Motorola Technical Documents for MESH Products?

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."

It's *not* the document he's looking for.

[HotNeedleOfInquiry]

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.

Re:It's *not* the document he's looking for.

[obobo]

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.

Speaking of which...

[fm6]

Does anybody know where I left my keys?

Re:Speaking of which...

[Sinryc]

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

Re:Speaking of which...

[fm6]

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

On second thought

[Anonymous Coward]

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/p [motorola.com]

Re:I'll be the first to say

[EMeta]

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 sugg

MOD PARENT UP

[dch24]

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 hu

Try USENET

[Sparr0]

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

Good Luck

[Anonymous Coward]

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...

No one documents anymore

[heinousjay]

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

have you tried

[way2trivial]

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&q = MN2064a+filetype%3Apdf+site%3Amotorola.com [google.com]
the first result has a listing of Motorola Limited Jays Close, Viables Industrial Estate, BASINGSTOKE, Hampshire, RG22 4PD, UK email: [e-mail] web: www.motorola.com/emea/mesh
the second has the same contact info

the third has
CONTACT INFORMATION
PHONE [phone]
FAX [phone]
EMAIL [e-mail]
MAILING Motorola
ADDRESS P.O. Box 948133
Maitland, FL 32794-8133
WEB SITE