I've noticed that when stopping a GRC sketch and starting another, I get 
unknown stream ID reports from my B100, requiring a restart of the USRP to 
recover. This used to happen a while back, but was fixed. Perhaps the fix has 
been broken or the issue is similar.

Darren

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On 30 May 2012, at 16:23, Ryan Wolfarth <wolfa...@muohio.edu> wrote:

> Hi Josh,
> 
> Thanks for your quick reply!  We are actually using rx_samples_to_file as a 
> first attempt at benchmarking the systems data transfer speed.  We give a 
> proper crtl+c whenever we terminate the program, but the problem persists.  
> We tried rx_timed_samples per your recommendation and found that the port and 
> USRP terminated properly.  The program doesn't seem to be modified from 
> previous releases, so my first blind guess is that there could be an issue 
> with the interface on one side of our network card (Intel 82576 Gigabit 
> controller).  
> 
> Due to the simplicity of our data collection scheme, we will probably modify 
> rx_samples_to_file to respond to an external trigger.  So if we could get the 
> example working properly that would be a great starting point.  Do you have 
> any more ideas?
> 
> Thanks again,
> Ryan
> 
> On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 11:09 PM, Josh Blum <j...@ettus.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> On 05/29/2012 05:36 PM, Ryan Wolfarth wrote:
> > Hi list,
> >
> > We've setup 4 USRP N210 rev4s with a Dell PowerEdge R510 server to collect
> > RF data for GPS related experiments.  The server works great and we seem to
> > be able to write 20 Msps from each device simultaneously to a RAID array
> > with no overflows.  However, after each collection program is terminated,
> > the Ethernet and debugging LEDs (C, D, blinking E, and F) remain on.  We
> > tested this with a single device with the same result.  Does anybody know
> > the cause of this and if we should be worried?  We're running UHD 3.4.2
> > (downloaded 2 days ago).  All N210s were updated with the firmware/image
> > downloaded from the same version and compiled from source using GNU ZPU
> > Tools and Xilinx ISE 13.1 respectively.  The server is running 64-bit
> > Ubuntu 12.04.  Any help is appreciated!
> >
> 
> http://files.ettus.com/uhd_docs/manual/html/usrp2.html#front-panel-leds
> 
> I would only really be worried about C which means the device is still
> sending samples out of the ethernet port. This can happen if the
> streaming isnt properly shutoff like ctrl+c or destructors not being called.
> 
> Additionally, (if it is still streaming) the USRP isnt getting an ICMP
> destination unreachable from the host when the socket on the host
> closes. Its possible that due to your network setup that this packet
> doesnt get generated and/or delivered.
> 
> If it is the deconstructor issue, sometimes its useful in gr python apps
> to set the top block object to None to help python garbage collect it.
> 
> tb.stop()
> tb = None
> 
> I would also see if things shutoff as expected when your run one of the
> included examples such as rx_timed_samples
> 
> Hope that helps!
> -josh
> 
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