Contiki 3.0 - Sky mote not connecting properly

Running ubuntu 16.04, x64. I installed contiki 3.0 without VMware (I'm under the impression I don't need it since I am running ubuntu).

I'm trying to perform the command sudo make hello-world.upload using saved target sky. I've scoured the internet and not found a fix that has work for me yet. However, I keep getting the code below:

using saved target 'sky'
msp430-objcopy hello-world.sky -O ihex hello-world.ihex
make IHEXFILE=hello-world.ihex sky-reset sky-upload
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/liam/contiki/examples/hello-world'
using saved target 'sky'
make -k -j 20 sky-reset-sequence
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/liam/contiki/examples/hello-world'
using saved target 'sky'
../../tools/sky/msp430-bsl-linux --telosb -c /dev/ttyUSB1 -r
MSP430 Bootstrap Loader Version: 1.39-telos-7
Use -h for help
Reset device ...
Done
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/liam/contiki/examples/hello-world'
make -j 20 sky-upload-sequence
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/liam/contiki/examples/hello-world'
using saved target 'sky'
+++++ Erasing /dev/ttyUSB1
MSP430 Bootstrap Loader Version: 1.39-telos-7
Use -h for help
Mass Erase...
Transmit default password ...
+++++ Programming /dev/ttyUSB1
MSP430 Bootstrap Loader Version: 1.39-telos-7
Invoking BSL...
Transmit default password ...
Current bootstrap loader version: 1.61 (Device ID: f16c)
Changing baudrate to 38400 ...
Program ...
42978 bytes programmed.
+++++ Resetting /dev/ttyUSB1
MSP430 Bootstrap Loader Version: 1.39-telos-7
Use -h for help
Reset device ...
Done
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/liam/contiki/examples/hello-world'
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/liam/contiki/examples/hello-world'
rm hello-world.ihex

To my understanding, this did not run correctly and breaks the subsequent command, make login which gives me:

using saved target 'sky'
../../tools/sky/serialdump-linux -b115200 /dev/ttyUSB1
connecting to /dev/ttyUSB1 (115200)
open: Invalid argument
../../platform/sky/Makefile.common:193: recipe for target 'login' failed
make: *** [login] Error 255

I think this means that the mote is not properly connected somehow??

With make motelist I receive back that my device is in /dev/ttyUSB1, which makes me think that it is properly connected. I've also checkmakefile against this and it seems to be fine.

Could someone advise me how to fix this?

Thank you for your time.

1 Answer

You need to change your serialdump-linux execution file in the contiki/tools/sky folder and follow the steps given in the link..

1) Everey thing is given clearly in the above link

The above documentation is really good as of now I am also a newbie in this area.