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View all threadsDear all,
I am trying to get my old USRP1 running again but unfortunately I cannot
receive properly. To test it I use benchmark_rate utility.
Whilst transmission seems works properly (no underflows or complaints),
the reception is not working. A lot of "D" appear, regardless the
sampling rate.
I am using UHD 3.9 LTS (but I am able to use my self-compilation from
git source).
The command I use is
benchmark_rate --rx_rate 500e3
and the output is
-- Loading firmware image: C:\CTTC\UHD\share\uhd\images\usrp1_fw.ihx... done
*** Warning! ***
Benchmark results will be inaccurate on USRP1 due to insufficient features.
Creating the usrp device with: ...
-- Opening a USRP1 device...
-- Loading FPGA image: C:\CTTC\UHD\share\uhd\images\usrp1_fpga.rbf... done
-- Using FPGA clock rate of 64.000000MHz...
Using Device: Single USRP:
Device: USRP1 Device
Mboard 0: USRP1
RX Channel: 0
RX DSP: 0
RX Dboard: B
RX Subdev: BasicRX (AB)
TX Channel: 0
TX DSP: 0
TX Dboard: A
TX Subdev: LFTX (AB)
Setting device timestamp to 0...
Testing receive rate 0.500000 Msps on 1 channels
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Benchmark rate summary:
Num received samples: 5001216
Num dropped samples: 19148
Num overflows detected: 0
Num transmitted samples: 0
Num sequence errors: 0
Num underflows detected: 0
Num late commands: 0
Num timeouts: 0
Done!
Any clue?
Thank you.
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Pol Henarejos
Researcher, MSc
pol.henarejos@cttc.es
Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC)
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Hi Pol,
Ds on USB2 are really really rare. I don't have a USRP1 to test here,
locally, but my first suspect would be your Operating System's USB
stack. Can you try to use the device on a different OS, maybe on a
different machine?
To try, you could download and burn the GNU Radio liveSDR environment[1]
to an USB stick, and boot just any PC with it. For your downloading
pleasure, I'd recommend either using the torrent file, or the eu2 Mirror
(which happens to be my server).
Best regards, and thanks,
Marcus
[1] https://wiki.gnuradio.org/index.php/GNU_Radio_Live_SDR_Environment
On 05/15/2017 03:30 PM, Pol Henarejos via USRP-users wrote:
Dear all,
I am trying to get my old USRP1 running again but unfortunately I
cannot receive properly. To test it I use benchmark_rate utility.
Whilst transmission seems works properly (no underflows or
complaints), the reception is not working. A lot of "D" appear,
regardless the sampling rate.
I am using UHD 3.9 LTS (but I am able to use my self-compilation from
git source).
The command I use is
benchmark_rate --rx_rate 500e3
and the output is
-- Loading firmware image:
C:\CTTC\UHD\share\uhd\images\usrp1_fw.ihx... done
*** Warning! ***
Benchmark results will be inaccurate on USRP1 due to insufficient
features.
Creating the usrp device with: ...
-- Opening a USRP1 device...
-- Loading FPGA image: C:\CTTC\UHD\share\uhd\images\usrp1_fpga.rbf...
done
-- Using FPGA clock rate of 64.000000MHz...
Using Device: Single USRP:
Device: USRP1 Device
Mboard 0: USRP1
RX Channel: 0
RX DSP: 0
RX Dboard: B
RX Subdev: BasicRX (AB)
TX Channel: 0
TX DSP: 0
TX Dboard: A
TX Subdev: LFTX (AB)
Setting device timestamp to 0...
Testing receive rate 0.500000 Msps on 1 channels
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Benchmark rate summary:
Num received samples: 5001216
Num dropped samples: 19148
Num overflows detected: 0
Num transmitted samples: 0
Num sequence errors: 0
Num underflows detected: 0
Num late commands: 0
Num timeouts: 0
Done!
Any clue?
Thank you.
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Are you perhaps running this inside a VM?
On 2017-05-15 09:30, Pol Henarejos via USRP-users wrote:
Dear all,
I am trying to get my old USRP1 running again but unfortunately I cannot receive properly. To test it I use benchmark_rate utility.
Whilst transmission seems works properly (no underflows or complaints), the reception is not working. A lot of "D" appear, regardless the sampling rate.
I am using UHD 3.9 LTS (but I am able to use my self-compilation from git source).
The command I use is
benchmark_rate --rx_rate 500e3
and the output is
-- Loading firmware image: C:\CTTC\UHD\share\uhd\images\usrp1_fw.ihx... done
*** Warning! ***
Benchmark results will be inaccurate on USRP1 due to insufficient features.
Creating the usrp device with: ...
-- Opening a USRP1 device...
-- Loading FPGA image: C:\CTTC\UHD\share\uhd\images\usrp1_fpga.rbf... done
-- Using FPGA clock rate of 64.000000MHz...
Using Device: Single USRP:
Device: USRP1 Device
Mboard 0: USRP1
RX Channel: 0
RX DSP: 0
RX Dboard: B
RX Subdev: BasicRX (AB)
TX Channel: 0
TX DSP: 0
TX Dboard: A
TX Subdev: LFTX (AB)
Setting device timestamp to 0...
Testing receive rate 0.500000 Msps on 1 channels
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Benchmark rate summary:
Num received samples: 5001216
Num dropped samples: 19148
Num overflows detected: 0
Num transmitted samples: 0
Num sequence errors: 0
Num underflows detected: 0
Num late commands: 0
Num timeouts: 0
Done!
Any clue?
Thank you.
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