Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Audio Source Sound Card L and R Channels

2017-06-21 Thread Rob
Thank-you Marcus the Audio Source is happy with 2 channels now. -- View this message in context: http://gnuradio.4.n7.nabble.com/Audio-Source-Sound-Card-L-and-R-Channels-tp64308p64321.html Sent from the GnuRadio mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Rational Resampler no output.

2017-06-21 Thread Cor Legemaat
Hi: Sorry for the late replay... The intel pc call filter.firdes.low_pass with the same values but return 768 proper float values, not like the 's on the AMD pc. Tried to debug with "nemiver /usr/bin/python2.7 -u /fm_receiver.py" and the breakpoint at firdes.cc line 100 witch get triggered and I

[Discuss-gnuradio] dB or dBm

2017-06-21 Thread GNUBeginner
Hello Everybody, Could anyone please try to explain to me why I am seeing dB values instead of dBm in the spectrum analyzer GUIs such as QSpectrumAnalyzer or spectrum scan programs such as gr-scan or hackrf_sweep. Because when I inject a signal with -15 dBm power using 20 dB attenuator (no loss

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] dB or dBm

2017-06-21 Thread Gilad Beeri (ApolloShield)
Marcus explained it better than me in your previous email, but in general, those SDR devices aren't calibrated devices, as in you (the user) can't infer from the sample value the signal power, so the apps (e.g., QSpectrumAnalyzer) can't tell you anything about dBm (power) values, only dB values rel

[Discuss-gnuradio] Changing transmit gain

2017-06-21 Thread Tellrell White
Hello Guys I have a flowgraph attached where I'm trying to generate BER curves for different transmit gain values. Right now, I have gui slider that allows me to adjust the gain values, however, I would like to know if it's possible to have the gain values adjust automatically by changing the pytho

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] dB or dBm

2017-06-21 Thread GNUBeginner
Thank you for your detailed message. Please correct me if I am on the wrong path. I am injecting 802.11g signal using Vector Signal Generator at different power levels (0 dBm, -5 dBm, -10 dBm, -15 dBm and -20 dBm) using 20 dB attenuator. After running gr-scan with RF gain 0 dB option at the first

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] dB or dBm

2017-06-21 Thread Julian Arnold
Hey, as has been said previously, it depends on the type of signal you are observing how you would need to characterize and measure its power. For example, your signal will change over time depending on your payload data which you need to consider. You would also need to consider the bandwidth of

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] dB or dBm

2017-06-21 Thread GNUBeginner
When you say constant tone, you mean some sinusoidal signal with fixed frequency using Anritsu vector signal generator? Any suggestions generating this signal with VSG? -- View this message in context: http://gnuradio.4.n7.nabble.com/dB-or-dBm-tp64323p64329.html Sent from the GnuRadio mailing l

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] dB or dBm

2017-06-21 Thread GNUBeginner
Also, how could I measure power? The program is giving some strange dB values... -- View this message in context: http://gnuradio.4.n7.nabble.com/dB-or-dBm-tp64323p64330.html Sent from the GnuRadio mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ Discuss-gnur

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] dB or dBm

2017-06-21 Thread Ron Economos
-20 dBm is a pretty strong signal. You're probably over driving your SDR into compression. I would use a larger value attenuator or reduce the levels from the signal generator. Ron On 06/21/2017 08:55 AM, GNUBeginner wrote: Thank you for your detailed message. Please correct me if I am on the

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] dB or dBm

2017-06-21 Thread Gilad Beeri (ApolloShield)
Yes - he meant a constant tone, a simple sinusoidal signal with fixed frequency and amplitude (Acos(wt)). And you can't measure the power directly. What you can measure is the graph (function) between the injected power (as determined in your signal source) to those strange dB values. After you ge

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] dB or dBm

2017-06-21 Thread GNUBeginner
How could I generate this simple sinusoidal signal with fixed frequency and amplitude using Anritsu MG3710A? -- View this message in context: http://gnuradio.4.n7.nabble.com/dB-or-dBm-tp64323p64333.html Sent from the GnuRadio mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] dB or dBm

2017-06-21 Thread lists
You can get a soft failure by overloading a receiver input, let alone a hard failure. If you are testing a $15 dongle, no big loss. If you are testing a real receiver, I would check to see what is the maximum allowable input power.  Using a signal generator is a matter of RTFMing.   Original Me

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] dB or dBm

2017-06-21 Thread GNUBeginner
I am already aware of what the maximum allowable receiver power which is -5 dBm. That is why I am starting from 0 dBm with 20 dB attenuator before injecting it to the HackRF One. -- View this message in context: http://gnuradio.4.n7.nabble.com/dB-or-dBm-tp64323p64335.html Sent from the GnuRadio