Hi Marcus,

 

The B200 has hardware revision 5. I am using a Lenovo T450 with an Intel(R)
USB 3.0 eXtensible-Hostcontroller.

 

Date: Mon, 28 May 2018 12:36:53 -0400

From: "Marcus D. Leech" < <mailto:mle...@ripnet.com> mle...@ripnet.com>

 

This sounds like a problem with your USB controller -- what type is it?

 

What hardware rev of b200 do you have?

 

 

 

On 05/28/2018 08:11 AM, Felix via USRP-users wrote:

> 

> Hi everyone,

> 

> currently, I am trying to calibrate the TX power a USRP B200 device 

> for different gain values. To realize this, I am calling the UHD 

> function ?tx_samples_from_file? to send sine waves on different 

> frequencies over cable to a frequency analyzer.

> 

> The calibration itself works fine. As I am trying over a range of 

> frequencies and gain values I call and close the UHD function several 

> times.

> 

> The problem I always run into is that the USB connection will 

> sporadically break down at some point when I call the function again.

> I receive the error message:

> 

> ERROR: Environment Error: IOError: usb tx2 transfer status: 

> LIBUSB_TRANSFER_STALL

> 

> This happens at some random time of calling the ?tx_samples_from_file? 

> function but once it happened, everytime I call the function again the 

> error reappears and the sine signal is not sent. I need to reconnect 

> the B200 to recover from this error. Even though the USB error occurs 

> I am still able to connect to the B200 so my routine will not notice 

> any issues and just record very low TX power values. This is a big 

> issue as I cannot catch the error which makes automation of the 

> routine difficult.

> 

> Has anybody seen a similar problem or has an idea how this connection 

> issue might be fixed?

> 

> Some remarks:

> 

>   * I use Windows 7 with UHD version 3.11.0.0-release

>   * I use a similar routine for RX calibration with

>     ?rx_samples_to_file? and I do not run into any issues there

> 

> Best regards,

> 

> Felix

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