Hi Mike,

Thank you very much! I thought I had selected "No" to Differential
Encoding. Either way, I wanted to do both, just that I thought it would be
easiest to start out without Differential Encoding (trying for the lower
hanging fruit and messed up).

Thank you very much! I will give it a try and provide feedback.

Best Regards,
George


On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 8:23 PM Mike Markowski <mike.ab...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi George,
>
> You used differential encoding but forgot differential decode.  I added
> the block in the attached.  (I disabled your file creation and displayed
> to gui, easier for me to check.)
>
> Little things are the hardest to spot.  :-)
>
> Mike Markowski
>
> On 3/12/21 4:46 PM, George Edwards wrote:
> > Hi Mike,
> >
> > Thanks for your help!
> >
> > As I mentioned in my email, my flowgraph consists of some of the blocks
> > in the example. I dropped some of the blocks because I am doing concept
> > testing to ensure I know how to set parameters for the blocks. In
> > terms of delays, that is not a problem. I am dumping the outputs into 2-
> > file sinks, so in post processing I can compensate for that. The problem
> > is that the tx and rx data are not the same, so I am missing in setting
> > parameters.
> >
> > Thanks again!
> > George
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 3:31 PM Mike Markowski <mike.ab...@gmail.com
> > <mailto:mike.ab...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     I can't make out details in your image, George, but attach one I made
> >     when working through the tutorial and works just now under gnuradio
> >     3.8.1.0.  Like someone else mentioned in another reply, I found the
> >     delay to be 58 and set it as the default in the attached flowgraph.
> >     Zoom in on the bit stream plot and allow a second or two after
> changing
> >     delay to see the effect.
> >
> >     Hope this helps,
> >     Mike Markowski
> >
> >     On 3/12/21 10:37 AM, George Edwards wrote:
> >      > Hello,
> >      >
> >      > I cannot get the combined Constellation Modulator/Decoder as
> >     shown below
> >      > to work. The figure below is an example from the online Guided
> >     Tutorial
> >      > PSK Demodulation.... I leave out the Equalizer, Costas Loop
> >     blocks, the
> >      > channel was set to pass the signal unimpaired and the Poly Clock
> >     Sync
> >      > was set for Output sps=1. The constellation plot of the output of
> >     the
> >      > Poly Clock Sync is perfect. Now, in the flowgraph below, the
> signal
> >      > entering the Constellation Modulator and that leaving the
> >     Constellation
> >      > Decoder are routed into Time Sinks for display. I route these
> >     signals
> >      > into File Sinks so I can print them and compare 1's and 0's. The
> >     results
> >      > show they are not the same. I passed Constellation Rect.Object
> >      > parameters to both the Constellation Modulator and Decoder, which
> >     seems
> >      > logical to me, but I could be wrong???
> >      > Will appreciate any help you can provide because what enters the
> >      > modulator should be the same as what is leaving the demodulator.
> >      > Regards,
> >      > George
> >      >
> >      > image.png
> >
>

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