I realized that, if the cable to the mote is disconnected, it wasn't a good idea for it to have live power. Thus, I did a "pio 7 0" this morning (we had light rain then). This should be installed in a dsm_up script so that it is repeated if power is cycled.
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- Check tse13t power mote, and if necessary reconnect, and turn the port power back once connection is confirmed.