Next, the nodes should be connected to each other.
Connecting nodes is done in the node configuration dialog. You can open it
with the node's config button .
At first, the dialog will look quite simple:
Right now, the dialog allows you to choose to which of the available channels
the node should connect. You can also change the node color and type in a node name,
which will then be displayed in the node's title bar.
When you check the checkbox for channel A, the dialog will present you some
configuration options that are relevant for the simulation you are going to explore.
Please adjust the settings as follows to accomplish this:
Precisely, this means, that, starting with the first communication cycle, the node will send messages in slot 1 (SS1) in the static segment and in slot 3 (DS3) in the dynamic segment. A transmission in a segment takes only place, if a slot was assigned to the node. The length of a static slot is fix. The length of a dynamic slot is variable and will be defined during the transmission depending on the length of the message. The number of an assigned dynamic slot gives not the number of the minislot in which the node will transmit. It gives only the node's position in the order of the transmitting nodes in the dynamic segment.
Also it is defined that the node sends messages which are between 2 and 2 minislots long and pause transmission for 0 to 0 cycles after each transmission. Adjusting the values to ranges (for example 3 to 6 minislots) will make the node use random values from within those ranges in each cycle.
As you may have noticed, you can also define a pause for the static segment
as well as the length of the messages you can send with the dynamic segment action
button . This now disabled button will
be enabled during simulation and look like this:
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After clicking OK, the connection will be displayed as a dashed line and a small circle indicating the channel's designation.
Please configure the other node just like this node.