Thanks for your detailed and prompt reply. I will try that. At the same time, could you please provide more pointers to understand the GMSK2 code?
If I understand correctly, the code uses the Mueller and Muller timing error detector, right? The output of the Mueller and Muller should be a quantity which has the same sign with timing error and proportional to the absolute value of the error. Then this output is given to the feedback interpolator to get the intermediate value between two samples.
However, I could only understand the general framework so far. Could you please provide more details? Especially which book or paper did you refer to and if possible, could you point out which chapters I should read more carefully and how the codes match them?
It seems to be a boring question. Thanks for your time.
Dawei
On 11/30/05, Eric Blossom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
On Wed, Nov 30, 2005 at 10:47:22PM -0500, Dawei Shen wrote:
> Hi, Eric and other dudes
>
> Hope you have enjoyed a nice Thanksgiving.
Thank you, I did.
> We have bought two Flex boards and we are doing the experiments with the
> GMSK2. We do TX and RX using two machines, but at the receiver, we can't see
> anything. So could you please help me clarify a few things?
> 1. There are two SMA connectors on the Flex boards, one is called TX/RX, one
> is called RX2. What are their functions? Should I use the TX/RX one at both
> receiver and transmitter?
The code is currently set up to use the TX/RX port for both transmit
and reception. It is possible to use the TX/RX port for transmit
only, and the RX2 port for receive only, but there's currently no high
level interface to control this. Using two separate antenna ports is
useful if you've got an external LNA, power amp, etc.
> 2. What kind of Antennas do you use for the experiments?
You need some kind of antenna appropriate for the 70 cm band. Matt's
got some available on his web site, or you could try a local ham radio
supply (ask for a 70 cm handi-talkie antenna with an SMA connector), or
you could try sticking a piece of wire into the SMA connector. The
wire should be approximately 17-18 cm long.
> Do we need to use an external amplifier?
Nope. The transmitter puts out approximately 100 mW into 50 ohms.
On one machine, try:
$ ./benchmark_gmsk_tx.py -M 10
On the other one, try:
$ ./benchmark_gmsk_rx.py -g 30
The two boards shouldn't be sitting right next to each other.
Put them at least 3 or 4 meters apart.
The output on the rx side should look something like this:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] gmsk2]$ ./benchmark_gmsk_rx.py -g 30
RX d'board A: Flex 400 Rx
RX d'board B: TV Rx
Using RX d'board A: Flex 400 Rx
len(rx_chan_coeffs) = 63
>>> gr_fir_fff: using 3DNow!
bitrate: 1Mb/sec
Rx gain_range: (0.0, 65.0, 1.0)
ok = True pktno = 4627 n_rcvd = 1 n_right = 1
ok = True pktno = 4628 n_rcvd = 2 n_right = 2
ok = True pktno = 4629 n_rcvd = 3 n_right = 3
ok = True pktno = 4630 n_rcvd = 4 n_right = 4
ok = True pktno = 4631 n_rcvd = 5 n_right = 5
ok = True pktno = 4632 n_rcvd = 6 n_right = 6
ok = True pktno = 4633 n_rcvd = 7 n_right = 7
ok = True pktno = 4634 n_rcvd = 8 n_right = 8
ok = True pktno = 4635 n_rcvd = 9 n_right = 9
ok = True pktno = 4636 n_rcvd = 10 n_right = 10
ok = True pktno = 4637 n_rcvd = 11 n_right = 11
ok = True pktno = 4638 n_rcvd = 12 n_right = 12
ok = True pktno = 4639 n_rcvd = 13 n_right = 13
ok = True pktno = 4640 n_rcvd = 14 n_right = 14
ok = True pktno = 4641 n_rcvd = 15 n_right = 15
ok = True pktno = 4642 n_rcvd = 16 n_right = 16
ok = True pktno = 4643 n_rcvd = 17 n_right = 17
ok = True pktno = 4644 n_rcvd = 18 n_right = 18
ok = True pktno = 4645 n_rcvd = 19 n_right = 19
ok = True pktno = 4646 n_rcvd = 20 n_right = 20
If you get over or underruns on either machine, you'll need to reduce
the computational load. You can fiddle with the -i <interp> and -d
<decim> command line parameters to reduce the data rate.
[Yes, we ought to have sometime more intuitive like --bitrate 500k]
Eric
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