Hi,

I am a new user of USRP/GNU Radio. I am  experimenting with a system
comprised of one transmitter and multiple receivers. For now, I have two
USRP N200. On the first USRP, I got one LFTX and one LFRX daughter boards.
On the other, I got one LFRX daughter board.

In my application, it is important that the transmit and receive channels
are synchronized (i.e., both device  time and channel phase). For this, I
am using my own GPS and PPS signals.

For the sake of testing, I am feeding the output of LFTX to all the inputs
in LFRX (i.e., four receive channels). The output/input type is
Complexfloat32. In GRC, when I use a separate USRP source block  for each
motherboard (i.e., without synchronization), the system is working and I
can receive four unsynchronised replicas of my transmitted signal.

However, when I a use a single USRP source with two-motherboard and
four-channel options, I get the following error message:


linux; GNU C++ version 4.8.2; Boost_105400; UHD_003.007.001-68-gc4b1f810

-- Opening a USRP2/N-Series device...
-- Current recv frame size: 1472 bytes
-- Current send frame size: 1472 bytes
-- Opening a USRP2/N-Series device...
-- Current recv frame size: 1472 bytes
-- Current send frame size: 1472 bytes
--     1) catch time transition at pps edge
--     2) set times next pps (synchronously)
Using Volk machine: sse4_a_64_orc
*thread[thread-per-block[4]: <block gr uhd usrp source (1)>]: RuntimeError:
fifo ctrl timed out looking for acks*
>>> Done

My sample rate is 100e6/128 Hz. In the USRP source I set  synch to:
UnknownPPS, Mb0/1 clock source and Mb0/1 time source to EXTERNAL.  Mb0/1
subdev spec: A:A A:B. I tried to change the WireFormat from AUTOMATIC to
ComplexInt16 without any difference.

I checked ./test_pps_input and I got a 'success'. I think the issue has to
do with the settings for syncing.  Any ideas on what causes this problem?

BTW, I am also aware of this link (
http://files.ettus.com/uhd_docs/manual/html/sync.html), but I am not sure
where the commands of synchronizing the device time and channel phase
should be applied?


Thank you.

Best regards,
Khalid







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