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PINBALL SIMULATOR GUI
The simulator is a graphical front end for the logic you will flash into your routers.

Its purpose is to educate users on how routes are determined so that routers may be efficiently placed.

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SCREENSHOT


SIMULATOR WINDOWS
The simulator window is divided into three window panes:
1. Router Map, This is where the routers and route path will be displayed.
2. Cached Routes, This displays the previously taken routes from a selected router.
3. Router Log, This displays the traffic from a selected router.

MOUSE OPERATION
Left Click on empty Router Map area, Place a single normal power router on the Router Map.
Left Click on an existing router, Select the router to display Cached Routes and Packet Log.
- The dotted circle indicating the RF range of the router will be highlighted, and all routers within
RF range will be colored blue.
Right Click on a selected router, Drop down an options menu:
- Set Source, Select this router as the source of a test packet.
- Set Destination, Select this router as the destination of a test packet.
- Increase Power, Increase the power of this router by one level. (There are three levels.)
- Decrease Power, Decrease the power of this router by one level.
- Disable, Disable this router's transmitter and receiver.
- Delete, Remove this router from the Router Map.

CONTROLS
The top of the simulator window holds the following controls:
- Reset, Clear the Router Map and all cached routes.
- Add 10, Randomly place 10 normal power routers on the Router Map.
- Send Packet, Send a single packet from the selected Source to the selected Destination router.
- Start, Allows the simulation to be restarted after STOP has been clicked.
- Stop, Stop the simulator so logs and states can be observed.

A SIMPLE TEST RUN
1. Start the simulator (or click Reset).
- The Router Map area will be clear of routers.
2. Left click the mouse on the Router Map area.
- A router will be placed on the Router Map. It will be assigned the number R1.
- (In the actual routers, the MAC address is used to generate a unique router designator.)
3. Move the mouse away from the first router, but still within the dotted RF range, and left click again.
- A second router will be placed on the Router Map and assigned the number R2.
4. Right click on the first router and select Set Source.
- The selected router will be outlined by a blue dotted line indicating it is the source for test packets.
5. Right click on the second router and select Set Destination.
- The selected router will be outlined by a red dotted line indicating it is the destination for test packets.
6. Click on Send Packet.
- A green line overlayed by a red line will be drawn between the two routers