Viptos Installation documentation

Viptos is an interface between TinyOS and Ptolemy II.

To get started, you must have the AVR tools, TinyOS and Nesc installed and some environment variables must be set.

For details, see $PTII/ptolemy/domains/ptinyos/doc/installation.htm

The quick installation guide

  1. Set the PTII environment variable to the top level Viptos directory.
    Viptos is based on Ptolemy II. For details about installing Ptolemy II, see $PTII/doc/install.htm
  2. Install the AVR tools, TinyOS, NesC as per $PTII/ptolemy/domains/ptinyos/doc/installation.htm

    At the minimum, you should have the TOSROOT, TOSDIR, and PTINYOS_MOMLROOT environment variables set.

  3. Configure Ptolemy II with:
    cd $PTII	
    ./configure
    
  4. Build Ptolemy II:
    make fast
    
  5. Start up Viptos:
    $PTII/bin/viptos
    

Further information

For information about using Viptos, see the Viptos documentation and Viptos help.