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If you are completely new to OpenWSN, and you are using Linux, read this page first. It will walk you through all the steps to install OpenWSN and explore a number of key features.

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Before you can go on, you need to install some Python packages:

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~/Desktop/openwsn/openwsn-sw/software/openvisualizer$ sudo apt-get install python-pip
~/Desktop/openwsn/openwsn-sw/software/openvisualizer$ sudo pip install bottle
~/Desktop/openwsn/openwsn-sw/software/openvisualizer$ sudo pip install PyDispatcher
~/Desktop/openwsn/openwsn-sw/software/openvisualizer$ sudo pip install Sphinx
~/Desktop/openwsn/openwsn-sw/software/openvisualizer$ sudo pip install netifaces
~/Desktop/openwsn/openwsn-sw/software/openvisualizer$ sudo pip install yappi
~/Desktop/openwsn/openwsn-sw/software/openvisualizer$ sudo pip install pyzmq
~/Desktop/openwsn/openwsn-sw/software/openvisualizer$ sudo pip install openwsn-coap

Or install them simple with one command.

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~/Desktop/openwsn/openwsn-sw/software/openvisualizer$ sudo pip install -r requirements.txt
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The current version of pip 8.1.2 has some changes on the source code, which may cause the error: AttributeError: 'Requirement' object has no attribute 'project_name' when use the -r option to install the packages, . If this error happens, try to install those packages one by one as shown previously.


PySerial is also required and it's available in Debian/Ubuntu. you need to install the PySerial if it's not installed on your machine.

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~/Desktop/openwsn/openwsn-sw/software/openvisualizer$ sudo pip install PySerial


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You now see all the packets exchanged over the simulated radio environment, exciting!


Here is an example pcap file of openwsn simulation network with three motes: example.

Closing the OpenVisualizer

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