[Discuss-gnuradio] N210 8-bit mode and WBX bandwidth

2010-12-01 Thread Blair Strang
Hi all, Two related questions: 1) In the datasheet for the N210, the specifications state 50Mhz instantaneous bandwidth in 8-bit mode. I was looking at otw_type.width in the UHD and I can't see an 8 bit mode there. Is 8-bit mode implemented in the fpga/firmware/driver for N210? If not, roughly

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Broken gr_fir_fff ?

2010-12-01 Thread Eric Blossom
On Wed, Dec 01, 2010 at 08:05:51PM -0800, madengr wrote: > > Sorry if I can't provide any more debug info, I'm new and ignorant, but I > updated from both the GnuRadio, UHD, and gr-air-mode repos today, and now > I'm getting two programs with duplicate failure in gr_fir_fff. They just > dump back

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] gr-air-modes: problem with uhd and USRP1

2010-12-01 Thread madengr
Nick Foster-4 wrote: > > On Mon, 2010-11-29 at 20:16 -0800, madengr wrote: >> Nick, >> >> Got it working on my USRP2 by changing to line 57 to: >> self.u = uhd.single_usrp_source("addr=192.168.1.15", >> uhd.io_type_t.COMPLEX_FLOAT32) >> >> and line 119 to: >> result = self.u.set_center_freq(f

[Discuss-gnuradio] Broken gr_fir_fff ?

2010-12-01 Thread madengr
Sorry if I can't provide any more debug info, I'm new and ignorant, but I updated from both the GnuRadio, UHD, and gr-air-mode repos today, and now I'm getting two programs with duplicate failure in gr_fir_fff. They just dump back to the shell after 2 seconds with no debug info. Only thing I did

[Discuss-gnuradio] ofdm decoder problem on USRP2

2010-12-01 Thread Guanbo Zheng
Hi, I am trying to build the OFDM decoder on GRC based on the FTW 802.11a/g encoder. At the USRP2 receiver, after CFO compensation, I want to see the QPSK constellation. Basically, the process is: bit stream ofdm mod usrp2 sink usrp2 source -- timing offset comp --- CFO comp ofdm

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Proper method to update GnuRadio

2010-12-01 Thread Josh Blum
On 12/01/2010 09:20 PM, madengr wrote: > > Is this the proper procedure to update and re-build the GnuRadio source? I'm > using the next branch: > > sudo make uninstall > make clean if you want it super clean you can do git clean -dfx ./bootstrap && ./configure > git pull > ./configure > ma

[Discuss-gnuradio] Proper method to update GnuRadio

2010-12-01 Thread madengr
Is this the proper procedure to update and re-build the GnuRadio source? I'm using the next branch: sudo make uninstall make clean git pull ./configure make make check sudo make install I'd rather not uninstall before I have a successful build; maybe I don't have to. I tried make current, but

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Tesla C2000 series and CUDA and Gnu Radio

2010-12-01 Thread Thomas Hobiger
Hi Marcus, Actually we are doing all our processing on the GPU. We use GNURADIO to bring in the data and then run everything on the GPU and only copy back the results. As you wrote in your mail CPU-GPU resp. GPU-CPU copies can be bottlenecks and should be avoided or reduced whenever possible.

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] usrp_fft.py question and benchmark related question

2010-12-01 Thread Eric Blossom
On Wed, Dec 01, 2010 at 04:57:11PM -0600, John Andrews wrote: > Hi, > Can we change the DDC value to 0 in usrp_fft.py? Why is this not 0 as one > would expect to input the center frequency same as the baseband frequency; > i.e. if I know that my signal is on a carrier at 2.4G then I would use > usr

[Discuss-gnuradio] usrp_fft.py question and benchmark related question

2010-12-01 Thread John Andrews
Hi, Can we change the DDC value to 0 in usrp_fft.py? Why is this not 0 as one would expect to input the center frequency same as the baseband frequency; i.e. if I know that my signal is on a carrier at 2.4G then I would use usrp_fft.py to display the spectrum by having the center frequency as 2.4G

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Tesla C2000 series and CUDA and Gnu Radio

2010-12-01 Thread Eric Blossom
On Wed, Dec 01, 2010 at 01:40:03AM -0500, Marcus D. Leech wrote: > > On a related note, has anyone looked at enabling the multi-threaded FFTW > stuff? The cross-over > points there (between FFTW in a single-thread and FFTW in > multiple-threads) seem to be lower-down > on the FFT-size curve.

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Gnu-radio + USRP problem

2010-12-01 Thread Thunder87
Thunder87 wrote: > > I'm still trying to get gr-ais going on Beagleboard (Lucid). When I tried > to run ais_decode.py, I've got "uOuOuO" output. On PC everything works > fine. My guess - BB simply can't process that much data. > > So I ran usrp_benchmark on BB to see if this was the problem. 2M

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] USRP2 + WBX How to use a 32 MHz signal band?

2010-12-01 Thread Nick Foster
On Wed, 2010-12-01 at 13:53 -0800, Vladutzzz wrote: > The problem is that I am in the middle of a project, time is of the essence > and I don't have time to start stumbling around with UHD, right now I have > to use Simulink, hence UDP. GnuRadio Companion still doesn't work with UHD, > right (I am

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] USRP2 + WBX How to use a 32 MHz signal band?

2010-12-01 Thread Vladutzzz
Per, At the moment we don't have a MIMO cable, so we're looking for alternative solutions until one makes its way to our lab :) Thank you for your suggestion though, it is much appreciated. All the best, Vlad. Per Zetterberg-2 wrote: > > On Tue, 2010-11-30 at 08:27 -0800, Vladutzzz wrote: >

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] CPFSK grc block question ... problem with data types

2010-12-01 Thread Nick Foster
The CPFSK block expects digitally encoded data as bits. The file sink will give you raw demodulated samples. You need to determine what format your handheld radio expects to see before you can re-encode your saved data appropriately. FSK describes a digital modulation scheme but says nothing about

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] USRP2 + WBX How to use a 32 MHz signal band?

2010-12-01 Thread Vladutzzz
The problem is that I am in the middle of a project, time is of the essence and I don't have time to start stumbling around with UHD, right now I have to use Simulink, hence UDP. GnuRadio Companion still doesn't work with UHD, right (I am very new to python)? So no chance of UDP working with 2 USR

[Discuss-gnuradio] CPFSK grc block question ... problem with data types

2010-12-01 Thread Michael Civ
Hello all, I am having the following trouble with data types: I have the following flowgraph working to record FM broadcasts: {USRP2 source -> LPF -> FM Demod -> File Sink} Next, I am making another program to transmit the stored FM broadcast audio to my handheld radio which expects FSK modula

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] always a spike on the FFT at the center frequency

2010-12-01 Thread Nick Foster
On Wed, 2010-12-01 at 16:16 -0500, William Cox wrote: > Whenever I run the userp_fft.py script (USRP1, Ubuntu 10.04 and > 10.10), there's almost always a large spike (10-20 db above the noise > floor) at the center frequency. This is the same for all the daughter > boards I've tried (WBX, LFRX, and

[Discuss-gnuradio] always a spike on the FFT at the center frequency

2010-12-01 Thread William Cox
Whenever I run the userp_fft.py script (USRP1, Ubuntu 10.04 and 10.10), there's almost always a large spike (10-20 db above the noise floor) at the center frequency. This is the same for all the daughter boards I've tried (WBX, LFRX, and BasicRX). Why is this? What am I missing? Thanks. -William __

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] gr-air-modes: problem with uhd and USRP1

2010-12-01 Thread Allen Vinegar
I do have the Refresh tab set to time-based refresh periodically and 5 second timeout. I seem to make one capture with no following renewals. - Original Message - From: "Nick Foster" To: "Allen Vinegar" Cc: Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 3:21 PM Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] g

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] gr-air-modes: problem with uhd and USRP1

2010-12-01 Thread Nick Foster
On Wed, 2010-12-01 at 13:55 -0500, Allen Vinegar wrote: > I am getting output like the following: > (-35) Type 11 (all call reply) from ac85cc in reply to interrogator 4 > (-34) Type 11 (all call reply) from ac85cc in reply to interrogator 4 > (-35) Type 11 (all call reply) from ac85cc in reply

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] gr-air-modes: problem with uhd and USRP1

2010-12-01 Thread Nick Foster
On Mon, 2010-11-29 at 20:16 -0800, madengr wrote: > Nick, > > Got it working on my USRP2 by changing to line 57 to: > self.u = uhd.single_usrp_source("addr=192.168.1.15", > uhd.io_type_t.COMPLEX_FLOAT32) > > and line 119 to: > result = self.u.set_center_freq(freq,0) That's correct. The Github re

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Congratulations to Ettus and the USRP!

2010-12-01 Thread Adi Andrei
Congratulations! On 01/12/2010 12:31, Tom Rondeau wrote: Last night, Ettus Research, LLC won the Wireless Innovation Forum's SDR Technology of the Year for the USRP family of products. I'm very pleased that Matt's contributions to the SDR community have been so well received and recognized. Tom

[Discuss-gnuradio] gnuradio 3.3.0 with USRP2 w/ DBSRX: gain settings vs actual

2010-12-01 Thread David Campbell
Hi, I've noticed that with the aforementioned configuration that when I set the gain between 0-40 dB that the actual gain out is 0-70 dB. I've seen this across multiple units. Is there a fix for this? Thanks, David ___ Discuss-gnuradio mailing l

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Windows Build environment -- Cygwin or MinGW?

2010-12-01 Thread Kevin Dixon
Just what I was looking for. In this case, it sounds like MinGW is the way to go, especially since we may end up with multiple developers, and a consistent environment would be best. The script looks to be amazing. Thanks so much Kevin On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 7:46 AM, Don Ward wrote: > Kevin Dixo

[Discuss-gnuradio] Gnu-radio + USRP problem

2010-12-01 Thread Thunder87
I'm still trying to get gr-ais going on Beagleboard (Lucid). When I tried to run ais_decode.py, I've got "uOuOuO" output. On PC everything works fine. My guess - BB simply can't process that much data. So I ran usrp_benchmark on BB to see if this was the problem. 2MB/s and 4MB/s went fine, but wi

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GRC with two URSP2+DBSRX and UHD

2010-12-01 Thread bobb
>-Original Message- >From: Thomas Hobiger [mailto:hobi...@nict.go.jp] >Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 01:04 AM >To: b...@sigmatix.com >Cc: j...@joshknows.com, discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org >Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GRC with two URSP2+DBSRX andUHD > >Hi Bob, >>This is pretty eas

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] USRP2 + WBX How to use a 32 MHz signal band?

2010-12-01 Thread Marcus D. Leech
On 12/01/2010 05:49 AM, Vladutzzz wrote: > Thank you Marcus, for the very prompt and exhaustive reply! > Mostly it's what I expected, but I am a wee bit worried about the IP > addressing process: > I need to change the IP of one of the USRP2 modules, how do I do that, > considering I use an UDP FPG

[Discuss-gnuradio] Fwd: USRP2 Lo Frequency Change

2010-12-01 Thread Justin Bracken
It appears that the server went down yesterday. I don't know if anyone recieved these messages. I apologize for any Deja vu this causes. Please see the following: -- Forwarded message -- From: Justin Bracken Date: Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 11:35 AM Subject: USRP2 Lo Frequency Change To

[Discuss-gnuradio] Fwd: Discrete Lo Frequency Changes in GRC

2010-12-01 Thread Justin Bracken
It appears that the server went down yesterday. I don't know if anyone recieved these messages. I apologize for any Deja vu this causes. Please see the following: -- Forwarded message -- From: Justin Bracken Date: Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 12:17 PM Subject: Discrete Lo Frequency Change

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Windows Build environment -- Cygwin or MinGW?

2010-12-01 Thread Don Ward
Kevin Dixon wrote: I'd like to get started building GNURadio for Windows, using the USRP 1, with the goal of writing some custom blocks. Do people prefer Cygwin or MinGW style installations? Off the cuff, Cygwin looks more straightforward. Any opinions? I use GNU Radio (with USRP1) on both, bu

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] gr-air-modes: problem with uhd and USRP1

2010-12-01 Thread Josh Blum
> and line 119 to: > result = self.u.set_center_freq(freq,0) > I intended the channel parameters to default to 0 for the single usrp* blocks. It looks like i missed that. Will fix, thanks. -Josh ___ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.o

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] gr-air-modes: problem with uhd and USRP1

2010-12-01 Thread madengr
Nick, Got it working on my USRP2 by changing to line 57 to: self.u = uhd.single_usrp_source("addr=192.168.1.15", uhd.io_type_t.COMPLEX_FLOAT32) and line 119 to: result = self.u.set_center_freq(freq,0) I'm getting 0 aircraft locations in the KML file but the stdout is as follows: (-40) Type 11

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GRC with two URSP2+DBSRX and UHD

2010-12-01 Thread Thomas Hobiger
Hi Bob, This is pretty easy to do (but, I can only tell you how to do it in C++)... set_clock_config() in UHD Do you have some code snippet to share? Does the C++ version support streaming data from a slave device through a host URSP2 before sending all data via a single ethernet cab

[Discuss-gnuradio] Re: [USRP-users] Congratulations to Ettus and the USRP!

2010-12-01 Thread Alexandru Csete
Congratulations! On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 1:31 PM, Tom Rondeau wrote: > Last night, Ettus Research, LLC won the Wireless Innovation Forum's > SDR Technology of the Year for the USRP family of products. I'm very > pleased that Matt's contributions to the SDR community have been so > well received a

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] USRP question for report on gnuradio history

2010-12-01 Thread John Gilmore
Eric Blossom adapted MIT student Vanu Bose's "pspectra" (parallelized "spectra") software into the first GNU Radio software. That software used a PCI digitizer board, I believe from National Instruments, but it was expensive and not very flexible. We knew of much better digitizer chips, but there

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Congratulations to Ettus and the USRP!

2010-12-01 Thread smzerocool
Many many congratulations from me and all other community members, usrp is mile stone in SDR technology Sent on my BlackBerry® from Vodafone -Original Message- From: Tom Rondeau Sender: discuss-gnuradio-bounces+smzerocool=gmail@gnu.org Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 07:31:06 To: GNURadio Dis

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] USRP2 + WBX How to use a 32 MHz signal band?

2010-12-01 Thread Per Zetterberg
On Tue, 2010-11-30 at 08:27 -0800, Vladutzzz wrote: > I am interested in this 2 USRPs approach since I don't have the experience > and the knowledge to start messing about inside the FPGA firmware code and > have an extra USRP2. > How would this go? > I tried looking up some info about this topic b

[Discuss-gnuradio] Congratulations to Ettus and the USRP!

2010-12-01 Thread Tom Rondeau
Last night, Ettus Research, LLC won the Wireless Innovation Forum's SDR Technology of the Year for the USRP family of products. I'm very pleased that Matt's contributions to the SDR community have been so well received and recognized. Tom ___ Discuss-gn

[Discuss-gnuradio] Build BBN_80211 with 4.3.3

2010-12-01 Thread Marius
Hi! I'm trying to compile the BBN 802.11 component into the Gnuradio 3.2.2.1 framework on i686 Linux, using GCC 4.3.3. mar...@gnuradio012 ~/gnuradio/sw/bbn_80211 % make make all-recursive make[1]: Entering directory `/home/marius/gnuradio/sw/bbn_80211' Making all in config make[2]: Entering dire

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] USRP2 + WBX How to use a 32 MHz signal band?

2010-12-01 Thread Vladutzzz
Thank you Marcus, for the very prompt and exhaustive reply! Mostly it's what I expected, but I am a wee bit worried about the IP addressing process: I need to change the IP of one of the USRP2 modules, how do I do that, considering I use an UDP FPGA image and not UHD? Also, what IPs should I use i

[Discuss-gnuradio] Tesla C2000 series and CUDA and Gnu Radio

2010-12-01 Thread Marcus D. Leech
Is anyone out there taking another look at CUDA + Gnu Radio? Some of the couple-of-years-old charts I've looked at suggest that speedups for some of the most important transforms we use vary between modest and disappointing. Cross-over points for things like FFTs are usually up in the atmospher

[Discuss-gnuradio] USRP question for report on gnuradio history

2010-12-01 Thread Michael Civ
Hello all, I am writing a report on gnuradio and wanted to include a small portion about the history of the USRP. The only info that I have found is from wikipedia, "The GNU Radio project created the Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP) ... the USRP was developed by Matt Ettus." I was sl

[Discuss-gnuradio] USRP2 Lo Frequency Change

2010-12-01 Thread Justin Bracken
Hello All, As always thanks for the help. I was doing some timing measurements the other day and was wondering if this seemed reasonable to you all. I did a simple setup in GRC where I had a toggle switch that changed the frequency the usrp used as an LO. I input a constant of 1 into the USRP2 bl

[Discuss-gnuradio] Discrete Lo Frequency Changes in GRC

2010-12-01 Thread Justin Bracken
Hello all, Another question. I need to have essentially a counter that will control what frequency I transmit out of the USRP2. I need to control the rate at which it changes. Currently I use a ramp function to do this. I see there is a vector source that is also possible solution. Im wondering if

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] About the directionality of the LP0410 antenna.

2010-12-01 Thread Marcus D. Leech
On 11/30/2010 10:06 PM, Miok Wah wrote: Hi all, We hope to do some experiments with the LP0410 antenna. Before that, we hope to know more about its characteristics: 1. Is it a directional antenna? 2. If so, is there statistics about its directionality (e.g., beamwidth)? We did not find releva

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Full duplex and half duplex doesnot work

2010-12-01 Thread Lebowski80
How did you resolve your problem? I have the same problem and reading your post I cannot understand the solution of your one. Thanks in advance blwfsoj wrote: > > Hi all, > Before i start telling about my problem, i want to mention that i have > already read the post named "help: cannot send a

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] USRP2 + WBX How to use a 32 MHz signal band?

2010-12-01 Thread Vlad Stoianovici
Tom, You are right, it doesn't make any sense, I was thinking about the reverse method, taking for example just 10 MHz out of a total band of 12.5 by filtering or resampling, but that is totally different since you have extra band and you just eliminate the extra part, but here you can't just ma