On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 4:02 PM, Josh Blum <j...@ettus.com> wrote:

>
> > Maybe a better solution would be to use the UHD stream commands? Is it
> > possible to issue a sequence of stream commands and have them executed
> > serially by the USRP?
> >
> > Example:
> > * Issue command to send Z samples at clock value M
> > * Issue command to receive X samples at clock value N
> > * Issue command to send Y samples immediately based on the decoded
> received
> > samples
> >
>
> You can absolutely do this. For send, this is an issue of tagging the
> stream with times and with start/end of burst. For receive, its done
> through issuing stream commands, we would need to swig up the
> issue_stream_command() call in the source block:
> http://www.ettus.com/uhd_docs/doxygen/html/structuhd_1_1stream__cmd__t.html
>
> One thing to point out:
> The gr-uhd source block expects samples to keep coming or it times out
> (something like a 1 second timeout). So there needs to be a way to block
> the source block's work function when its not reasonable to be receiving
> any samples. A simple solution might be to implement a mode where the
> source block continually re-tries after each timeout as long as the
> block has not been stopped (stop() called).
>
> -josh
>


Awesome, thanks Josh. When sending samples as a continuous burst, by how
much does the send function buffer into the future?  I am using USRP1.

I found the example programs in the uhd/examples :)

--Colby
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