Several softwares and tools will be installed on your computer during you read this page, for example, python, pywin32 and mingw. You can install python,pywin32 and mingw either full 32-bit or full 64-bit version. Just make sure their version are consistent. We recommended the 32-bit installation. This setting has tested on both 32 and 64 machine.

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

• Download Python 2.7.x from https://www.python.org/ (NOT Python 3!)
• Add the following directories to your PATH environment variable:
  • C:\Python27
  • C:\Python27\Scripts

• Verify you can call python:

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  C:\Users\Thomas>python --version Python 2.7.5

• Install pywin32, an extension for WIndows. You will need it to interact with the TAP virtual interface
  • Download from http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/
  • Install with default options
• Install the Python setuptools from https://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools#installation-instructions. Typically, this means downloading a file called ez_setup.py and double-clicking on it.

• Verify that you can call the easy_install command:

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  C:\Users\Thomas>easy_install --version setuptools 1.1.6

• Install the pip utility:

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  C:\Users\Thomas>easy_install pip

• Verify that you can call the pip command:

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  C:\Users\Thomas>pip --version pip 1.4.1 from c:\python27\lib\site-packages\pip-1.4.1-py2.7.egg (python 2.7)

• Install the OpenWSN Python dependencies (from the openwsn-sw\ directory on your Desktop):

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  C:\Users\Thomas\Desktop\openwsn-sw> pip install -r requirements.pip

• Install SCons, the build environment:

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  C:\Users\Thomas\Desktop\openwsn-sw> pip install scons