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Motorola Technical Documents for MESH Products?

Posted by Cliff on from the search-for-tech-specs dept.

jstrzalko asks: "Hello everyone! I am trying to port some MESH networks products to Linux, and am having a hard time tracking down the documents I need. No one at Motorola can seem to help me. Does anyone have access to the MN2064a data sheet (probably about 100 pages) or the interface document for the Motorola WMC6300? Any help would be greatly appreciated."

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  1. Speaking of which... by fm6 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Does anybody know where I left my keys?

    1. Re:Speaking of which... by Sinryc · · Score: 1

      Psshh. Easy way to find out. http://local.google.com/

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    2. Re:Speaking of which... by fm6 · · Score: 2, Funny

      I zoomed in all the way, but I still don't see them!

  2. It's *not* the document he's looking for. by HotNeedleOfInquiry · · Score: 4, Insightful

    He needs detailed technical specs, not a 2 page sales puff sheet. I know the link said datasheet, but did you take the time to actually download it and take a look?

    That said, I doubt that he'll find what he's looking for online. Every wireless chip I've seen required a qualification and a signed non-desclosure before you could get tech info.

    Good luck anyway.

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    1. Re:It's *not* the document he's looking for. by obobo · · Score: 1

      OT: Depends on the wireless arena... Chipcon has all of their datasheets available on their website for their 802.15.4 radios. Then again, 802.15.4 is a little more hobbyist friendly than the MESH stuff, looks like.

  3. On second thought by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    That link I posted doesn't lead to a 100-page file. Maybe he wants more than a data sheet.

    OP, if you're around, perhaps you would care to give us more keywords, some that might only appear on page 50-100 of a 100-page document. Your Google skills are probably better than I implied in my last post, but still some of the slashdotters might have some good Google tricks.

    Here's another too-short PDF on a different mesh networking product:

    http://www.motorola.com/governmentandenterprise/co ntentdir/en_us/product/productdescription/mesh/dat asheets/MWR6300_Data_Sheet.pdf

  4. Good Luck by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I used to work for Motorola, in a group that developed various bits of software (microcode, drivers, etc.) for DSP chips mostly. We had trouble getting specs for anything. Their document management was terrible/nonexistent. Most of the time, we didn't even know who to call to ask who might have said documentation. Yeah, we didn't accomplish much.

    Supposedly it was all Motorola Israel's fault. They were the ones who developed the chips, and then never released any specs to anyone...

  5. No one documents anymore by heinousjay · · Score: 2, Funny

    If it was hard to make, it should be hard to understand.

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  6. Re:I'll be the first to say by EMeta · · Score: 3, Insightful

    While I am not particularly interested in the specific answer, I am quite interested in the methods other slashdotters would know to get at information of this sort. I doubt I am the only one who clicked upon the discussion for that reason.

    That's why we come to ask slashdot; to see a discussion and pool general knowledge. If the answer turns out to be 'Sorry dude,' then even that tells me something.

    As far as the question in point, [thinly veiled attempt not to get modded 'offtopic'] all I can suggest is looking into finding tech specs on other hardware your thing gets plugged into.

  7. MOD PARENT UP by dch24 · · Score: 2, Interesting
    More than just "what he said:" as a kernel driver developer (linux) and as a professional working in just about any related field, there are a couple of huge holes in the way things are done right now.

    A lot of good hardware is left on the shelf when I'm buying. Because if it doesn't have an open source driver (even a wrapper with a link-in binary portion a la nVidia) I make it a point not to buy it. I'll just regret it later, even if I'm just RFP for my employer (large government organization that buys hundreds of units). They'll come back to me later and say either "we decided to switch to linux" or "can you help us debug such-and-such obscure problem with hardware" ... if it doesn't have published driver source, that's already a bad sign.

    Although I'm fine with source most of the time, sometimes I need a tech spec in addition to the source code. (sound drivers especially)

  8. Try USENET by Sparr0 · · Score: 1

    This is the kind of question that belongs on USENET. Pick a [very] few relevant groups, ask for exactly what you need.

  9. have you tried by way2trivial · · Score: 1
    http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&q= MN2064a+filetype%3Apdf+site%3Amotorola.com
    the first result has a listing of Motorola Limited Jays Close, Viables Industrial Estate, BASINGSTOKE, Hampshire, RG22 4PD, UK email: mesh@motorola.com web: www.motorola.com/emea/mesh
      the second has the same contact info

    the third has
      CONTACT INFORMATION
    PHONE (407) 659-5300
    FAX (407) 659-5301
    EMAIL info@meshnetworks.com
    MAILING Motorola
    ADDRESS P.O. Box 948133
    Maitland, FL 32794-8133
    WEB SITE www.Motorola.com/mesh

    taking the 'meshnetworks' and hunting on that domain I tried
    http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&q= MN2064a++site%3Ameshnetworks.com which is no longer a valid website, but the cache has
    "Hardware Developers Kit
    The HDK includes all documentation and tools needed to evaluate and develop a wireless radio based on the MN2064A ASIC chipset. The HDK includes the following components:

    Users Guide and technical Data Sheet
    MN2064A Evaluation Board with documentation
    Complete schematics and Gerber files for a prototype radio transceiver
    IBIS simulation models
    BSDL boundary scan file for manufacturing test
    Product Information Sheet:
    MN2064A Digital ASIC
    Adobe PDF File

    Need Acrobat Reader? Click HERE.


     which gives us the name of the target file from the cache
    www.meshnetworks.com/pdf/data_sheet_mn2064a_asic.p df

    Now looking at
    http://www.google.com/search?q=MN2064A+Digital+ASI C&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&filter=0
    shows the developer kit for a # of countries which includes in part
    "Users Guide and technical Data Sheet

    MN2064A Evaluation Board with documentation"

    Good Luck

    good luck

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