Wireless Body Area Network Simulation via Network programming

Institute : NITRR

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Authors : Harsh Pathak , Vipul Bajaj , N pooja

Instuctor : Dr. Manu Vardhan

Language used : Python

Build instructions

LINUX

Chances are your Distro already came with Python2

Cross check by opening terminal and typing python and hit enter

1) Installing python if not already on your system

For debain based distros (Ubuntu and mint) you can easily install Python 2 with the following commands:

$ sudo apt-get update

$ sudo apt-get install python2.7

MAKE SURE YOU RUN THESE 2 Commands (FOR INSTALLING PIP AND PYCRYPTO)

$ sudo apt install python-pip

$ pip install pycrypto

2)Checking that python was successfully installed

To cross check if Python was successfully installed Open your terminal and enter

$ python

and it will show you the version and other details.

3) Running the project

3a) Download the project and unzip it

3b)Open 2 terminals , first one for the PServer.py and second one for Sensor.py

3c)change the directory to where your have unzipped the project in both the terminals

INTERPRETING THE SCRIPTS

Terminal_One $ python PServer.py

Terminal_two $ python Sensor.py

WINDOWS

1)DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL PYTHON 2.7

2)SETUP THE PATH VARIABLE

Open Control Panel, then System

Click 'Advanced system settings' on the left

Click the 'Environment Variables' button

Just add C:\Python27;

3)DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL PIP

NOTE : To use pip you must add the C:\Python27\Scripts; into your path variables.

To cross check if the installation was sucessful , Open CMD and type pip and hit enter.

4) INSTALLING PYCRPTO LIBRARY

cmd Terminal >pip install pyCrypto

Just in case it doesnt work type you can try

cmd Terminal > pip install pycryptodome

5)CHANGE DIRECTORY TO WHERE YOU SCRIPT IS

6)OPEN CMD AND TYPE

C:\Desktop > python PServer.py

C:\Desktop > python Sensor.py