First you need to ensure that the measurement of your pps signal shows the
reality, and is not some measuring error. Then you can try to calm down the
signal with some resistors, in the usual way when a rising edge
overshoots...

 

Ralph.

 

From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Zooz
Engineer
Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2013 10:37 AM
To: Ian Buckley
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Synchronizing 3 USRP-N200

 

Dear Ian and All, 

Although I tried what you have said, the phase is random and different every
time I run the flow graph. I deeply suspect that synchronization is actually
done on the boards. 
I use a GPS receiver for synchronization and yesterday I noticed that the
shape of the PPS signal is as the one in the attached image. I am afraid
that the ripple and the overshoot can imitate the behavior of the PPS in
much smaller period than one sec. Do you believe so? Can I use a usual
function generator for the PPS instead of the GPS receiver? In other words,
should the ref/pps signal be sync? 
Best regards, 
Zo 



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Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Synchronizing 3 USRP-N200
From: [email protected]
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2013 11:59:20 -0700
CC: [email protected]
To: [email protected]

Zo,

Have you tried swapping cables between USRP's? both REF/PPS and signal (one
at a time) to see if the apparent phase differences follow particular
cables/signal paths?

 

On Apr 3, 2013, at 2:32 AM, Zooz Engineer <[email protected]> wrote:

 

Hi Marcus, 

Thanks for replying. I did the following test after your comments: 

1- to rule out the scope sink problem, I used a file sink and plotted the
output using octave: Same results observed. 
2- I took the outputs of the splitters to the oscilloscope and there are
aligned. 

Are there other ways to test Ref/PPS other than the one I mentioned in my
original mesage? 

Best/ 

Zo

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