I guessed so. However, I am stumped as to how to make my complex short a
real short. Do I have to write my own code or is there a gnuradio-companion
method?


Nick

On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 1:34 PM, Josh Blum <j...@joshknows.com> wrote:

>
>
> On 05/12/2011 10:18 AM, Nick Othieno wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > What does the Vec Length parameter signify in gnuradio-companion blocks?
> I
> > have realized that Vec Length for the USRP2 source is by default 2 and
> > cannot be changed on the GUI. How can this be changed to 1? In my case, I
> > have set the USRP2 UHD source Input Type to Short. I am assuming that
> this
> > means that Input Type is a typo and in real sense it defines the output
> type
> > of the USRP2 source. This short type however seems to have a Vec Length
> of
> > 2.
> >
>
> The vector length of 2 shorts are a funny way to say type "complex
> int16". The issue is we dont really have an official complex type for
> non single precision floats in gnuradio.
>
> Technically, you can connect that to any input that is 32 bits wide, but
> since grc does does type checking as well, you may need to perform some
> manipulations on the stream to get it into the format you like.
>
> -Josh
>
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