Hi! Only blocks connected to the global top block get run; your no inputs/no outputs hier block doesn't get connected to the global top block, and thus, neither do the "contained" blocks.
Best regards, Marcus PS: You're running GNU Radio 3.7, time to update to 3.8 :) On 20.08.20 23:05, Mirelle DeSpain wrote: > *Problem and Question* > It seems that a file source in a hierarchical block doesn't start > automatically as it does in a top block. I ran into this problem with a > larger block of code, but was able to isolate it. I tested with both a > number sink and a file sink and neither showed any activity coming from the > file source. > Does anyone know how to manually start the file source? Preferably a line > of code I could run. > > *Test Setup* > This is one of the hierarchical blocks I was testing with. I then took the > resulting block and ran it independently in a top module. No data was > transferred. The other one involving the number sink showed only zeros. I > don't believe it was receiving data either. > [image: Screenshot from 2020-08-20 15-02-33.png] >
