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Before you can go on, you need to install mingw, which gives you all of the build tools to build the firmware:

  • Download from http://www.mingw.org/

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    If you're as lazy as we are, you can just follow the "Looking for the latest version? Download mingw-get-setup.exe" link at the top of http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/.

  • Use the following installation options:
    • Install at C:\MingGW\
    • Mark the following packages for installation:
      • ming32-base
      • msys-base
    • Select "Installation > Apply Changes" to download and install those packages. This will download and install the packages.
  • Add C:\MinGW\bin to your PATH environment variable

  • Verify you can call the gcc command:

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    C:\Users\Thomas>gcc --version
gcc (GCC) 4.8.1
Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

 

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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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 2.7.10
  • Install pywin32, an extension for WIndows. You will need it to interact with the TAP virtual interface
  • 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\Desktop\openwsn-sw> pip install -r requirements.txt

  • Install SCons, the build environment:

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

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