Can I do that through GNU Radio, or is that a configuration I need to make
through the USRP (ie Do I need to run the setup for the USRP)?

Paul B. Huter
On Nov 23, 2013 10:07 AM, "Tom Rondeau" <t...@trondeau.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 11:02 AM, Paul B. Huter <paul.b.hu...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Thanks, Tom. Just to clarify, the 1Msps comes from the sample rate of 50M
> > and the decimation of 50, correct? Also, is this going to record 10
> seconds
> > of "real-time" data? I was having issues with real-time, due to the large
> > data stream, so will this record data from t=0 to t=10, just not in
> > real-time?
> >
> > Paul B. Huter
>
> If you're not running in real time, then you're dropping samples. The
> way these devices work is that they drop packets of samples, which can
> be quite a lot of data. So you'll store in your file sink 10 seconds
> worth of data, but if you're dropping samples, it won't be 10
> consecutive seconds of data.
>
> But I just realized something. We've been trying to help you out
> constructing your filters and everything, but why are you setting your
> input sample rate to 50 MHz only to down-convert in software? The USRP
> will do that for you! You can ask the USRP to set the channel and
> sampling rate to what you want, then you just take that input and
> capture it. It's done it all for you! And since you're talking about
> just taking samples for a small amount of time, it's not like you're
> trying to use this concept to quickly change channels instantaneously.
> So why not let the hardware do the work for you?
>
> Tom
>
>
>
> > On Nov 23, 2013 9:54 AM, "Tom Rondeau" <t...@trondeau.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Paul B. Huter <paul.b.hu...@gmail.com
> >
> >> wrote:
> >> > I ran my "record" setup for over 10 seconds, but when I run the data
> >> > file
> >> > back through my "playback" I only get about two seconds (if that) of
> >> > result.
> >> > What happened to all the data, and how can I change things next time
> to
> >> > get
> >> > all the data?
> >> >
> >> > My record setup is as follows:
> >> >
> >> > Rate: 50M
> >> > USRP Source
> >> > Low Pass Filter
> >> >      Decimation: 50
> >> >      Cutoff Freq: 15M
> >> >      Transition Width: 5M
> >> > File Sink
> >> >
> >> > Paul B. Huter
> >>
> >>
> >> Try this. You only want to capture for a certain length of time, which
> >> means a certain number of samples. So put a gr::blocks::head block
> >> between the filter and file sink. The number of items you'll want is
> >> going to be samp_rate (samps/sec) * time (secs) (and we know samp_rate
> >> here is 1 Msps). That will store exactly that many samples and then
> >> shut down the application.
> >>
> >> Tom
>
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