Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Using PPS as a sampling trigger

2012-02-23 Thread Josh Blum
> The problem I am having right now is that the timing information is not > matching up to the signal I am inputting to the PPS port. I started off > with inputting a signal that has an IPP of 1ms, but each PPS Trigger output > incremented in values of 5ms. I made additional changes to the input

[Discuss-gnuradio] RDS reception

2012-02-23 Thread Marcus D. Leech
I managed to get gr-rds built tonight, and was able to test it planted inside my FM receiver. Even for a local station, there are *lots* of errors, and more distant stations get even more. I'm going to play around a bit with filter bandwidths, etc, to see if I can improve it. Looking at the mod

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Using volk in Mac: test report

2012-02-23 Thread Nick Foster
On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 6:08 PM, Nowlan, Sean wrote: > Hi Tom, > > ** ** > > I tested with your merged branch. No segfault and same tests fail as > expected. > > ** ** > > I noticed several weird numbers in the orc results. Some of them > correspond to the failed cases. Do you know what i

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Using volk in Mac: test report

2012-02-23 Thread Nowlan, Sean
Hi Tom, I tested with your merged branch. No segfault and same tests fail as expected. I noticed several weird numbers in the orc results. Some of them correspond to the failed cases. Do you know what is causing these? Printf formatting issue? Hitting bounds of float type and wrapping around? R

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] discussion on USRP-->Wall Socket for Power Line Comms

2012-02-23 Thread Evan Merewether
The problem with many of these types of appliances is that they include MODEM functions inside the module. For use with a USRP, you will need to dissect them to get to the physical interface to the powerline. _ From: discuss-gnuradio-bounces+evan=syndetix@gnu.org [mailto:discuss-g

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] discussion on USRP-->Wall Socket for Power Line Comms

2012-02-23 Thread mleech
Oooh, yeah. I forgot about X10! I once used an X10 control system to turn a stirrer on and off under program control for an electrochemical cell I was running for a month. Long story, unrelated to Gnu Radio :-) On Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:59:06 -0800, Hugh and Irene Pett wrote: > Hi George, >

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] discussion on USRP-->Wall Socket for Power Line Comms

2012-02-23 Thread Hugh and Irene Pett
Hi George, The problem of connecting electronics cheaply to house wiring was implemented maybe 20 years ago in the X10 system, in which simple controllers would turn lights etc. on and off. There are inexpensive computer interfaces as well. Here is just one example of the sort of device th

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Message Queue Thread Safety

2012-02-23 Thread Tom Rondeau
On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 10:48 AM, Ryan Pape wrote: > > > On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 10:28 AM, Tom Rondeau wrote: > >> On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 6:29 PM, Ryan Pape wrote: >> >>> I have an application with some nasty race conditions I am trying to >>> pin-point. >>> >>> The application starts with a

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GRC: Problem with workspace

2012-02-23 Thread larst
i think i install all correkt, i use the digital blocks in my flow graphs and the run also in Grc but with the problem i described -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/GRC%3A-Problem-with-workspace-tp33352651p33379085.html Sent from the GnuRadio mailing list archive at Nabbl

[Discuss-gnuradio] Conference 2011 audio now available

2012-02-23 Thread Tom Rondeau
The audio for the GNU Radio Conference 2011 is now available: http://www.trondeau.com/grc2011-abstracts I think I'm still missing one presentation but working on getting my hands on it. I was hoping to listen to all of the audio to make sure they were all ok, but I realized that I'm never going t

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Using volk in Mac: test report

2012-02-23 Thread Tom Rondeau
On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 10:19 PM, Nowlan, Sean wrote: > I confirmed this works on E100 insofar as I no longer get a segfault on > volk_32fc_s32fc_multiple_32fc_a. But volk_32fc_s32f_magnitude_16i_a and > volk_32fc_x2_multiply_32fc_a still fail as expected. > > ** ** > > Sean > Sean, I just

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GRC: Problem with workspace

2012-02-23 Thread Tom Rondeau
On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 10:57 AM, larst wrote: > > hi, > > i figure it out ... it happens cause an invalid import tag in the wrapper > file. > > in my case i want to import >> from gnuradio import digital > the module exist but i dont know why, Grc force this kind of Problem. > > should i do some

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GRC: Problem with workspace

2012-02-23 Thread larst
hi, i figure it out ... it happens cause an invalid import tag in the wrapper file. in my case i want to import >> from gnuradio import digital the module exist but i dont know why, Grc force this kind of Problem. should i do something to register this module for Grc? regards lars -- View t

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Strange output of "0" at the terminal

2012-02-23 Thread Tom Rondeau
2012/2/23 Wu Ting > Hi! Thank you for your response. I've kept working on this problem for two > days, but still cannot find a way to solve it. > > I simplified the program and have determined that the 'O' is produced is > this while loop: > > while msgCount<1: >msg = tb.queue.delete_head

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Strange output of "0" at the terminal

2012-02-23 Thread Andrew Davis
As I said, your system is not processing the samples fast enough and a buffer overflows and samples are lost. You say it happends durring that loop, that might use enough CPU time to cause these problems. Your options are to get a faster system, sample at a lower rate or find a way to make your cod

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Duration of Calculations in Python scripts

2012-02-23 Thread Tom Rondeau
On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 4:39 AM, Sebastian Döring wrote: > Hello, > > in the context of spectrum sensing in the 2.4 GHz band using a modified > version of the usrp_spectrum_sense.py script, I am having problems with > high latency times. > Since the time for recording samples and all the tuning st

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] discussion on USRP-->Wall Socket for Power Line Comms

2012-02-23 Thread George Nychis
> > > > Maybe something a little more accessible from MAXIM: > > http://www.maxim-ic.com/products/powerline/ > > They have an evaluation kit which might have some testpoints to > connect up to a USRP, or try to ship off samples through their 10/100 > ethernet interface. > > Thanks, Brian! I will

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] UCLA ZigBee and the Capture Effect

2012-02-23 Thread bjoernm
Hi, thanks for the hints! I was thinking about the clock recovery too. Its pretty complicated in there, but I keep trying. I just discovered that the performance of sender and receiver also depends on the interpacket times of the sender ... (remember I mentioned before that the sender sen

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] UCLA ZigBee and the Capture Effect

2012-02-23 Thread Matthias Wilhelm
Hmm, there is a clock recovery block (gr.clock_recovery_mm_ff) that may lock to the stronger signal. Maybe you can find a way to stop it from changing things after you found an SFD, and turn it on again after the packet. I don't know what the block is doing exactly, but changing its parameter

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] UCLA ZigBee and the Capture Effect

2012-02-23 Thread bjoernm
Hi, Quote "you can modify the receiver to just continue receiving anyway" This is already done within the packet_sink by saying if (min_threshold < d_threshold or true) hence as soon as the receiver got into the decode_chips loop, it should stay there! ((c == 0xff) should never hapen!) cou

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] UCLA ZigBee and the Capture Effect

2012-02-23 Thread Matthias Wilhelm
Hi, you should check out ucla_ieee802_15_4_packet_sink.cc, the receiver checks if a valid chipping sequence for a payload symbol was found (after synch), and starts searching for a new SFD in case there is no possibly matching symbol. ... unsigned char c = decode_chips(d_shift_reg); if(c == 0x

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] UCLA ZigBee and the Capture Effect

2012-02-23 Thread bjoernm
Hi Matthias, Thanks a lot for your suggestions. The thing is, one transmitter (jammer) is sending packets nonstop at a constant transmit power, while the second transmitter (sender) sends a packet every millisecond or so. In this scenario, the receiver is always synchronized with the jamme

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Strange output of "0" at the terminal

2012-02-23 Thread Wu Ting
Hi! Thank you for your response. I've kept working on this problem for two days, but still cannot find a way to solve it. I simplified the program and have determined that the 'O' is produced is this while loop: while msgCount<1: msg = tb.queue.delete_head() payload = msg.to_string()

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] UCLA ZigBee and the Capture Effect

2012-02-23 Thread Matthias Wilhelm
Hi Bjoern, the receiver uses FM demodulation to track phase changes, and when two signals collide the stronger one simply has the larger influence on the overall phase. This is actually a good property, because you still have the chance to receive one of the colliding packets. Do you want to

[Discuss-gnuradio] Duration of Calculations in Python scripts

2012-02-23 Thread Sebastian Döring
Hello, in the context of spectrum sensing in the 2.4 GHz band using a modified version of the usrp_spectrum_sense.py script, I am having problems with high latency times. Since the time for recording samples and all the tuning stuff is supposed to be much less than what I am currently dealing