^
DDocument.java:303: cannot find symbol
symbol : class MessageInput
location: class net.tinyos.mviz.DDocument
MessageInput input = new MessageInput(packetVector, source, doc);
^
DDocument.java:303: cannot find symbol
symbol : class MessageInput
location: class net.tinyos.mviz.DDocument
MessageInput input = new MessageInput(packetVector, source, doc);
^
DDocument.java:310: cannot find symbol
symbol : class DMoteModel
location: class net.tinyos.mviz.DDocument
((DMoteModel)it.next()).requestRepaint();
^
DDocument.java:316: cannot find symbol
symbol : class DLink
location: class net.tinyos.mviz.DDocument
((DLink)it.next()).repaint();
^
DDocument.java:350: cannot find symbol
symbol : class DMoteModel
location: class net.tinyos.mviz.DDocument.DrawTableModel
DMoteModel model = (DMoteModel) DDocument.this.motes.get(row);
^
DDocument.java:350: cannot find symbol
symbol : class DMoteModel
location: class net.tinyos.mviz.DDocument.DrawTableModel
DMoteModel model = (DMoteModel) DDocument.this.motes.get(row);
^
DDocument.java:383: cannot find symbol
symbol : class DMoteModel
location: class net.tinyos.mviz.DDocument.DrawTableModel
if ((DMoteModel)DDocument.this.motes.get(i) == changed)
^
DDocument.java:408: cannot find symbol
symbol: class DMoteModel
DMoteModel model = (DMoteModel)it.next();
^
DDocument.java:408: cannot find symbol
symbol: class DMoteModel
DMoteModel model = (DMoteModel)it.next();
^
DDocument.java:411: operator + cannot be applied to DMoteModel.getLocX,int
model.getLocX() + 20) &&
^
DDocument.java:409: withinRange(int,int,int) in cannot be applied to (int,int,)
if (withinRange(e.getX(),
^
DDocument.java:414: operator + cannot be applied to DMoteModel.getLocY,int
model.getLocY() + 20)) {
^
DDocument.java:412: withinRange(int,int,int) in cannot be applied to (int,int,)
withinRange(e.getY(),
^
DDocument.java:444: operator + cannot be applied to DMoteModel.getLocX,int
selected.move(selected.getLocX() + dx, selected.getL
ocY() + dy);
^
DDocument.java:444: operator + cannot be applied to DMoteModel.getLocY,int
selected.move(selected.getLocX() + dx, selected.getL
ocY() + dy);

^
Note: DDocument.java uses unchecked or unsafe operations.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details.
44 errors
make[3]: *** [DDocument.class] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/opt/tinyos-2.x/support/sdk/java/net/tinyos/mviz’
make[3]: Entering directory `/opt/tinyos-2.x/support/sdk/java/net/tinyos/sim’
… /opt/tinyos-2.x/support/sdk/java/net/tinyos/sim
make[3]: Leaving directory `/opt/tinyos-2.x/support/sdk/java/net/tinyos/sim’
make[3]: Entering directory `/opt/tinyos-2.x/support/sdk/java/net/tinyos/tools’
… /opt/tinyos-2.x/support/sdk/java/net/tinyos/tools
mig java -java-classname=net.tinyos.tools.PrintfMsg /opt/tinyos-2.x/tos/lib/pri
ntf/printf.h printf_msg -o PrintfMsg.java
javac PrintfMsg.java
PrintfMsg.java:9: package net.tinyos.message does not exist
public class PrintfMsg extends net.tinyos.message.Message {
^
PrintfMsg.java:69: package net.tinyos.message does not exist
public PrintfMsg(net.tinyos.message.Message msg, int base_offset) {
^
PrintfMsg.java:78: package net.tinyos.message does not exist
public PrintfMsg(net.tinyos.message.Message msg, int base_offset, int data_l
ength) {
^
PrintfMsg.java:20: cannot find symbol
symbol : method amTypeSet(int)
location: class net.tinyos.tools.PrintfMsg
amTypeSet(AM_TYPE);
^
PrintfMsg.java:26: cannot find symbol
symbol : method amTypeSet(int)
location: class net.tinyos.tools.PrintfMsg
amTypeSet(AM_TYPE);
^
PrintfMsg.java:35: cannot find symbol
symbol : method amTypeSet(int)
location: class net.tinyos.tools.PrintfMsg
amTypeSet(AM_TYPE);
^
PrintfMsg.java:44: cannot find symbol
symbol : method amTypeSet(int)
location: class net.tinyos.tools.PrintfMsg
amTypeSet(AM_TYPE);
^
PrintfMsg.java:53: cannot find symbol
symbol : method amTypeSet(int)
location: class net.tinyos.tools.PrintfMsg
amTypeSet(AM_TYPE);
^
PrintfMsg.java:62: cannot find symbol
symbol : method amTypeSet(int)
location: class net.tinyos.tools.PrintfMsg
amTypeSet(AM_TYPE);
^
PrintfMsg.java:71: cannot find symbol
symbol : method amTypeSet(int)
location: class net.tinyos.tools.PrintfMsg
amTypeSet(AM_TYPE);
^
PrintfMsg.java:80: cannot find symbol
symbol : method amTypeSet(int)
location: class net.tinyos.tools.PrintfMsg
amTypeSet(AM_TYPE);
^
PrintfMsg.java:166: cannot find symbol
symbol : method getUIntBEElement(int,int)
location: class net.tinyos.tools.PrintfMsg
return (short)getUIntBEElement(offsetBits_buffer(index1), 8);
^
PrintfMsg.java:173: cannot find symbol
symbol : method setUIntBEElement(int,int,short)
location: class net.tinyos.tools.PrintfMsg
setUIntBEElement(offsetBits_buffer(index1), 8, value);
^
PrintfMsg.java:245: package net.tinyos.message does not exist
char carr[] = new char[Math.min(net.tinyos.message.Message.MAX_CONVERTE
D_STRING_LENGTH,28)];
^
14 errors
make[3]: *** [PrintfMsg.class] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/opt/tinyos-2.x/support/sdk/java/net/tinyos/tools’
make[3]: Entering directory `/opt/tinyos-2.x/support/sdk/java/net/tinyos/util’
… /opt/tinyos-2.x/support/sdk/java/net/tinyos/util
make[3]: Leaving directory `/opt/tinyos-2.x/support/sdk/java/net/tinyos/util’
make[2]: Leaving directory `/opt/tinyos-2.x/support/sdk/java/net/tinyos’
make[1]: Leaving directory `/opt/tinyos-2.x/support/sdk/java/net’

Can u plz suggest a solution.

Terje Mjelde says:

September 15, 2011 at 6:28 AM

Prasanth: I experienced the same problem. The solution was to include the SDK-dir as part of the CLASSPATH, like this:

export CLASSPATH=´cygpath -w $TOSROOT/support/sdk/java´;.

before you do a make tinoys.jar. Note that I removed the “tinyos.jar” from the CLASSPATH. Remember to restore the CLASSPATH afterwards.

dwaraka says:

November 17, 2011 at 2:21 AM

i tried for serial listen program on telosb mote.

when i type “java net.tinyos.tools.Listen -comm serial@COM15: telosb”

i’m getting

“$ java net.tinyos.tools.Listen
Error: Could not find or load main class net.tinyos.tools.Listen”

pls help me. thanks in advance

Hans Peter says:

January 26, 2012 at 7:39 AM

I had the same problem as Prasanth (18) and dwaraka (20). Terje Mjelde’s (19) solution, didn’t work for me. What helped, was just to download the “tinyos.jar” file from http://www.tinyos.net/tinyos-2.x/support/sdk/java/ and replace it with the “tinyos.jar” file in /opt/tinyos-2.x/support/sdk/java/ on my computer.

Hope that might help someone. (I’m sure I will run into more problem’s soon anyway 🙂

Fede Sismondi says:

February 22, 2012 at 7:18 PM

Hans Pete & Prasanth ,
Im having the same problem you were experiencing, but both of the solutions you mentioned didnt work for me.
I have installed and ran tinyos succesfully before, but when I changed my distribution to kubuntu 11.10 and reinstalled everything I found with this problem.

this is how my tinyos.sh looks like now:

#! /usr/bin/env bash
# Here we setup the environment
# variables needed by the tinyos
# make system

echo “Setting up for TinyOS 2.1.1”
export TOSROOT=
export TOSDIR=
export MAKERULES=

#export TOSMAKE_PATH=$TOSROOT/support/make

# variables de entorno
export TOSROOT=/opt/tinyos-2.1.1
export TOSDIR=$TOSROOT/tos
export MAKERULES=$TOSROOT/support/make/Makerules
export PATH=/usr/msp430/bin:${PATH}:/opt/msp430/bin:/opt/jflashmm
export CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:$TOSROOT/support/sdk/java:.
#tinyos.jar:.

export TOSROOT
export TOSDIR
export CLASSPATH
export PYTHONPATH
export MAKERULES

I cant campile java’s .java neither when compiling like javac sth.java nor when using make telosb (with radiocounttoleds for example )

Need some help and advice!!
thanks.

ABID Aymen says:

June 19, 2012 at 3:39 AM

I use Cygwin with Windows Xp
I am compiling with ‘make simple’
for this example
(file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/ABID/Mes%20documents/th%C3%A8se/WSN%20installation/docs.tinyos.net/tinywiki/index.php/The_simplest_TinyOS_program.html)

I have this message:
***missing separator. Stop***

What’s the problem

Thank’s