How to use CC2531EMK and Wireshark as Zigbee sniffer.

The following steps show you how to use CC2531EMK and Wireshark as Zigbee sniffer.

1. Download and install TI Wireshark Packet Converter 1.

2. Download and install TI Packet sniffer to get sniffer_fw_cc2531.hex under C:\Program Files (x86)\Texas Instruments\SmartRF Tools\Packet Sniffer\bin\general\firmware. After getting sniffer_fw_cc2531.hex, you can download it to your CC2531EMK using CC Debugger.

3. Plug CC2531EMK into PC and start TiWsPc to select CC2531EMK and Zigbee channel to start TI Wireshark Packet Converter 1.

4. Download and install TI Packet sniffer 2. Copy ti802154ge-x64-2x.dll and tirpi-x64-2x.dll from C:\Program Files (x86)\Texas Instruments\SmartRF Tools\SmartRF Packet Sniffer 2\wireshark\plugins\2.4.x to C:\Program Files (x86)\Wireshark\plugins\2.4.8 (my Wireshar version is 2.4.8 and yours might be different.)

5. Open Wireshark go to Edit > Preferences > Protocols > Zigbee add the Zigbee TC Link Key 5a6967426565416c6c69616e63653039

6. Create a new Desktop shortcut for Wireshark and add the following to the path: -i\\.\pipe\tiwspc_data -k

7. Start Wireshark with the new shortcut created in step 6 and you will see Wireshark sniffing Zigbee data.

How to use LAUNCHXL-CC2650 to work with Wireshark as Zigbee sniffer.

The following steps show you how to use LAUNCHXL-CC2650 to work with Wireshark as Zigbee sniffer.

1. Download and install PACKET-SNIFFER-2 from http://www.ti.com/tool/PACKET-SNIFFER
 
2. Connect the LaunchPad board to the PC with a USB cable and program sniffer_fw_15_4.hex under C:\Program Files (x86)\Texas Instruments\SmartRF Tools\SmartRF Packet Sniffer 2\sniffer_fw\bin\cc26x0lp\15.4 to your LAUNCHXL-CC2650 using Flash Programmer 2.

3. Start SmartRF Sniffer Agent and select Data -> Data Out to check "Use Pipe".

4. Press the Device Configuration button and select a sniffer device, frequency band and channel to use.

5. Press "Start All" button. The incoming data indicator becomes green and the outgoing data indicator becomes blue.

6. Install Wireshark and create a new desktop shortcut. Then, modify the Target setting of the new Wireshark shortcut to add "-i\\.\pipe\tiwspc_data -k" to the end.

7. Start Wireshark and go to Edit->Preferences...->Protocol->Zigbee to add Zigbee TC Link Key "5a6967426565416c6c69616e63653039".

8. Start the new Wireshark shortcut and you will see Wireshark starts to do Zigbee sniff.