Well, I've never used the TX boards before, but looking through the files I found fm_tx.py, which makes narrow band fm. You may have to use usrp_nbfm_rcv.py (or whatever it's called) to pick it up, but now I'm just guessing.
-Written Dan Halperin wrote: > > Fair enough; I figured since my officemate's pocket CD player could pick > up FM radio the big ole' antenna ought to be able to. > > Is there a script to make a custom FM station using a BasicTX board (I > have another USRP if necessary) to get around that problem? > > -Dan > > Written wrote: >> Well, all I can think of is using the basic rx daugtherboard along with >> usrp_wfm_rcv.py and tuning to some local FM stations, or using the scope, >> but it sounds like you've already done that pretty much. Make sure the >> gain >> on the scope is set to about mid-point for the specific daughterboard >> being >> used. I had the best luck with this. >> >> Depending on your scanning bandwidth, I don't know if you'll actually >> pick >> up any listenable stations, so I'd just use the aforementioned file for >> FM >> testing purposes. >> >> Written >> >> >> Dan Halperin wrote: >> >>> I've used the 2.4GHz RX/TX board, but I have since been using the Basic >>> RX and Basic TX boards. >>> >>> -Dan >>> >>> Written wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Dan, >>>> >>>> What daughterboards are you using? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Written >>>> >>>> >>>> Dan Halperin wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> >>>>> I'm just beginning grad school and trying to get my USRP board up and >>>>> running so I can start playing. I've tested our equipment on two >>>>> different machines now; one an older box running FC4, 512MB ram, with >>>>> an >>>>> Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.40GHz. I've also tried one on a newer laptop >>>>> (compaq v3000 series) running Gentoo Linux, with 2GB of memory. I've >>>>> had >>>>> /all kinds/ of interesting phenomena: >>>>> >>>>> I first tried installing the way on the old wiki >>>>> http://www.comsec.com/wiki?UniversalSoftwareRadioPeripheral (first >>>>> link >>>>> on Google for USRP), and then again using the new say (svn source >>>>> checkout using the instructions on the new wiki), on both machines. On >>>>> the older machine, I don't get any rx/tx over/underruns (or maybe just >>>>> one when initializing) and a throughput of 32MB/s in both directions, >>>>> and on the laptop I get exactly 41 under/over runs with a throughput >>>>> of >>>>> ~31MB/s in the RX direction and around 24 in the TX direction. As far >>>>> as >>>>> I could tell, these used the same version of the source, but then >>>>> again >>>>> the SVN repository has jumped from rev. 3772 to rev. 3785 since >>>>> yesterday morning. >>>>> >>>>> Anyway, installation, make check, and the ./test_standard_?x scripts >>>>> work fine (the LED behaves as expected and the benchmarks seem >>>>> reasonable), however I get nothing when running the usrp_oscope or >>>>> usrp_wfm_rcv scripts as directed in the instructions. Both dial tone >>>>> scripts work fine, by the way. The scope and FM receive scripts run >>>>> fine, but I hear just hear/see static. If I set the oscope to 900MHz >>>>> and >>>>> bring my cordless 900MHz phone around, there's no change in the scope. >>>>> If I can the entire FM spectrum in the other script, I don't get >>>>> anything but static anywhere. My little portable CD player can hear >>>>> the >>>>> radio just fine in this lab, so I figure the foot-long copper antenna >>>>> that came with the USRP ought to as well. I don't know a lot about >>>>> communications... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Also, the different test_digital_loopback and test_counting scripts >>>>> seem >>>>> to not work very well at all. I don't know if they're expected to, but >>>>> about 50% of the tests that look vaguely "expected 517, got 0" fail. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Is there any advice you can offer as to how to determine what, if >>>>> anything, is wrong here? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> Dan >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Discuss-gnuradio mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Discuss-gnuradio mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss-gnuradio mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Help-getting-started-tf2432797.html#a6785003 Sent from the GnuRadio mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio
