Well, I retried this from a Linux machine and updated the firmware and CPLD from https://github.com/mossmann/hackrf/releases/download/v2015.07.2/hackrf-2015.07.2.zip on a GNURadio live host.
Still no ability to receive any signals. IS there a way to detect whether my CPLD is whacked? Scott > Good morning all... > > Yes, I just joined the mailing list and normally I'd lurk for a while and > absorb things but.... You see I have a problem... > > I have one of the Kickstarter HackRF units and have a portapack H1 > installed in the portapack metal case. > > Recently, I have been having issues that when I tuned to WFM stations the > frequency was off significantly. I.E. in order to tune to 95.7 MHz WFM I > had to tune to 97.135 MHz to receive the station. I wasn't picking up > anything near the 95.7 MHz frequency, and last month I stopped by the > DefCon Portapack Demo Lab to try to see if there was something wrong with > my hackrf or what. But, the crowd was quite overwhelming and then I could > not get into the Wireless Village (due to the line for the talks), so > missed out there as well. Bad luck for me. > > So, recently I was thinking that maybe I needed to upgrade my HackRF > firmware and CPLD as described at > https://github.com/mossmann/hackrf/wiki/Updating-Firmware (and > https://greatscottgadgets.com/sdr/5/ ) to make sure that something wasn't > out of sync between the two... Seems simple enough, I've updated my > firmware a bunch of times, but not my CPLD... Hmmm, that could be an > issues since Michael Ossmann posted "With new firmware and old CPLD I > would expect the spectrum to be inverted in some cases. A fixed frequency > offset would be puzzling unless it is a misinterpretation of inverted > spectrum (which could be an easy mistake to make)." at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/pipermail/hackrf-dev/2014-December/000921.html > So, that does sounds promising! > > So, last night I downloaded the updated firmware 2015.07.2 from > https://github.com/mossmann/hackrf/releases/download/v2015.07.2/hackrf-2015.07.2.zip > and installed that on my hackrf/portapack with the following commands on > my Mac (using MacPorts)... [which I just re-did on a separate Mac this > morning to document for this email] > > SDGL1288ad0ce-Biko:~ skennedy6$ cd ~/Downloads/ > SDGL1288ad0ce-Biko:Downloads skennedy6$ wget > https://github.com/mossmann/hackrf/releases/download/v2015.07.2/hackrf-2015.07.2.zip > --2015-09-02 11:10:47-- > https://github.com/mossmann/hackrf/releases/download/v2015.07.2/hackrf-2015.07.2.zip > Resolving github.com (github.com)... 192.30.252.130 > Connecting to github.com (github.com)|192.30.252.130|:443... connected. > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found > Location: > https://s3.amazonaws.com/github-cloud/releases/3681392/4671fc74-31f0-11e5-997e-57d6d1c54889.zip?response-content-disposition=attachment%3B%20filename%3Dhackrf-2015.07.2.zip&response-content-type=application/octet-stream&AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAISTNZFOVBIJMK3TQ&Expires=1441221047&Signature=9%2BCm4dY2JwreBFOeE5HDKHchLk0%3D > [following] > --2015-09-02 11:10:47-- > https://s3.amazonaws.com/github-cloud/releases/3681392/4671fc74-31f0-11e5-997e-57d6d1c54889.zip?response-content-disposition=attachment%3B%20filename%3Dhackrf-2015.07.2.zip&response-content-type=application/octet-stream&AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAISTNZFOVBIJMK3TQ&Expires=1441221047&Signature=9%2BCm4dY2JwreBFOeE5HDKHchLk0%3D > Resolving s3.amazonaws.com (s3.amazonaws.com)... 54.231.66.104 > Connecting to s3.amazonaws.com (s3.amazonaws.com)|54.231.66.104|:443... > connected. > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK > Length: 15831370 (15M) [application/octet-stream] > Saving to: hackrf-2015.07.2.zip.1 > > hackrf-2015.07.2.zip.1 > 100%[===========================================================================>] > 15.10M 684KB/s in 23s > > 2015-09-02 11:11:10 (677 KB/s) - hackrf-2015.07.2.zip.1 saved > [15831370/15831370] > > SDGL1288ad0ce-Biko:Downloads skennedy6$ unzip hackrf-2015.07.2.zip > Archive: hackrf-2015.07.2.zip > creating: hackrf-2015.07.2/ > creating: hackrf-2015.07.2/firmware-bin/ > [... lines deleted for brevity...] > inflating: hackrf-2015.07.2/hardware/bubblegum/bubblegum.net > inflating: hackrf-2015.07.2/COPYING > SDGL1288ad0ce-Biko:Downloads skennedy6$ cd hackrf-2015.07.2 > SDGL1288ad0ce-Biko:hackrf-2015.07.2 skennedy6$ sudo port upgrade hackrf > ---> Scanning binaries for linking errors > ---> No broken files found. > SDGL1288ad0ce-Biko:hackrf-2015.07.2 skennedy6$ cd firmware-bin > SDGL1288ad0ce-Biko:firmware-bin skennedy6$ hackrf_spiflash -w > hackrf_one_usb_rom_to_ram.bin > File size 20452 bytes. > Erasing SPI flash. > Writing 20452 bytes at 0x000000. > SDGL1288ad0ce-Biko:firmware-bin skennedy6$ hackrf_info > Found HackRF board 0: > USB descriptor string: 0000000000000000457863c82f773c1f > Board ID Number: 2 (HackRF One) > Firmware Version: 2015.07.2 > Part ID Number: 0xa000cb3c 0x00514f48 > Serial Number: 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x457863c8 0x2f773c1f > SDGL1288ad0ce-Biko:firmware-bin skennedy6$ > SDGL1288ad0ce-Biko:firmware-bin skennedy6$ cd .. > SDGL1288ad0ce-Biko:hackrf-2015.07.2 skennedy6$ hackrf_cpldjtag -x > firmware/cpld/sgpio_if/default.xsvf > File size 37629 bytes. > LED1/2/3 blinking means CPLD program success. > LED3/RED steady means error. > Wait message 'Write finished' or in case of LED3/RED steady, Power > OFF/Disconnect the HackRF. > Write finished. > Please Power OFF/Disconnect the HackRF. > SDGL1288ad0ce-Biko:hackrf-2015.07.2 skennedy6$ hackrf_info > Found HackRF board 0: > USB descriptor string: 0000000000000000457863c82f773c1f > Board ID Number: 2 (HackRF One) > Firmware Version: 2015.07.2 > Part ID Number: 0xa000cb3c 0x00514f48 > Serial Number: 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x457863c8 0x2f773c1f > SDGL1288ad0ce-Biko:~ skennedy6$ > > And when I tried using the GRC source file (which worked previously) from > https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rrobotics/hackrf-tests/master/fm_radio/fm_radio_rx.grc > I could not pick up ANY FM broadcast signals... [which I normally can] > > So, let me install the most recent build of the portapack firmware and see > if I can visualize any signals at all using the new SPEC mode (Which ROCKS > by the way!!!). > > SDGL1288ad0ce-Biko:~ skennedy6$ cd ~/Downloads/ > SDGL1288ad0ce-Biko:Downloads skennedy6$ wget > https://portapack-h1-builds.s3.amazonaws.com/sharebrained/portapack-hackrf/16/16.1/firmware/portapack-h1-firmware-c4de9c4.tar.bz2 > --2015-09-02 08:58:57-- > https://portapack-h1-builds.s3.amazonaws.com/sharebrained/portapack-hackrf/16/16.1/firmware/portapack-h1-firmware-c4de9c4.tar.bz2 > Resolving portapack-h1-builds.s3.amazonaws.com > (portapack-h1-builds.s3.amazonaws.com)... 54.231.176.17 > Connecting to portapack-h1-builds.s3.amazonaws.com > (portapack-h1-builds.s3.amazonaws.com)|54.231.176.17|:443... connected. > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK > Length: 96205 (94K) [application/octet-stream] > Saving to: portapack-h1-firmware-c4de9c4.tar.bz2 > > portapack-h1-firmware-c4de9 > 100%[===========================================>] 93.95K 496KB/s > in 0.2s > > 2015-09-02 08:58:58 (496 KB/s) - portapack-h1-firmware-c4de9c4.tar.bz2 > saved [96205/96205] > > SDGL1288ad0ce-Biko:Downloads skennedy6$ tar -xBpvf > portapack-h1-firmware-c4de9c4.tar.bz2 > x portapack-h1-firmware.bin > x hackrf_one_usb_ram.dfu > x LICENSE > SDGL1288ad0ce-Biko:Downloads skennedy6$ hackrf_spiflash -w > portapack-h1-firmware.bin > File size 342856 bytes. > Erasing SPI flash. > Writing 342856 bytes at 0x000000. > SDGL1288ad0ce-Biko:Downloads skennedy6$ > > But I still don't see any signals on the display at all and I've set the > portapack in the right frequency range to hear at least 10 FM broadcast > stations between 92.5 and 102.5 here in San Diego. In fact, I tried, 95, > 97, and 100 MHz and saw the same lack of anything. [small images of > portapack display attached to email] > > So... Any ideas on what to try? > > Scott_______________________________________________ > HackRF-dev mailing list > HackRF-dev@greatscottgadgets.com > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/hackrf-dev > _______________________________________________ HackRF-dev mailing list HackRF-dev@greatscottgadgets.com https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/hackrf-dev
