Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] file source/sinks and named pipes

2011-10-10 Thread Feng Andrew Ge
On 10/08/2011 12:01 PM, discuss-gnuradio-requ...@gnu.org wrote: Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2011 01:33:09 -0400 From: Achilleas Anastasopoulos To:discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org Subject: [Discuss-gnuradio] file source/sinks and named pipes Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I have

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] different CPU loads with 2 similar GRC graphs

2011-10-03 Thread Feng Andrew Ge
Michael, Good description of the TPB running mechanism! Here is a more detailed explanation with some graph illustrations (see page 2 of the linked paper): http://gnuradio.org/redmine/attachments/download/264 Andrew On 09/23/2011 12:01 PM, discuss-gnuradio-requ...@gnu.org wrote: Message:

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Work on USRP source and sink stream

2011-10-03 Thread Feng Andrew Ge
Josh, Thanks for posting your work on stream tag. I'd like to try out your code. Would you please tell me which version of GNU Radio to use with your code examples? Any other specific requirements? I will let you know what I will get. Thanks, Andrew On 09/24/2011 12:01 PM, discuss-gnuradio

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] status of stream tags

2011-09-21 Thread Feng Andrew Ge
Josh, thanks for the information. Where can I get those few implementations using stream tags? Andrew On 09/21/2011 12:31 PM, Josh Blum wrote: On 09/21/2011 09:10 AM, Feng Andrew Ge wrote: Josh, I noticed that there are many useful commands enabled by UHD. For example, they are used in uhd

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Max temperature for usrp2

2011-06-30 Thread Feng Andrew Ge
Eric, in your 2009 experiment indicated below, did the USRP2 sustain the high temperature of 150 F? Is there anybody else who has tried to use USRP2 continuously at a temperature above 105 F? Your feedback is highly appreciated. Andrew On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 1:13 PM, Eric Matlis wrote:

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] UHD disable receive

2011-05-04 Thread Feng Andrew Ge
.stop())/2.0);/ On 04/20/2011 07:01 PM, Josh Blum wrote: On 04/20/2011 03:24 PM, Feng Andrew Ge wrote: Josh, Thanks for the clarification. Does it mean that, by this hacked code, turning off RX mixer at transmitting time happens on FPGA? Or does it happen at UHD on the host side

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Tunnel.py exception

2011-04-29 Thread Feng Andrew Ge
with 4095 which I cant figure out why. Thanks, Dave *From:* Feng Andrew Ge *To:* David Barton *Cc:* discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org *Sent:* Fri, April 29, 2011 2:57:28 PM *Subject:* Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Tunnel.py exception

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Cross band relais / bridge - DMR?

2011-04-29 Thread Feng Andrew Ge
Nick, Could you confirm that switching TX frequency takes "a few ms"? How did you get this number? Is it the same for switching TX frequency after the code has been running for a while, that is, reconfiguring the TX frequency dynamically? Andrew On 04/29/2011 12:00 PM, discuss-gnuradio-re

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Tunnel.py exception

2011-04-29 Thread Feng Andrew Ge
Dave *From:* Feng Andrew Ge *To:* discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org; David Barton *Sent:* Fri, April 29, 2011 10:35:52 AM *Subject:* Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Tunnel.py exception Dave, In the patch I told you, please change 4096 to 4095, that is

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] anyone implement the Raleigh fading model/multi-path?

2011-04-29 Thread Feng Andrew Ge
Tom, in your email exchange with Richard Clarke on 29 Jan 2008, as shown below, it was mentioned that a multi-path channel model might be integrated into GNU Radio library. I am wondering whether this has happened or not? If not, do you still have code written by Richard's student? If so, woul

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Tunnel.py exception

2011-04-29 Thread Feng Andrew Ge
Dave, In the patch I told you, please change 4096 to 4095, that is, if (string_len> 18)& (string_len< 4095) : Here is how this happened: When you send a packet in GNU Radio, there is a header right ahead the payload (plus CRC bits). The header has 4 bytes which consist of two same 2-byte

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Tunnel.py exception

2011-04-25 Thread Feng Andrew Ge
Any idea? Thanks, Dave Message: 11 Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 16:26:56 -0400 From: Feng Andrew Ge To:discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Tunnel.py exception Message-ID:<4db09310.4020...@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Dave, To bypas

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Tunnel.py exception

2011-04-21 Thread Feng Andrew Ge
Dave, To bypass this problem, change the pkt.py file. In the end, after msg = self.rcvd_pktq.delete_head() add if (string_len > 18) & (string_len < 4096) : ok, payload = packet_utils.unmake_packet(msg.to_string(), int(msg.arg1())) Andrew On 04/21/2011 12:00 PM, discuss-gnuradio-requ.

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] UHD disable receive

2011-04-20 Thread Feng Andrew Ge
Josh, Thanks for the clarification. Does it mean that, by this hacked code, turning off RX mixer at transmitting time happens on FPGA? Or does it happen at UHD on the host side? Andrew On 04/20/2011 06:15 PM, Josh Blum wrote: On 04/20/2011 03:03 PM, Feng Andrew Ge wrote: Josh, When

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] UHD disable receive

2011-04-20 Thread Feng Andrew Ge
Josh, When you say " In any case, you can shutoff the rx mixer in full duplex mode with this little change:", is it true that this radio, once started with the changed code, cannot receive anymore at it runtime? Andrew On 04/19/2011 12:00 PM, discuss-gnuradio-requ...@gnu.org wrote: Messag

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] How to decode the convolutional code in the GRC

2011-04-01 Thread Feng Andrew Ge
Achilleas, I have looked at the gr-trellis code and my understanding is that the code is used mainly for simulation in GNU Radio (signals don't go over the air). I was thinking about integrating the code into the digital examples, e.g., transmit_path.py and receiver_path.py. However, I have

[Discuss-gnuradio] J/F 12 number for USRP2/WBX?

2011-03-28 Thread Feng Andrew Ge
Hi, all, Does any person happen to know whether USRP2/WBX has been given a J/F 12 application number yet? I'd greatly appreciate if you have information about this? Regards, Andrew ___ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org http:/

[Discuss-gnuradio] Re: tunnel.py MAC address

2011-03-25 Thread Feng Andrew Ge
Here is what you need to do SIOCSIFHWADDR = 0x8924 s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM) ioctl(s, SIOCSIFHWADDR, struct.pack("16sH6s", ifname, socket.AF_UNIX, hwaddr)) Andrew On 03/24/2011 12:00 PM, discuss-gnuradio-requ...@gnu.org wrote: Message: 11 Date: Thu, 2

[Discuss-gnuradio] REF clock for USRP2

2011-03-15 Thread Feng Andrew Ge
Would experienced users please recommend me a 10MHz REF clock for stabilizing USRP2? I followed previous emails and found that "any 10 MHz reference (square or sine wave, DC-blocked and terminated in 50 ohms, 3V pk-pk) with will suffice, it does not need to be a pulse per second source." As

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] 【help】 Please send me the "tunnel.py" which can be used on USRP2

2011-03-14 Thread Feng Andrew Ge
Josh, I haven't found time learning how to create new branches and upload files using git yet, would you mind post the attachment? Thanks, Andrew On 03/14/2011 03:01 PM, Josh Blum wrote: On 03/14/2011 06:23 AM, 齐亮 wrote: Hello, everybody. I need the code of “tunnel.py” which can b

[Discuss-gnuradio] Re: uhd_usrp_sink often blocks in non-continuous data sending

2011-03-07 Thread Feng Andrew Ge
Josh, The code works well now, thanks a lot for your help in the past week. The delay was caused by a system setting in my computer and not related to UHD code. Andrew On 03/04/2011 12:19 AM, Josh Blum wrote: As such, do you know an approach to solve this blocking problem? I have tried

[Discuss-gnuradio] Re: uhd_usrp_sink often blocks in non-continuous data sending

2011-03-04 Thread Feng Andrew Ge
Josh, Thanks for pointing out the time function library, which I actually intended to call for printout analysis. As shown below, the huge delay was not caused by the WORK function's SEND. I am still trying to figure out the root, will let you know once I have it. Andrew SEND: ping 192.1

[Discuss-gnuradio] uhd_usrp_sink often blocks in non-continuous data sending

2011-03-03 Thread Feng Andrew Ge
Josh, I have observed uhd_usrp_sink quite often blocks when working in non-continuous scenarios. Here is one example, node 192.168.200.2 (A) pings 192.168.200.1 (B), one result (on node A) is here: ping 192.168.200.1 -i 0.5 PING 192.168.200.1 (192.168.200.1) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes f

[Discuss-gnuradio] How is "UU" generated

2011-03-02 Thread Feng Andrew Ge
Another question is how "UUU" gets generated---I still got many of them? Further, "UUU" makes sense when GNU Radio works with an audio device; however, I am not sure about its use when GNU Radio sends non-continuous data to USRP. When this "UUU" happens, will it be possible that some samples

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Re: UHD Announcement - February 25rd 2011

2011-03-02 Thread Feng Andrew Ge
Josh, Before I test it with the raw ethernet driver, would you tell me what's the difference in gr_uhd_usrp_sink between blocking send and non-blocking send? Since the sending data is already in the buffer and it is UDP sending, I don't see any difference. But perhaps you might point out any

[Discuss-gnuradio] Is data communication between UHD_USRP_SOURCE and USRP2 "polling" or "pushing"

2011-03-02 Thread Feng Andrew Ge
Josh, Once I start uhd_benmark_rx.py, USRP2 continuously sends data to the host. The data rate is the sample rate times 4 (bytes per sample). This happens even when no transmitter is around. Therefore, I assume that the ADC just converts noise into samples and USRP2 sends those samples at th

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Re: UHD Announcement - February 25rd 2011

2011-03-02 Thread Feng Andrew Ge
noutput_items? Is this purely GNU Radio scheduler's job? One previous question I had is this: why *recv_buff_size* is needed for benchmark_tx.py which involves only gr_uhd_usrp_sink.cc? I thought only *send_buff_siz* is needed. Andrew On 03/01/2011 08:20 PM, Josh Blum wrote: On 03/01/

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Re: UHD Announcement - February 25rd 2011

2011-03-01 Thread Feng Andrew Ge
buffer) and uhd_single_usrp_source (receiving buffer)? When I started uhd_benchmark_tx.py, it also asked for specification of *recv_buff_size, where is it used? * On 03/01/2011 07:01 PM, Josh Blum wrote: On 03/01/2011 03:25 PM, Feng Andrew Ge wrote: Josh, Everything is in the attachment

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Re: UHD Announcement - February 25rd 2011

2011-03-01 Thread Feng Andrew Ge
buffers and how are data are processed, by FIFO or LIFO? If overflow happens, will newly coming packets get simply dropped? Andrew On 03/01/2011 04:18 PM, Josh Blum wrote: On 03/01/2011 12:52 PM, Feng Andrew Ge wrote: > Josh, > > That's great, thanks. > > When using

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Re: UHD Announcement - February 25rd 2011

2011-03-01 Thread Feng Andrew Ge
er packet. Which looks like this: return seq_type(_last_seq_out -_last_seq_ack)< _max_seqs_out; -josh On 02/28/2011 02:42 PM, Feng Andrew Ge wrote: Marc, Unfortunately I don't much experience with Ethernet pause-frame flow control. For my applications, sending is not an issue

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Re: UHD Announcement - February 25rd 2011

2011-03-01 Thread Feng Andrew Ge
josh On 02/28/2011 02:42 PM, Feng Andrew Ge wrote: Marc, Unfortunately I don't much experience with Ethernet pause-frame flow control. For my applications, sending is not an issue since we don't send high data rates; we are more concerned at the receiver side, particularly its latency (w

[Discuss-gnuradio] Re: UHD Announcement - February 25rd 2011

2011-02-28 Thread Feng Andrew Ge
02/28/2011 11:21 AM, Feng Andrew Ge wrote: Josh, Thanks for sharing the information and your changes sound quite reasonable. However, it seems that your changes have introduced some bugs at the transmitter side. I updated my system using your new code (following your instructions in your Feb.

[Discuss-gnuradio] Re: UHD Announcement - February 25rd 2011

2011-02-28 Thread Feng Andrew Ge
nding data into USRP2 (based on observation from wireshark results). Both cases used 1500B for each packet and the send-buff-size was 100kB. Would you please take a look at this? Andrew -- Message: 3 Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2011 16:19:06 -0500 From: Feng Andrew Ge Subject: [Discuss-gn

[Discuss-gnuradio] Re: UHD Announcement - February 25rd 2011

2011-02-26 Thread Feng Andrew Ge
Josh, When you say "2x" performance increase, do you mean CPU performance or send()/recv() latency? Do you mind saying a few words on what changes you have made? Andrew On 02/26/2011 12:00 PM, discuss-gnuradio-requ...@gnu.org wrote: -

[Discuss-gnuradio] Algorithm convergence problem in DBPSK2?

2011-02-18 Thread Feng Andrew Ge
I did some test on DBPSK2 checked out from gnuradio.git next and observed some interesting result. I set up a transmitter and a receiver, using UHD. Two radios were close to to each other (2~3 feet). I set TX and RX gain both as 18dB. When I started the transmitter first and then the receive

[Discuss-gnuradio] A couple of questions related to UHD

2011-02-17 Thread Feng Andrew Ge
I posted one question in an early email, but it might be better to put it together with other questions here. I'd greatly appreciate your answers. (1) When transmitting UHD packets (with USRP2 + WBX), after each transmission, there is either one or a few "U" printed out. What does "U" mean?

[Discuss-gnuradio] Re: details on changing singleusrp buffer allocations

2011-02-17 Thread Feng Andrew Ge
rame_size"] = "1024" -josh On 02/15/2011 10:57 AM, Feng Andrew Ge wrote: > Could anybody please tell me how to set the following parameters? I am > working on supporting UHD in the Python digital communication example > and hopefully I can soon share my code with the l

[Discuss-gnuradio] details on changing singleusrp buffer allocations

2011-02-15 Thread Feng Andrew Ge
Could anybody please tell me how to set the following parameters? I am working on supporting UHD in the Python digital communication example and hopefully I can soon share my code with the list. * *recv_frame_size:* The size of a single receive buffer in bytes * *num_recv_frames:* The nu

[Discuss-gnuradio] Summer Intern for Telcordia

2011-02-09 Thread Feng Andrew Ge
link. Thanks, Andrew -- Feng (Andrew) Ge, Ph.D. Senior Research Scientist Knowledge-Based Systems Department One Telcordia Drive Piscataway, NJ 08854 (732) 699-2376 f...@telcordia.com ___ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org http

[Discuss-gnuradio] Status of UHD supporting GNU Radio Python Examples

2011-02-02 Thread Feng Andrew Ge
Tom or Josh, I guess that you two know as best the current status of UHD supporting GNU Radio Python examples. Could you please kindly share some information about this and also possible schedules, e.g., will it be available in GNU Radio 3.3.1 whose release is expected to be quite soon? Rega

[Discuss-gnuradio] Details on Ettus E100?

2010-12-12 Thread Andrew Ge
Josh or Matt, Would you please tell me which TI OMAP processor is exactly used in E100, OMAP3530 or OMAP 3525 or other? Also, is there some hardware architecture diagram available somewhere? What software support is currently available? Thanks, Andrew _

[Discuss-gnuradio] Thread deadlock in GNU Radio?

2010-11-29 Thread Andrew Ge
Eric, In my experiments, I had one transmitter and one receiver, which used tunnel.py for communicating with each other. Occasionally, I got the problem that one radio stopped receiving, but could still transmit. I used TX and RX printings to observe this behavior. In the receiving path, ther

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Using UHD failed to find USRP2

2010-11-15 Thread Andrew Ge
Nick, thanks for pointing this out. Do you know whether there is some plan to update benchmark_tx/rx.py for UHD? Andrew On 11/15/2010 1:06 PM, Nick Foster wrote: benchmark_tx uses the old USRP2 driver, not the UHD driver. --n On Mon, 2010-11-15 at 09:30 -0500, g...@vt.edu wrote: Installed

[Discuss-gnuradio] Re: UHD:SingleUSRP and buffer allocation, policy

2010-10-19 Thread Andrew Ge
Marcus, Would you post your flow graph? Also, did you use TUN/TAP? Andrew On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 08:37:33PM -0400, Marcus D. Leech wrote: > I've noticed latency issues with one of the applications I'm working on. > Latencies of up to tens of seconds > have been observed, which I tri

[Discuss-gnuradio] Transmitter's bizarre behavior on 64 bit workstation

2010-10-18 Thread Andrew Ge
Eric, I found a puzzling fact about running GNU Radio on the 64-bit Lenovo workstation D20. Basically, the maximum packet size (payload at the transmitter side in the benchmark_tx.py) must be less than or equal to 221. Below this size, packets from the workstation can be correctly received

[Discuss-gnuradio] Re: GNU Radio roadmap

2010-10-16 Thread Andrew Ge
Yes, I was talking about the PFB blocks. Thanks. However, the comparison result of IIR and FIR in terms of computational efficiency is a little disappointing; I had hoped that IIR can be better. Andrew On 10/16/2010 5:18 PM, Tom Rondeau wrote: On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 1:20 PM, Andrew Ge

[Discuss-gnuradio] Re: GNU Radio roadmap

2010-10-13 Thread Andrew Ge
Tom, You have been doing some good work in using more efficient filters; have you integrated your code into GNU Radio code base yet? If there is a working version, could you please tell me where I can find it? Is it in the development version or in GNU Radio 3.3 release version. More import

[Discuss-gnuradio] Re: Discuss-gnuradio Digest, Vol 95, Issue 10

2010-10-11 Thread Andrew Ge
Tom, You have been doing some good work in using more efficient filters; have you integrated your code into GNU Radio code base yet? If there is a working version, could you tell me where I can find it? Is it in the development version or in GNU Radio 3.3 release version. More importantly,

[Discuss-gnuradio] Re: s/Eric/Tom/g

2010-09-11 Thread Andrew Ge
pe that, after stepping down as the "Maintainer", you will have more time for other things that you like to do in your life. Best regards, Feng (Andrew) Ge, Ph.D. Senior Research Scientist Telcordia Technologies, Inc. On 9/10/2010 12:00 PM, discuss-gnurad

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Report compiling errors on Ubuntu 10.04

2010-05-18 Thread Andrew Ge
Eric, Thanks for pointing out this. Now I am able to install GNU Radio 3.3 on Ubuntu 10.04. I have tested some functions without USRP and they work. Andrew On 5/18/2010 12:23 PM, Eric Blossom wrote: On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 10:40:40AM -0400, Andrew Ge wrote: (1) tarball GNU Radio 3.2.2

[Discuss-gnuradio] Re: Report compiling errors on Ubuntu 10.04

2010-05-18 Thread Andrew Ge
Forgot to add that it was on out-of-box HP laptops. Andrew On 5/18/2010 10:40 AM, Andrew Ge wrote: (1) tarball GNU Radio 3.2.2 has Make error with boost_1_39_0, boost_1_40_0, boost_1_41_0, boost_1_43_0 with or without --prefix=/opt/boost_1_4*_0 (where boost is installed) /bin/bash

[Discuss-gnuradio] Report compiling errors on Ubuntu 10.04

2010-05-18 Thread Andrew Ge
(1) tarball GNU Radio 3.2.2 has Make error with boost_1_39_0, boost_1_40_0, boost_1_41_0, boost_1_43_0 with or without --prefix=/opt/boost_1_4*_0 (where boost is installed) /bin/bash ../../../libtool --tag=CXX --mode=link g++ -g -O2 -Wall -Woverloaded-virtual -pthread -o test_usrp_standar

[Discuss-gnuradio] Re: Tom Rondeau esquire

2008-12-05 Thread Feng Andrew Ge
io will be tremendous. Please join me in congratulating Tom. Bob -- Feng (Andrew) Ge Graduate Research Assistant, CWT Center for Wireless Telecommunications [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tech 436 Whittemore Hall Blacksburg, VA 24061-0111 Office: 540-231-2558 Mobile: 540-239-2275 Fax: 540-231-3004 Em

[Discuss-gnuradio] 25 MHz of instantaneous RF bandwidth on USRP2

2008-09-14 Thread Feng Andrew Ge
Eric, I am just wondering whether this piece of code exists somewhere or not to enable > > 100MS/s I & Q is decimated to 25MS/s complex. We use 16-bit I & Q. > That works out to ~800Mbit/s on the gigabit ethernet, which the USRP2 > can sustain, no problem. If so, would you please kindly po

[Discuss-gnuradio] NON-block reading for OS.read(tun_tap) in tunnel.py

2008-07-20 Thread Feng Andrew Ge
I am trying to enable non-blocking reading for os.read(tun_fd, *) through open_tun_interface() in tunnel.py, did anybody do so before? Are there any potential problem for the whole tunnel.py code if I do so? Thanks Andrew ___ Discuss-gnuradio mailin

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Can GNU Radio use two USRPs for different applications?

2008-04-20 Thread Feng Andrew Ge
George, Thanks very much, that's what I want. Andrew George Nychis wrote: Hi, This is addressed on the FAQ page on the wiki. I'd link you but I'm on a handheld. - George On Apr 20, 2008, at 5:45 PM, Feng Andrew Ge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I want to use two USRPs

[Discuss-gnuradio] Can GNU Radio use two USRPs for different applications?

2008-04-20 Thread Feng Andrew Ge
I want to use two USRPs on one computer with one USRP for TX and the other for RX, is it feasible to control two USB ports which host two USRPs in GNU Radio? Any suggestion will be highly appreciated. Andrew ___ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Unable to find USRP #0 in kernel 2.6.24-rc4-gd7f0b481 on Fedora 7

2007-12-13 Thread Feng Andrew Ge
appreciated! Andrew Ge Did you setup udev as the wiki page instructed? Are you in group usrp? Eric Eric, I strictly followed the setup udev as the wiki page: http://www.gnuradio.org/trac/wiki/UdevConfig. However, because the new kernel 2.6.24-rc4-gd7f0b481uses different sysfs from

[Discuss-gnuradio] Question about USRP's capacity in signal processing (bandwidth)

2007-07-30 Thread Feng Andrew Ge
Dear all I have been reading GNU Radio discussion for half a year, first time to post a topic. Thanks a lot for all the GNU Radio knowledge I learned from you guys. Now I am doing some signal detection project. I want to collect some signal in 700MHz range with bandwidth as larger as possibl