The visualizer shows the positions of simulated motes as viewed from above (XY-plane). \ It is possible to zoom (CRTL+Mouse drag) and pan (Shift+Mouse drag) the current view. Motes can be moved by dragging them (ALT+Mouse drag). \ Mouse right-click a mote or unoccupied space for a popup menu with more options. \
The visualizer supports "visualizer skins". \ Each skin provides some specific information, such as ongoing simulated radio traffic, or the IP addresses of motes. \ Multiple skins can be active at the same time. \ Click the upper "Select visualizer skin" button to select or deselect skins. \
Useful skins \
Mote IDs: prints the unique mote IDs inside motes. \
Log output: prints the last printf message above motes. \
Radio traffic: displays inter-mote radio communication. \
Radio environment (UDGM): enables configurating the UDGM radio medium. \
Tip
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Right-click visualizer to show the popup menu, and click "Hide window decorations".
se.sics.cooja.plugins.LogListener = \
Log Listener\
Listens to log output from all simulated motes. \ Right-click the main area for a popup menu with more options. \
You may filter shown logs by entering regular expressions in the bottom text field. \ Filtering is performed on both the Mote and the Data columns.\
Filter examples: \
Hello
logs containing the string 'Hello'\
^Contiki
logs starting with 'Contiki'\
^[CR]
logs starting either a C or an R\
Hello$
logs ending with 'Hello'\
^ID:[2-5]$
logs from motes 2 to 5\
^ID:[2-5] Contiki
logs from motes 2 to 5 starting with 'Contiki'
se.sics.cooja.plugins.TimeLine = \
Timeline\
The timeline arranges historical simulation events into a graphical timeline. \ The timeline can for example be used to overview the behavior of complex power-saving MAC protocols.\
Events appear as colored rectangles in the timeline. For more information about a particular event, hover the mouse above it.\
The checkboxes in the left pane control what event types are shown in the timeline. \ Currently, four event types are supported (see below). Note that the control pane can be hidden to save space. \
All simulated motes are by default added to the timeline, however, any unwanted motes can be removed by mouse clicking the node ID (left).\
To display a vertical time marker on the timeline, press and hold the mouse on the time ruler (top).\
For more options, such as zooming and saving raw data to file, right-click the mouse for a popup menu.\
Radio RX/TX\
Shows radio connection events. Transmissions are painted blue, receptions are green, and interfered radios are red.\
Radio ON/OFF\
Shows whether the mote radio is on or off. Turned on radios are indicated with gray color.\
LEDs\
Shows LED state: red, green, and blue. (Assumes all mote types have exactly three LEDs.)\
Watchpoints\
Shows triggered watchpoints, currently only supported by MSPSim-based motes. To add watchpoints, use the Msp Code Watcher plugin.
se.sics.cooja.plugins.SimControl = \
Control Panel\
Use the control panel to start and stop the current simulation. \
Note that toggling simulation execution is also possible by the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+S. \
Step millisecond executes all events within the next simulated millisecond. \
The execution speed can be controlled via the bottom slider. \ If the slider value is non-zero, sleep events are scheduled in the simulation loop. \
By setting the slider to Real time, the execution speed is limited to at maximum real time. \ The Real time slider value is to the right of No simulation delay: select the slider button and use to keyboard to navigate here. \
Run until can be used to configure a time (in milliseconds) where the simulation will automatically pause.
KEYBOARD_SHORTCUTS = \
Keyboard shortcuts
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Ctrl+N: New simulation\
Ctrl+S: Start/pause simulation\
Ctrl+R: Reload current simulation. If no simulation exists, the last used simulation config is loaded\
Ctrl+Shift+R: Reload current simulation with another random seed\
Ctrl+X: Quit COOJA\
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F1: Toggle quick help