Re: [USRP-users] How to Compile rx_samples_to_file and Generate an Executable

2017-07-06 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hi Altug and Jacob, Yes, the most recent Visual Studio we are actively supporting is 2015. We will support 2017 with an upcoming release but as you note Jacob, Boost and other dependencies are still catching up themselves. Jacob, Boost 1.64 is not officially supported but great to hear it is work

Re: [USRP-users] USRP N-series loading FPGA

2017-07-06 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello Daniel, No, the storage is non-volatile. The script only needs to be run when updating the FPGA. Regards, Derek On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 9:40 PM, Cho, Daniel J (332C) via USRP-users < usrp-users@lists.ettus.com> wrote: > Hello – > > > > In order to load a custom FPGA, you run the python scr

[USRP-users] 3.9.7 LTS Release Candidate 1 Announcement

2017-07-11 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello all, The release candidate of UHD version 3.9.7 has been tagged and is available for testing. This is an update to the Long Term Support series and is planned to be released next Monday, the 17th. The tag for this release candidate: https://github.com/EttusResearch/uhd/releases/tag/003_009_

Re: [USRP-users] Removing the whole LO signal when transmitting

2017-07-17 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello Brais, The gain values for USRPs are indexed from 0 dB gain being minimum gain up to the device's maximum. Usually this means that 0 dB of gain is actually a large amount of attenuation or loss through the RX chain. The same is true for TX. It doesn't surprise me that you are seeing those va

Re: [USRP-users] TwinRx not recieving waveform

2017-07-18 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello Brandon, How did you install UHD and GNU Radio? When you say that the USRP is not receiving the waveform, do you see just noise or does the application not even start? What file was missing, there should definitely not be anything missing from those versions. I recommend ensuring that uhd_u

Re: [USRP-users] TwinRx not recieving waveform

2017-07-18 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hi Bradon, The TwinRX should show up as a TwinRX in the RX slot and an unknown daughterboard in the TX slot. This is a cosmetic issue which we're aware of. It is possible that you have a revision B TwinRX which has a newer ID than is supported by your version of UHD. Can you please post the full

[USRP-users] 3.9.7 Release Announcement

2017-07-18 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello all, The 3.9.7 release of UHD has been posted. This is an update to the Long Term Support series. There was one commit between the release candidate and the final release. This added some safety checks to the uhd_images_downloader script when using custom destination directories. The tag fo

Re: [USRP-users] DDC's Filters in B210

2017-07-19 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello Altug, The CIC can be programed to decimate by a range of integer amounts. If the ratio is 20 (50 MHz sampling rate, 2.5 MHz output rate) then both half bands will be used (divide by 2*2) and the CIC will decimate by 5. Odd CIC rates have poor filter roll off compared to even rates. Derek

[USRP-users] 3.10.2.0 Release Candidate 1 Announcement

2017-07-19 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello all, The release candidate of UHD version 3.10.2.0 has been tagged and is available for testing. There have been no API breaking changes necessary since the last release but a small ABI change means we are incrementing the ABI number. Updated FPGA and firmware images have been uploaded. The

Re: [USRP-users] Using a reference clock on USRP E310/312

2017-07-26 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello, To get time and frequency alignment on a pair of E31xs you can supply the 1PPS to both units. The example programs do not all support setting the time source. http://files.ettus.com/manual/page_usrp_e3x0.html#e3x0_hw_sync Here is an example which supports setting the time source, you can m

Re: [USRP-users] 答复: frequency shift of B210

2017-07-26 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hi Jong, Marcus Leech and Marco have both offered good advice on testing the frequency stability of the B210 against outside references. Have you tried either? Marcus Muller also asked for additional information about your test setup. Regards, Derek On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 2:04 AM, john liu via

Re: [USRP-users] Disabling CORDIC

2017-07-26 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello Altug, If you tune using the tune request with a DSP policy of MANUAL and DSP frequency of 0.0 then yes, that channel's CORDIC will not alter the samples. A policy of NONE will leave the DSP in the last configured state, so it is better to be explicit. Regards, Derek On Wed, Jul 26, 2017

Re: [USRP-users] Using a reference clock on USRP E310/312

2017-07-26 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello, Unfortunately the phase offset between channels on separate E31xs is not repeatable between tunes or runs. In order to use multiple E31xs for beamforming or other applications needing known phase offsets it is necessary to supply an external reference signal and use that to measure the offs

Re: [USRP-users] TwinRX + X300 Usage

2017-07-27 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello Christian, Your configuration of the LO sharing is all reasonable. You are not using timed commands so you will not get repeatable phase offsets between the channels due to the DDC's CORDIC and the RX frontend's IF downconverter not being synchronously reset. The call to set_rx_freq for each

Re: [USRP-users] Windows driver for B210

2017-07-31 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello Anuja, That zip contains the USB driver for the B210, it is the same as the B200. If you encounter an error message then unplug and replug the B210. This is a non-fatal error that is seen occasionally with different Windows versions. Regards, Derek On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 11:54 AM, Anuja K

Re: [USRP-users] Configuration of E310 USRP

2017-07-31 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello Nauman, I assume that you are using the X310 rather than the E310. It is not possible by default to use PCIe for configuration and control and then to use the SFP+ connections with Aurora for the sample streaming. The hardware could technically support such a configuration, but it would req

[USRP-users] 3.10.2.0 Release Announcement

2017-08-01 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello all, The 3.10.2.0 release of UHD has been posted. This is an update to the main series of releases. There were four commit between the release candidate and the final release. All were documentation updates except for an improvement to the query_gpsdo_sensors utility. The tag for this relea

Re: [USRP-users] Trying to verify Rx MIMO operation of x310

2017-08-01 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello Mark, rx_samples_to_file will only receive a single channel. It is a minimal example. Try: rx_multi_samples --channels 0,1 This will receive two channels, a pair of UBXs only has one RX channel per daughterboard so UHD can infer the sub device specification. The default sample rate is 100

Re: [USRP-users] One USRP device is not connected to the host computer

2017-08-01 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello Adhitha, If you are connecting only one USRP at a time directly to the computer and see one work and one not then my first guess would be that the IP address has changed on the second one. Try running uhd_find_devices, this will work if the IP address is different but still on the same subne

Re: [USRP-users] Trying to verify Rx MIMO operation of x310

2017-08-01 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hi Mark, Unfortunately you're up against the limits of the included examples. There are no UHD only examples which store multiple channels of samples to a file. The rx_multi_samples shows the steps involved in setting up the channels, but doesn't implement the functionality shown in rx_samples_to_

Re: [USRP-users] One USRP device is not connected to the host computer

2017-08-01 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hi Adhitha, I'm glad that's worked for you. Best regards, Derek On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 4:19 PM, Adhitha Dias wrote: > Hi Derek, > > I tried with the large netmask. Now it's working. Thank you so much for > the help. Really appreciate it! > > I am using UHD version 3.10.1.0 in Ubuntu 16.04.2 OS

Re: [USRP-users] N210 DSP Processing Chain

2017-08-01 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hi Dave, You're exactly right, there is a decimation operation between the raw ADC IQ samples and the samples which can be streamed *continuously* across a 1 Gigabit link. It is very similar to the X310 where the frontend passes the full rate samples to a DDC chain. https://github.com/EttusResearc

Re: [USRP-users] PPS sync with USRP E310 timeout error

2017-08-02 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello Daniel, There is no check in your code to confirm that the time is correctly set. The 1PPS signal should be a square wave rather than a sine wave. It is a logic signal rather than an RF one and the sync port is designed to handle it. http://files.ettus.com/manual/page_usrp_e3x0.html#e3x0_hw_

Re: [USRP-users] Trying to verify Rx MIMO operation of x310

2017-08-02 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hi Mark, I've added back on the list, it's useful to keep everyone in sync with progress. The WX FFT only takes one input but the QT Frequency Sync has a configurable number of inputs. In general the QT GUIs are being promoted over WX. Regards, Derek On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 7:40 PM, Mark Koenig

Re: [USRP-users] How Do I get a py File Transferred Over to The E310

2017-08-02 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hi Konstantin, Mike's solution is one of the common answers. Mounting a network share or remote file system are nice to streamline the process. Our application note on developing with the E310 has an example of using sshfs to mount a directory from a host computer onto the E310. https://kb.ettus.c

Re: [USRP-users] PPS sync with USRP E310 timeout error

2017-08-02 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hi, Sorry, I spoke poorly there. set_time_unknown_pps will fail if it does not see a 1PPS edge within a 1+epsilon second window. However, because you were using a sine wave the exact time that the "edge" of the pulse could vary. When distributing a time reference a fast rising edge is key to getti

Re: [USRP-users] Support with UHD C++ API

2017-08-02 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello Snehasish, The UHD examples contain all the code to receive a stream of samples at that rate. What have you tried? We may be able to help better if you explain what is not working. 50 MS/s is not too high of a load so most recent computers should have no problem receiving that much data over

Re: [USRP-users] When ssh'ing Getting prompt for Password Issue

2017-08-06 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello Konstantin, The download definitely works on Windows, Mac, and Linux so there must be some issue with your VM that is causing the issue. That is probably beyond what we can help with. On Windows you can use 7zip to extract the xz archive and win32diskimager for writing the filesystem image

Re: [USRP-users] When ssh'ing Getting prompt for Password Issue

2017-08-07 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hi Konstantin, We have no way of knowing what device the SD Card will enumerate as. There are many guides online for using utilities like fdisk and dmesg to find the name of the device. Using Windows or Linux you will need to remove the micro SD card and use a USB to micro SD card adapter to moun

Re: [USRP-users] PPS and REF out form a X310 and leakage problem

2017-08-07 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello Jorge, The Octoclock is sold in two versions, one with an internal GPSDO and one that requires an external source. The X310 and X300 both do not support daisy chaining. There are a few issues with it, one of the key ones being propagation delay. If the 1PPS signal was passed from one unit t

Re: [USRP-users] When ssh'ing Getting prompt for Password Issue

2017-08-07 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello, Yes, a micro SD card adapter is needed. I'm going to add to our documentation to highlight that point. There is no way to overwrite the entire SD remotely. This is true for nearly every embedded system. We do not have any recommended micro SD card adapter. There are many from good brands s

Re: [USRP-users] XCVR2450 with X310

2017-08-08 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello Jon, As you have found in the documentation and see in the output of uhd_usrp_probe, the XCVR2450 is not supported on the X3x0 family. We are sorry this is true, but we do not have any current timeline for adding this support nor do we have any advice right now to give for what changes would

Re: [USRP-users] Problems receiving valid data from a multi_usrp

2017-08-09 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hi Janos, The problem is that the single rx_streamer is trying to time align the samples from the four USRPs, but the onboard clocks are not aligned so it is not finding samples from the same moment. Are you sharing 10 MHz and 1PPS references to all the USRPs? If so you will need to set the clock

Re: [USRP-users] Problems receiving valid data from a multi_usrp

2017-08-10 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
If you do not need any time synchronization then you can use four separate rx_streamers. The time source (and clock source) will default to internal. Do you have MIMO cables between the N210s? Given that you have four that won't save you from having to have a separate external 10 MHz and PPS to sy

Re: [USRP-users] Multiple RX channels on X310

2017-08-11 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello Daniele, If you run uhd_usrp_probe you will see a list of the supported frontends. The example is for the TVRX2 daughterboard which you are probably not using. The most common subdev specifications for a single X310 are "A:0 B:0" (First channel of each daughtercard) and "A:0 A:1 B:0 B:1" (E

Re: [USRP-users] UHD Version for New UBX Hardware Rev

2017-08-15 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello Dave, This commit added the EEPROM IDs for the updated UBX version. https://github.com/EttusResearch/uhd/commit/f5a082fd3841571d2a53a9e677b5dfe6d653bd94 It was added August 22nd and 3.9.5 has it. I believe there have been a few improvement changes since then which are on the 3.9 branch, but

Re: [USRP-users] Receiver Sensitivity of NI USRP 2954R

2017-08-16 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello Snehasish, Here is the performance data for the UBX daughtercard and X3x0. The sensitivity changes with frequency and gain. http://files.ettus.com/performance_data/ubx/UBX-without-UHD-corrections.pdf Regards, Derek On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 8:14 AM, Snehasish Kar via USRP-users < usrp-users@

Re: [USRP-users] Support with setting usrp sampling rate to 150MSPS

2017-08-22 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Try 200MS/s. The FPGA can only decimate integer amounts from the ADC rate, which is 200MS/s. On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 5:15 PM, Snehasish Kar via USRP-users < usrp-users@lists.ettus.com> wrote: > Hello > I am trying to receive gsm 1800 band using NI USRP 2954R, but when I am > trying to set the sam

Re: [USRP-users] Support with setting usrp sampling rate to 150MSPS

2017-08-22 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello Koyel, This is a fundamental problem that increasing sample rate takes more processing power to handle but provides more bandwidth of spectrum. How wide is the signal you need to process? The general recommendation is that you sample at 1.25 times your bandwidth. This provides 20% more spect

Re: [USRP-users] How to use RFNoC framework with LFRX daughter board?

2017-08-30 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello, Can you please paste a copy of the full output, including the command, for uhd_usrp_probe? That will include a lot of information which we can use to offer advice. Thanks, Derek On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 11:21 AM, L TP via USRP-users < usrp-users@lists.ettus.com> wrote: > > Hi List, > I'm

Re: [USRP-users] uhd_rx_nogui gets really noisy!

2017-09-09 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello Ali, You have not set a gain value in your command. You can check the GRC example to find the default gain or try values until you see a strong signal. Regards, Derek On Sat, Sep 9, 2017 at 9:59 AM, Ali The GREAT! via USRP-users < usrp-users@lists.ettus.com> wrote: > Dear all, > > I insta

Re: [USRP-users] 4 Rx channels from an X310

2017-09-12 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello Joshua, The default FPGA image now has two DDCs which each have two DSP chains. The message you link to is from 2014 and we've substantially updated the contents of the FPGA since then. Currently the TwinRX is the primary daughtercard making use of these additional DDC chains as the others a

Re: [USRP-users] X300 STREAM_MODE_NUM_SAMPS_AND_DONE length limitation

2017-10-02 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
That assertion is protecting a register in the Radio Block on the FPGA. You could try modifying that area of the logic which is counting the outputted samples as they are packetized. I do not believe that other areas of the code would be impacted (other than that assertion in the host code of cours

Re: [USRP-users] the rfnoc fifos

2017-10-02 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hi Jason, Adding FIFOs adds buffering which helps with any transient changes in throughput, such as over the 10 GigE connection. It gives the flow control more room to work with before an overflow occurs (on receive). On the transmit side the DMA FIFO usually fills that role. On Fri, Sep 29, 2017

Re: [USRP-users] Advise on how to modifying HDL design E310 to add custom blocks

2017-10-03 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello Brais, The HDL design does have a top block and is composed of usefully divided sub blocks. It is not however designed using the graphical Vivado workflow, but a source based one. Here is the top block: https://github.com/EttusResearch/fpga/blob/maint/usrp3/top/e300/e310.v Your application

Re: [USRP-users] uhd_usrp message return and Comms issues

2017-10-03 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello Mark, It has been some time since I have looked at the probe routine in the 3.8 version of UHD, but it sounds like the discovery packets are having routing problems. Do you have an N210, N200, or USRP2 anywhere on the network? We can probably give some assistance to discovering the root cau

Re: [USRP-users] warning on UDP buffer size when using Python API

2017-10-03 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello, The requested sizes do change a little during the initialization. Also the settings are not persistent across reboots of your host computer so need to be re-appled each time you restart or changes made to other configuration files to make them persistent. Can you confirm which sizes you ar

Re: [USRP-users] uhd_usrp message return and Comms issues

2017-10-03 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hi Mark, I'm glad to hear you were able to update to 3.9. Retuning the UBX takes approximately 500 usec. This varies based on how far the internal VCO needs to tune and if there is a band crossing. A dwell time of 5 seconds (5,000 msec) should be four orders of magnitude more than is needed to ge

Re: [USRP-users] ADC + DAC Compare of N200 and B200

2017-10-13 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello Kevin, No, the N200 and B200 do not change the electrical transport modes based on the frequency or bandwidth requested by the application, there is no need. The 12 and 14 digital bits are available at all frequencies. The actual effective number of bits out to the host depends on the ADC pe

Re: [USRP-users] ADC + DAC Compare of N200 and B200

2017-10-13 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hi Kevin, It is 12 bits each for I and Q, a total of 24 bits per complex sample pair. It is usual for SDRs to list the resolution of the ADC which is then dual channel for the I and Q. https://www.ettus.com/content/files/b200-b210_spec_sheet.pdf Regards, Derek On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 12:29 PM, K

Re: [USRP-users] Still having problems receiving multiple channels

2017-10-17 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hi Janos, What daughtercards are you using? Can you include the console output of your program when it runs? It looks like you have useful log messages. Thanks, Derek On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 11:32 AM, Janos Buttgereit via USRP-users < usrp-users@lists.ettus.com> wrote: > Hello everybody, > > I

Re: [USRP-users] Advise on how to modifying HDL design E310 to add custom blocks

2017-10-26 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello Brais, Sorry for the long delay. Yes, the B210 has a Spartan 6 which is not supported by Vivado so the design uses ISE. This, and the smaller size of the B210's FPGA, is why RFNoC support has not been added to it. All third generation USRPs support RFNoC and so will all planned future USRPs.

Re: [USRP-users] time/phase synchronization of 2 X300

2017-10-30 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hi Luca, Any external 10 MHz and 1PPS source will work. The 1PPS is basically a DC signal so it is best to have a buffer amplifier to split it, but if just going to two USRPs you may be able to get away with using the RF power divider as well. The required signal levels are posted in the user man

Re: [USRP-users] feedback from a USRP message

2017-10-30 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hi Jason, The command message handling in the USRP source in GNU Radio is a bit interesting. The command may contain many pairs of key->value, most of which end up in a call to their own handler. There is a debug message printed for each of these handlers if you have GNU Radio debug messages enabl

Re: [USRP-users] USRPB210 master clock rate and RF front end bandwidth

2017-10-30 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hi Wahhab, It sounds like you are expecting a configuration which is not possible. With an ADC sampling rate of 2 MS/s complex your application will receive valid information about 2 MHz of bandwidth. Setting the analog bandwidth to 2 MHz or 56 MHz will not change this. In order to receive inform

Re: [USRP-users] feedback from a USRP message

2017-10-30 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
The error checking of the parameter range will happen inside of UHD rather than in the GNU Radio wrapper. The existing check is only for the type of the parameter, in the gain case a numerical value is supplied so it passes the check. The first command will result in a tune to 2.4 GHz. The second

Re: [USRP-users] Setting LO offset and exact central frequency with RFNoC

2017-11-03 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello Dragoslav, What you are seeing is expected and correct. With the multi_usrp interface the set_tx_freq function does a series of actions for you. 1) Calculate a target RF frequency, taking into account any LO offset requested 2) Call a function to set the RF frequency to this target and then

Re: [USRP-users] Sync two USRP devices to sense 100MHz of spectrum

2017-11-09 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello Wahhab Albazrqaoe, It is certainly possible to configure each USRP to be tuned to a different frequency and to be synchronized closely in time. A 1 Gigabit Ethernet connection can carry approximately 25 MS/s of 16 bit samples and 50 MS/s of 8 bit samples. We do not support sending 4 bit samp

Re: [USRP-users] Sync two USRP devices to sense 100MHz of spectrum

2017-11-09 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello Wahhab, I do not know about using the MIMO cable between a USRP2 and a N2x0, the USRP2 became end of life before I started at Ettus. I think it would work, but cannot test it myself. Others at Ettus may know the answer. You will need at least two 1 Gigabit connections to your host computer.

Re: [USRP-users] spectrum analyzer USRP N210

2017-11-15 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello Ivan, The rule of thumb is that the digital filters are flat over 80% of the passband. A good start would be to exclude the first and last 10% of each FFT and reduce your frequency step size to 80% of the sample rate. This will flatten your spectrum considerably. USRPs have a calibration ro

Re: [USRP-users] spectrum analyzer USRP N210

2017-11-16 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
I've added back on the mailing list, just include usrp-users@lists.ettus.com as a to: address. If you use reply-all in the future it will keep the list up to date. The "n" value needs to be adjusted now that the step size is 20% smaller. On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 9:34 AM, Ivan Zahartchuk wrote: >

Re: [USRP-users] Independent use of ethernet ports on Ettus x310?

2017-11-17 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hi Chad, To add to what Neel said, no matter the FPGA image or Ethernet type a USRP cannot be accessed from two computers at the same time. The device is claimed as the first action when a connection is made to it by a program. Regards, Derek On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 1:08 AM, Neel Pandeya via USR

Re: [USRP-users] Independent use of ethernet ports on Ettus x310?

2017-11-17 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello Chad, You'll need a program which can receive from both channels at once. The claiming means that two processes cannot access the same USRP at the same time. The rx_multi_samples shows receiving two sample streams on the same frequency and the same rate. You'll likely need to write your own

Re: [USRP-users] underrun problem in GPS record and replay system with USRP/WBX

2017-11-27 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello Fabrizio, Have you tried running the benchmark_rate example included with UHD? That can test if there is any issue sending data at that rate to the USRP. uhd_siggen is also a good test as it uses GNU Radio so can check that the rate continues to work from within GNU Radio. If both of those

Re: [USRP-users] making the UHD

2018-01-10 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello Ale, That left shift is intentional behavior. Here is the comment on that line of code. https://github.com/EttusResearch/uhd/blob/maint/host/include/uhd/utils/soft_register.hpp#L100 When you say you "tried to run query_gpsdo_sensors, that one was not finalized" do you mean that it was not c

Re: [USRP-users] making the UHD

2018-01-11 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hi Ale, I've added back on the list. It's usually best to keep the list included so you can get faster responses from a larger group of experienced people. That example isn't installed into the default PATH like the core UHD programs are. The binary can be found at (by default on Ubuntu) /usr/loc

Re: [USRP-users] TwinRX dead on arrival?

2018-01-15 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello Anon, I can confirm that your issue is due to software and not a hardware issue. The fix is released on the maint branch and will be out on the master branch very shortly. https://github.com/EttusResearch/uhd/commit/f76762c6e9cd7d7e308c589d57cb89 1eda45a4e8 Can you please apply the one char

Re: [USRP-users] Twin Rx LO Source

2018-01-25 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello Andy, The LO source is for an external or internal RF source and is fed directly to the mixers. You are looking for the set_clock_source call which will allow you to set the USRP to use an external 10 MHz reference. Regards, Derek On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 7:53 PM, Andrew Thommesen via USRP-

Re: [USRP-users] NI USRP / PCIe interface and RFNoC FPGA images

2018-01-30 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hi Tarik, Your steps are based on the misunderstanding of how the image loading occurs in each of these scenarios. When using PCIe the FPGA will always be reloaded from the host computer. Every program you run using the PCIe link needs the "fpga=/path/to/image.lvbitx" string added to the device a

Re: [USRP-users] NI USRP / PCIe interface and RFNoC FPGA images

2018-01-30 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hi Tarik, The USRP source in GNU Radio has a spot for specifying device arguments. The osmocom_fft application has a "--args" option the same as the UHD utilities. There is not currently the ability to specify a custom default FPGA image but it is a feature we agree would be useful. Regards, Dere

Re: [USRP-users] NI USRP / PCIe interface and RFNoC FPGA images

2018-01-30 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hi Tarik, I'm glad you got that working. Yes, modifying UHD is certainly a way that you can specify a custom file. I didn't mention it because the device arguments method works in nearly all software. For instance, the path to the bitstream can certainly be supplied as a parameter in GNU Radio Com

Re: [USRP-users] USRP B210 TX-Issues

2018-02-12 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello Jonathan, The gain setting in the USRPs are indexed from minimum gain. On most this means a gain of 0 is actually an attenuation of the signal. The N210's gain range is based on what amplifiers and attenuators are on the daughterboard that is installed. The ranges aren't calibrated to be ali

Re: [USRP-users] A capable Laptop with 10Gb Lan support for USRP X310?

2018-02-14 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello Mark, Yes, people have used external Thunderbolt to 10 GigE SFP+ adapters successfully in the past. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9wlKYDEOUU I do not have up to date information about the level of performance to be expected in such a setup however. In the video Balint is streaming at 100

Re: [USRP-users] IF filtering of X310

2018-02-15 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello Fabian, The set_rx_bandwidth() function does not work with the TwinRX. If the value returned by get_rx_bandwidth is changing then that is a bug which I will look into. It is used for the B2xx and E3xx series, as well as the brand new N310, which have RFICs with programmable bandpass filters.

Re: [USRP-users] Unable to ping USRP X310/NI 2952R after flash image update

2018-02-15 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello Akshatha, What ethernet connection are you using between the USRP and the host computer? The IP address of the USRP will depend on which SFP+ port and what FPGA image you are using. http://files.ettus.com/manual/page_usrp_x3x0.html#x3x0_setup_network Regards, Derek On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at

Re: [USRP-users] B200 Noise Figure Meter

2018-02-21 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hi Dan, The E310/E312 has the switchable set of receive and transmit filters which the B2xx does not. This will impact the noise figure due to the additional losses of the switches and filters. As with most receivers an external LNA and filter matched to a frequency of interest will reduce the tot

Re: [USRP-users] twinrx_freq_hopping example

2018-02-26 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello, The tuning time is approximately 5 ms, which is why the example uses that number. The example should work the same on either Windows or Linux. What version of UHD are you using on Windows which does not include it? Are you seeing any streaming errors on Windows? Regards, Derek On Mon, Fe

Re: [USRP-users] twinrx_freq_hopping example

2018-02-26 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello, Please can you keep your emails in a single thread so it is easier to read. The goal with the frequency hopping example is to instantly jump between frequencies. Normally those 3-5 ms of tuning would be dead time, no meaningful signal could be received. By using the RF synthesizers of both

Re: [USRP-users] twinrx_freq_hopping example

2018-02-26 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
I'm not sure how you are responding, but it is still not threading correctly. Thanks for trying though. I would not expect the C API to make a performance difference like that since it is only a wrapper. Are you still using timed commands? If not then the additional overhead of sending commands fr

Re: [USRP-users] USRP-users help needed

2018-02-26 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello Joe, The source code for both the driver and FPGA HDL are hosted on GitHub. Here are links to them: https://github.com/EttusResearch/uhd https://github.com/EttusResearch/fpga The manual has a short section about sample rate options: http://files.ettus.com/manual/page_general.html#general_sa

Re: [USRP-users] Readback data block

2018-03-01 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello Andy, You can use the standard UHD streamer functions to do a burst reception in GNU Radio with the number of samples set to 1024. Regards, Derek On Thu, Mar 1, 2018 at 8:54 AM, Andrew Thommesen via USRP-users < usrp-users@lists.ettus.com> wrote: > Hi, > > > Is it possible to use gnuradio

Re: [USRP-users] OctoClock CDA-2990 FAQ missing link

2018-03-01 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello Professor Mercado, In addition to Neel's link for the Octoclock, here is one for the B210. http://files.ettus.com/manual/page_usrp_b200.html Also an application note about getting started with the C++ UHD API to USRPs. https://kb.ettus.com/Getting_Started_with_UHD_and_C%2B%2B Regards, Dere

Re: [USRP-users] X300 sample rate

2018-03-02 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello, You are receiving the maximum possible sample rate. The TwinRX is able to provide two channels of data compared to the usual 1 per daughterboard because it uses the 200 MS/s ADC to do real mode sampling on the two channels. The FPGA then does a conversion to 100 MS/s Complex samples for eac

Re: [USRP-users] set_rx_lo_source

2018-03-02 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello, Setting the LO source does not tune the synthesizers so the actual command duration should be very short. How are you measuring the durations? I looked at why the twinrx_freq_hopping demo is not built by default on Windows and it is because of an optional feature which requires a library w

Re: [USRP-users] [Discuss-gnuradio] Regarding Tempest implementation in GNURadio.

2018-03-08 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello Kushagra, I can't. I've never looked into the details of digital video signals and so I would be starting where you are. As I said, I would start by trying to run the existing code and getting it working. From there you can research online for information about the video signals inside your

Re: [USRP-users] FPGA and Firmware Development Platform

2018-03-08 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello Zhongyuan Zhao, Doing FPGA development on the X310 almost never requires interacting with the ZPU. The ZPU is used with the UHD driver to provide underlying system support. The recommended way to add DSP operations to the FPGA is to construct or modify RFNoC blocks. I'd recommend reading the

Re: [USRP-users] TwinRx Channel Alignment

2018-03-08 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello Andrew, Are you starting the streaming with timed commands? Regards, Derek On Mar 8, 2018 7:32 PM, "Andrew Thommesen via USRP-users" < usrp-users@lists.ettus.com> wrote: Hi all, I have an x310 with a twinRx and would like to process coherent, time aligned data within the FPGA. However,

Re: [USRP-users] TwinRx Channel Alignment

2018-03-08 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
The stream command object has a field for a time spec of when to start streaming and a boolean flag for whether to make use of that time spec. http://files.ettus.com/manual/structuhd_1_1stream__cmd__t.html Here we can see it used in an rx example. https://github.com/EttusResearch/uhd/blob/maint/ho

Re: [USRP-users] TwinRx Channel Alignment

2018-03-08 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
, Nebraska 68588-0115 > > > On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 3:27 PM, Derek Kozel via USRP-users < > usrp-users@lists.ettus.com> wrote: > >> The stream command object has a field for a time spec of when to start >> streaming and a boolean flag for whether to make use of that ti

Re: [USRP-users] TwinRx Channel Alignment

2018-03-09 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
gt;>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Zhongyuan Zhao >>> >>> PhD Candidate, >>> Department of Computer Science & Engineering, >>> University of Nebraska-Lincoln >>> Office Hour: WF 9:30-10:00am, Avery Hall 12, >>> Suite 117, S

Re: [USRP-users] Align LOs in the front-end for Tx

2018-03-15 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello, Yes, the same use of timed commands applies for the transmit side tuning. Just use set_tx_freq instead of set_rx_freq. The timed command functionality applies to many features on the X310 such as setting the gain, selecting antennas, and other commands. Regards, Derek On Thu, Mar 15, 2018

Re: [USRP-users] Configurating B210 transmitter into two different central frequencies.

2018-03-15 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello Jose, The B210's two channels use a common local oscillator so cannot tune to two separate analog frequencies. http://files.ettus.com/manual/page_usrp_b200.html#b200_fe However if your two center frequencies are relatively close together, such that the minimum and maximum frequencies of you

Re: [USRP-users] USRP B210 issues with sample rate and Tx bandwidth

2018-03-15 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello Lucas, I'll address your last question. The limitation is a hardware one as the FPGA is connected to the AD9361 using the CMOS interface and the bandwidth is split between the channels. This cannot be changed on the B210. Regards, Derek On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 11:57 AM, Lucas Val Terrón vi

Re: [USRP-users] RFNoC Support for TwinRX

2018-03-22 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello Adams, Yes, the TwinRX Rev A and B work with RFNoC, but the rfnoc-devel branch may currently have some regressions. We are in the process of updating the rfnoc-devel branch with many changes from the master branch including support for the TwinRX Rev C. We will be doing regression testing of

Re: [USRP-users] USRP b210 time tagging

2018-03-22 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Yes, the data is timestamped. By default it will be times relative to when the USRP was first turned on, but the set_time_next_pps function can be used to align the internal time with an external or GPSDO based reference. http://files.ettus.com/manual/page_sync.html#sync_time There are examples f

Re: [USRP-users] X300 new user

2018-03-23 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello Matis, UHD uses RFNoC internally at all times since the 3.10.0.0 release. The XML files are needed for standard operation. It does not expose the full API or set of features unless the rfnoc-devel branch is used. Regards, Derek On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 6:05 PM, Matis Alun via USRP-users < u

Re: [USRP-users] X300 new user

2018-03-23 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
at 6:23 PM, Rob Kossler wrote: > This necessity for setting UHD_RFNOC_DIR should probably be added to the > UHD manual. > > On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 2:15 PM, Derek Kozel via USRP-users < > usrp-users@lists.ettus.com> wrote: > >> Hello Matis, >> >> UHD us

Re: [USRP-users] X300 new user

2018-03-23 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
f one was installed using apt or your >> package manager then it should be removed the same way. >> >> Regards, >> Derek >> >> >> On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 6:23 PM, Rob Kossler wrote: >> >>> This necessity for setting UHD_RFNOC_DIR should probab

Re: [USRP-users] N310 schematics and phase noise

2018-03-26 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello Louis, Yes, the schematics are being prepared for posting. I don't know specifically when that will be completed. Unlike the X310 the GPSDO is always installed with the N310. The GPSDO is a Jackson Labs LTE Lite. http://jackson-labs.com/index.php/products/lte_lite The 25 MHz TCXO is a Crys

Re: [USRP-users] UHD version for RFNoC

2018-03-27 Thread Derek Kozel via USRP-users
Hello Juan, Right now RFNoC development requires Vivado 2015.4 and the rfnoc-devel branch. We are in the process of updating the rfnoc-devel branch to include the changes from the master branch, including Vivado 2017.4 support. Regards, Derek On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 4:33 AM, Juan Francisco via U

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