-Additionally, a base station application should be run to verify the reception
-of packets sent from a TestLogStorage mote, with reasonable looking sensor
-data (i.e. counting up from 0 to ...).
+Since the TestLogStorage mote writes its records out to the serial
+port, you can test that the application is working properly by reading these
+packets (e.g., through seriallisten):
+
+ java net.tinyos.tools.Listen -comm serial@/dev/ttyUSBXXX:<baud_rate>
+
+Once this java application is running, you should see output containing
+the sensor readings being streamed to your terminal. Check that the
+output has reasonable values, counting up from 0. E.g.:
+
+ 00 ff ff 00 00 06 00 25 00 00 00 9f 00 9f
+ 00 ff ff 00 00 06 00 25 00 00 00 a0 00 a0
+ 00 ff ff 00 00 06 00 25 00 00 00 a1 00 a1
+ 00 ff ff 00 00 06 00 25 00 00 00 a2 00 a2
+ 00 ff ff 00 00 06 00 25 00 00 00 a3 00 a3
+
+NOTE: The baud rate 57600 must be used telos based motes, as its configuration
+has been changed to work with this baud rate when compiled for tosthreads. I.e.
+DO NOT just substitute 'telosb' or 'tmote' for <baud_rate> above. Explicitly
+set it to 57600.