[Discuss-gnuradio] Re: Jack instead of ALSA

2009-11-18 Thread Charles Herdt
 Just in case someone else has the same problem:

 if you need to force Jack audio:

 from gnuradio import audio_jack

 and on the source/sink linles, use audio_jack.source or
audio_jack.sink instead of audio.source and audio.sink.

 Thanks to Oswald Berthold for the help.

 Best regards,
 Charles

On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 9:54 PM, Charles Herdt charles.he...@gmail.com wrote:
  Hello

  Hoping anyone had gone through this before.
  I am trying to make some experiments with jack audio in linux (Ubuntu
 9.10), but so far, all I could get is Alsa.
  I'm using the audio.sink and audio.source blocks, and have not yet
 figured out a way for it to use Jack.
  I have jack audio compiled in gnurario 3.2.2.
  Any suggestions?

  Thank you in advance,
  Charles A. Herdt



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[Discuss-gnuradio] usrp2 with atl1e gigabit ethernet device

2009-11-18 Thread Christopher Friedt
Hi list,

I've connected a USRP2 to my laptop's gigabit ethernet [1] and the
USRP2's ethernet indicator LED is not on. Running find_usrp2s returns
zero results on my machine, while on another machine, using the same
cable, the USRP2 is detected.

I've read that some people have actually had it working well with the
same gigabit ethernet device [2] and was hoping that someone else
could say what the problem is here. My first instinct is to assume
that the auto-negotiation process [3] is not working. It used to be
the case, that if auto-negotiation was not working, a crossover cable
would fix the problem. Does that sound like an accurate diagnosis /
prognosis?

Rather than buy a new cable, I might be able to add a bit of code to
the kernel driver to allow for manual switching through a /sys entry
(if the device supports such control operations), but I thought that I
would ask the list for suggestions first.

Cheers,

Chris

[1] atl1e driver

03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Attansic Technology Corp. L1 Gigabit
Ethernet Adapter (rev b0)

[2]

http://old.nabble.com/Netgear-GA311-%28Realtek-8169%29-and-USRP-2-td20908796.html

[3]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet_crossover_cable#Automatic_crossover


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[Discuss-gnuradio] Re: usrp2 with atl1e gigabit ethernet device

2009-11-18 Thread Christopher Friedt
It would seem that the atl1e device does support manual MDI
configuration, according to this [1].



[1] http://lwn.net/Articles/289918/

On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 12:14 PM, Christopher Friedt
chrisfri...@gmail.com wrote:
 Hi list,

 I've connected a USRP2 to my laptop's gigabit ethernet [1] and the
 USRP2's ethernet indicator LED is not on. Running find_usrp2s returns
 zero results on my machine, while on another machine, using the same
 cable, the USRP2 is detected.

 I've read that some people have actually had it working well with the
 same gigabit ethernet device [2] and was hoping that someone else
 could say what the problem is here. My first instinct is to assume
 that the auto-negotiation process [3] is not working. It used to be
 the case, that if auto-negotiation was not working, a crossover cable
 would fix the problem. Does that sound like an accurate diagnosis /
 prognosis?

 Rather than buy a new cable, I might be able to add a bit of code to
 the kernel driver to allow for manual switching through a /sys entry
 (if the device supports such control operations), but I thought that I
 would ask the list for suggestions first.

 Cheers,

 Chris

 [1] atl1e driver

 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Attansic Technology Corp. L1 Gigabit
 Ethernet Adapter (rev b0)

 [2]

 http://old.nabble.com/Netgear-GA311-%28Realtek-8169%29-and-USRP-2-td20908796.html

 [3]

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet_crossover_cable#Automatic_crossover



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Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Re: Jack instead of ALSA

2009-11-18 Thread Eric Blossom
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 09:07:16AM -0200, Charles Herdt wrote:
  Just in case someone else has the same problem:
 
  if you need to force Jack audio:
 
  from gnuradio import audio_jack
 
  and on the source/sink linles, use audio_jack.source or
 audio_jack.sink instead of audio.source and audio.sink.
 
  Thanks to Oswald Berthold for the help.
 
  Best regards,
  Charles

Much easier to just edit ~/.gnuradio/config.conf
Add these three lines to the file:


[audio]
verbose = True
audio_module = audio_jack



 On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 9:54 PM, Charles Herdt charles.he...@gmail.com 
 wrote:
   Hello
 
   Hoping anyone had gone through this before.
   I am trying to make some experiments with jack audio in linux (Ubuntu
  9.10), but so far, all I could get is Alsa.
   I'm using the audio.sink and audio.source blocks, and have not yet
  figured out a way for it to use Jack.
   I have jack audio compiled in gnurario 3.2.2.
   Any suggestions?
 
   Thank you in advance,
   Charles A. Herdt

Eric


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Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Boost 1.40 won't build on OSX 10.6

2009-11-18 Thread Michael Dickens
Hi Ed - The 3.2.2 release cannot easily be made to be fully working on  
OSX 10.6, but the complexity depends mostly on whether your computer's  
CPU is 32- or 64-bit.


* If your computer's CPU is 32-bit then I think all components except  
gr-audio-osx should compile  execute without change.  You might need  
to specify --with-md-cpu=i386 to force the use of the correct FIR  
filter code (I don't have a 32-bit CPU to test this on).


* If your computer's CPU is 64-bit, then you have 3 primary choices to  
get GNU Radio going (at all) on 10.6:


1) If you insist on using GNU Radio 3.2.2, then you'll want to limit  
compilation to just 32-bit mode by setting the CFLAGS (et.al.) to  
include -arch i386 (I think) -- and do without native audio support  
(gr-audio-osx; audio issues are fixed in the GIT master, so you can  
always diff those files  make the mods to the 3.2.2 release  hope  
for the best); or


2) Move to the GIT master, and limit compilation to just 32-bit mode  
-- and you should get full GNU Radio functionality (assuming you can  
get all of the background dependencies installed, e.g., via MacPorts).


3) Move to the GIT master, do 64-bit compilation -- and do with a GUI.

The GIT master has been updated to allow for 32- or 64-bit compiling  
on OSX, and should support 10.4, 10.5, and 10.6 -- except the GUI  
won't work under x86_64 yet (64-bit, any supported OS version; it's a  
wxpython issue, and the wx folks are working on full 64-bit OSX  
support for the next [2.9.0] release).  The current wxgui should work  
on i386 (32-bit, any supported OS version).


I hope this isn't too confusing!  Ask more if this doesn't help  
enough. - MLD




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[Discuss-gnuradio] Status of the MIMO Hub?

2009-11-18 Thread wallen
I have a need to connect three USRP2's together, and am curious as to
the status of the proposed MIMO hub.

If the MIMO hub is not available, are there any recommendations for a
reference clock to use to synchronize these systems.

- Wayde



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[Discuss-gnuradio] GSM Handset Emulation

2009-11-18 Thread Isaac Gerg
Now that there is a functional basestation available for GSM, I was
wondering if anyone is trying to build software for a GSM handset.  This
way, I could use my laptop (e.g. in a manner similar to skype) to talk with
folks when I don't have a GSM phone handy.
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Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Boost 1.40 won't build on OSX 10.6

2009-11-18 Thread Eric Blossom
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 10:12:35AM -0500, Michael Dickens wrote:
 Hi Ed - The 3.2.2 release cannot easily be made to be fully working on  
 OSX 10.6, but the complexity depends mostly on whether your computer's  
 CPU is 32- or 64-bit.

 * If your computer's CPU is 32-bit then I think all components except  
 gr-audio-osx should compile  execute without change.  You might need to 
 specify --with-md-cpu=i386 to force the use of the correct FIR filter 
 code (I don't have a 32-bit CPU to test this on).

 * If your computer's CPU is 64-bit, then you have 3 primary choices to  
 get GNU Radio going (at all) on 10.6:

 1) If you insist on using GNU Radio 3.2.2, then you'll want to limit  
 compilation to just 32-bit mode by setting the CFLAGS (et.al.) to  
 include -arch i386 (I think) -- and do without native audio support  
 (gr-audio-osx; audio issues are fixed in the GIT master, so you can  
 always diff those files  make the mods to the 3.2.2 release  hope for 
 the best); or

 2) Move to the GIT master, and limit compilation to just 32-bit mode -- 
 and you should get full GNU Radio functionality (assuming you can get all 
 of the background dependencies installed, e.g., via MacPorts).

 3) Move to the GIT master, do 64-bit compilation -- and do with a GUI.

 The GIT master has been updated to allow for 32- or 64-bit compiling on 
 OSX, and should support 10.4, 10.5, and 10.6 -- except the GUI won't work 
 under x86_64 yet (64-bit, any supported OS version; it's a wxpython 
 issue, and the wx folks are working on full 64-bit OSX support for the 
 next [2.9.0] release).  The current wxgui should work on i386 (32-bit, 
 any supported OS version).

 I hope this isn't too confusing!  Ask more if this doesn't help enough. - 

I'm confused!

Michael, can you help me understand what the problems are, and what,
if anything, we can do on the GNU Radio side to resolve them?  It
sounds like some of these problems may have more to do with
external dependencies than with GNU Radio itself.

The guts of GNU Radio definitely run on x86 and x86-64, so I'm not
sure what the 64-bit issue is on OS/X.  Last I checked, we ran on 
64-bit PPC on Fedora too.

Thanks!
Eric


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Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GSM Handset Emulation

2009-11-18 Thread Sylvain Munaut
Isaac Gerg wrote:
 Now that there is a functional basestation available for GSM, I was
 wondering if anyone is trying to build software for a GSM handset.  This
 way, I could use my laptop (e.g. in a manner similar to skype) to talk
 with folks when I don't have a GSM phone handy.

No one is working on it AFAIK but if you start I know a few folks that'd
be pretty happy :)


Sylvain


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Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Status of the MIMO Hub?

2009-11-18 Thread Christoph Thein

 I have a need to connect three USRP2's together, and am curious as to
 the status of the proposed MIMO hub.
 
 If the MIMO hub is not available, are there any recommendations for a
 reference clock to use to synchronize these systems.
 
 - Wayde
 
 
 
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We used the Meinberg GPS162 as a reference clock. Works quite good.

Cheers,Christoph


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Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Boost 1.40 won't build on OSX 10.6

2009-11-18 Thread Ed Criscuolo

Michael Dickens wrote:
Hi Ed - The 3.2.2 release cannot easily be made to be fully working on  
OSX 10.6, but the complexity depends mostly on whether your computer's  
CPU is 32- or 64-bit.


It's a brand new MacBook Pro with 2.8 GHz Intel Core2 Duo, so as far as
I know it's 64-bit.

* If your computer's CPU is 64-bit, then you have 3 primary choices to  
get GNU Radio going (at all) on 10.6:


1) If you insist on using GNU Radio 3.2.2, 


This is preferred...

then you'll want to limit
compilation to just 32-bit mode by setting the CFLAGS (et.al.) to  
include -arch i386 (I think) -- and do without native audio support  


Sound's not critical, so this has possibilities.  But I can't even get
past the ./configure until I get Boost 1.40 to install.



2) Move to the GIT master, and limit compilation to just 32-bit mode  
-- and you should get full GNU Radio functionality (assuming you can  
get all of the background dependencies installed, e.g., via MacPorts).


Also has possibilities.  But MacPorts has been the real problem so far.
I can't get the dependencies (specifically Boost =1.35) to install.
And I've now broken my previously-working GnuRadio 3.1.3
installation. :(



3) Move to the GIT master, do 64-bit compilation -- and do without a GUI.



Not really acceptable for our application.  We want the GUI stuff.



I hope this isn't too confusing!  Ask more if this doesn't help  
enough. - MLD




I really need to figure out the problem with the MacPorts dependencies
not installing.  Any clues would be appreciated.  I'm sure this has to
do with the fact that I used Apple's migration assistant to move my
account onto the new laptop (including the MacPorts stuff and GR 3.1.3).
My old laptop was running 10.4, and now I'm afraid I've got a mix of
32 and 64 bit stuff installed.  But 3.1.3 and GRC 0.69 DID run after
the migration.


@(^.^)@  Ed




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Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Boost 1.40 won't build on OSX 10.6

2009-11-18 Thread Michael Dickens

On Nov 18, 2009, at 12:06 PM, Eric Blossom wrote:

Michael, can you help me understand what the problems are, and what,
if anything, we can do on the GNU Radio side to resolve them?  It
sounds like some of these problems may have more to do with
external dependencies than with GNU Radio itself.

The guts of GNU Radio definitely run on x86 and x86-64, so I'm not
sure what the 64-bit issue is on OS/X.  Last I checked, we ran on
64-bit PPC on Fedora too.



We made numerous Darwin-specific changes to the GNU Radio GIT master  
recently to resolve 10.6 and 64-bit compiling issues (mostly debugging  
printouts, by moving fprintf(stderr,...) to std::cerr  ...).   
Hence the GNU Radio -GIT master- should now be compatible with OSX  
10.4, 10.5, or 10.6 as 32-bit or 64-bit.  I have successfully tested  
GNU Radio in 32-bit on each of these (Intel only, but that shouldn't  
make a difference), and in 64-bit on 10.6, using MacPorts for all  
installable dependencies (NB for 10.6: see the last real paragraph  
below).


I believe that Ed was asking specifically about the 3.2.2 release.   
GNU Radio -release 3.2.2- does not have these recent GIT master  
changes for both 10.6 and 64-bit OSX, but most of 3.2.2 should compile  
as 32-bit since it was originally (inadvertently) designed to compile  
as 32-bit -- only gr-audio-osx needs changes to compile under 10.6  
because Apple changed the CoreAudio API.  To the best of my knowledge,  
GNU Radio was never compiled as 64-bit under 10.5 (or 10.4,if that's  
possible) ... hence it's only with the move to 10.6 that these bit- 
width issues came up -- and were promptly addressed.


Thus, to summarize, assuming we're talking about the GNU Radio GIT  
master: The issues are not with GNU Radio.


The issues w/r.t. 10.6 /or 64-bit are instead with the dependencies  
wxWidgets and wxPython: Up through the 2.8.10 series, the WX* codebase  
was 32-bit compatible on OSX but would fail when compiled as 64-bit  
(and, OSX won't allow one to mix  match 32- and 64-bit libraries and  
applications).  Starting with WX* 2.9.0, the codebase will be both 32- 
bit and 64-bit compatible on OSX 10.5 or 10.6  http://wxwidgets.org/  
; wxWidgets 2.9.0 has been released, but wxPython has yet to catch  
up before we can test them out with GNU Radio (via MacPorts or  
otherwise)


I hope this note clarifies your issues; if not, ask more. - MLD



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Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Boost 1.40 won't build on OSX 10.6

2009-11-18 Thread Eric Blossom
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 02:22:27PM -0500, Michael Dickens wrote:
 On Nov 18, 2009, at 12:06 PM, Eric Blossom wrote:
 Michael, can you help me understand what the problems are, and what,
 if anything, we can do on the GNU Radio side to resolve them?  It
 sounds like some of these problems may have more to do with
 external dependencies than with GNU Radio itself.

 The guts of GNU Radio definitely run on x86 and x86-64, so I'm not
 sure what the 64-bit issue is on OS/X.  Last I checked, we ran on
 64-bit PPC on Fedora too.


 We made numerous Darwin-specific changes to the GNU Radio GIT master  
 recently to resolve 10.6 and 64-bit compiling issues (mostly debugging  
 printouts, by moving fprintf(stderr,...) to std::cerr  ...).   
 Hence the GNU Radio -GIT master- should now be compatible with OSX 10.4, 
 10.5, or 10.6 as 32-bit or 64-bit.  I have successfully tested GNU Radio 
 in 32-bit on each of these (Intel only, but that shouldn't make a 
 difference), and in 64-bit on 10.6, using MacPorts for all installable 
 dependencies (NB for 10.6: see the last real paragraph below).

 I believe that Ed was asking specifically about the 3.2.2 release.  GNU 
 Radio -release 3.2.2- does not have these recent GIT master changes for 
 both 10.6 and 64-bit OSX, but most of 3.2.2 should compile as 32-bit 
 since it was originally (inadvertently) designed to compile as 32-bit -- 
 only gr-audio-osx needs changes to compile under 10.6 because Apple 
 changed the CoreAudio API.  To the best of my knowledge, GNU Radio was 
 never compiled as 64-bit under 10.5 (or 10.4,if that's possible) ... 
 hence it's only with the move to 10.6 that these bit-width issues came up 
 -- and were promptly addressed.

 Thus, to summarize, assuming we're talking about the GNU Radio GIT  
 master: The issues are not with GNU Radio.

 The issues w/r.t. 10.6 /or 64-bit are instead with the dependencies  
 wxWidgets and wxPython: Up through the 2.8.10 series, the WX* codebase  
 was 32-bit compatible on OSX but would fail when compiled as 64-bit  
 (and, OSX won't allow one to mix  match 32- and 64-bit libraries and  
 applications).  Starting with WX* 2.9.0, the codebase will be both 32- 
 bit and 64-bit compatible on OSX 10.5 or 10.6  http://wxwidgets.org/ ; 
 wxWidgets 2.9.0 has been released, but wxPython has yet to catch up 
 before we can test them out with GNU Radio (via MacPorts or otherwise)

 I hope this note clarifies your issues; if not, ask more. - MLD

Thanks for the detailed answer!

Eric


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[Discuss-gnuradio] Re: usrp2 with atl1e gigabit ethernet device

2009-11-18 Thread Christopher Friedt
Someone told me that the USRP2 does not respond when connected to a
100/10 Mbps ethernet device. So, by default, the LEDs apparently do
not turn on unless connected to a gigabit device.

Even though my ethernet device was a gigabit adapter, thee LEDs still
did not turn on. That leads me to believe either

a) the MDIX auto-negotiation is not working, or
b) my ethernet device is not configured for gigabit speeds, even
though it's capable of it.

Does anyone else on the list have a device that uses the atl1e ethernet adapter?

C

On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 12:19 PM, Christopher Friedt
chrisfri...@gmail.com wrote:
 It would seem that the atl1e device does support manual MDI
 configuration, according to this [1].



 [1] http://lwn.net/Articles/289918/

 On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 12:14 PM, Christopher Friedt
 chrisfri...@gmail.com wrote:
 Hi list,

 I've connected a USRP2 to my laptop's gigabit ethernet [1] and the
 USRP2's ethernet indicator LED is not on. Running find_usrp2s returns
 zero results on my machine, while on another machine, using the same
 cable, the USRP2 is detected.

 I've read that some people have actually had it working well with the
 same gigabit ethernet device [2] and was hoping that someone else
 could say what the problem is here. My first instinct is to assume
 that the auto-negotiation process [3] is not working. It used to be
 the case, that if auto-negotiation was not working, a crossover cable
 would fix the problem. Does that sound like an accurate diagnosis /
 prognosis?

 Rather than buy a new cable, I might be able to add a bit of code to
 the kernel driver to allow for manual switching through a /sys entry
 (if the device supports such control operations), but I thought that I
 would ask the list for suggestions first.

 Cheers,

 Chris

 [1] atl1e driver

 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Attansic Technology Corp. L1 Gigabit
 Ethernet Adapter (rev b0)

 [2]

 http://old.nabble.com/Netgear-GA311-%28Realtek-8169%29-and-USRP-2-td20908796.html

 [3]

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet_crossover_cable#Automatic_crossover




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UPDATE: [Discuss-gnuradio] Boost 1.40 won't build on OSX 10.6

2009-11-18 Thread Ed Criscuolo

Ed Criscuolo wrote:

.  But MacPorts has been the real problem so far.
I can't get the dependencies (specifically Boost =1.35) to install.


I found that problem with Boost came from zlib and bzip2.  By
reinstalling these with the +universal variant specified
Boost 1.40 was able to install successfully.

Now working on the other missing dependencies.

Also got a message that usrp2 was not configured because its
only supported on Linux.  Is this true?

@(^.^)@  Ed


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Re: UPDATE: [Discuss-gnuradio] Boost 1.40 won't build on OSX 10.6

2009-11-18 Thread Eric Blossom
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 03:37:02PM -0500, Ed Criscuolo wrote:
 Ed Criscuolo wrote:
 .  But MacPorts has been the real problem so far.
 I can't get the dependencies (specifically Boost =1.35) to install.

 I found that problem with Boost came from zlib and bzip2.  By
 reinstalling these with the +universal variant specified
 Boost 1.40 was able to install successfully.

 Now working on the other missing dependencies.

 Also got a message that usrp2 was not configured because its
 only supported on Linux.  Is this true?

At this time, yes.

It'll be fixed as part of the VRT work (Virtual Radio Transport; AKA VITA-49).
Progress is being made on this...  ;-)

Eric


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[Discuss-gnuradio] Comparison between GNU Radio and FlexRadio

2009-11-18 Thread Ben Hoyt
Hi guys,

I'm going to be doing some research on digital comms on HF bands, and I'm
having trouble deciding between the GNU Radio and the FlexRadio as a
platform. The GNU Radio seems more general-purpose, and the FlexRadio more
ham-oriented but perhaps more ready-to-go.

So I'm just wondering if there's a comparison between the two somewhere?

Maybe it'd be a good question for the FAQ: How does GNU Radio compare to
other SDRs?

Thanks,
Ben.
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Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Comparison between GNU Radio and FlexRadio

2009-11-18 Thread Rafael Diniz
Considering the hardware, I think that for ham usage, as you said,
FlexRadio is more ready-to-use, but usrp, equipped with the correct
hardware, allows you to do much more things, and also it can work with a
much wider bandwidth.
But I don't own a FlexRadio, and don't know about it's intrinsics.
I'd also like to hear more about a USRP/FlexRadio comparison too.

Rafael Diniz


 Hi guys,

 I'm going to be doing some research on digital comms on HF bands, and I'm
 having trouble deciding between the GNU Radio and the FlexRadio as a
 platform. The GNU Radio seems more general-purpose, and the FlexRadio more
 ham-oriented but perhaps more ready-to-go.

 So I'm just wondering if there's a comparison between the two somewhere?

 Maybe it'd be a good question for the FAQ: How does GNU Radio compare to
 other SDRs?

 Thanks,
 Ben.




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Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GSM Handset Emulation

2009-11-18 Thread John Gilmore
 Now that there is a functional basestation available for GSM, I was
 wondering if anyone is trying to build software for a GSM handset.  This
 way, I could use my laptop (e.g. in a manner similar to skype) to talk with
 folks when I don't have a GSM phone handy.

It wouldn't be very convenient, since you'd have to have a USRP, plus
antennas, dangling off your laptop.

GSM handset software could probably use a lot of the existing low
and medium level GSM basestation code.  Having free implementations of
both sides of the interface would make debugging easier, too.  But
there'd still be a lot of work involved.  You'll need a SIM card and
some way to read it, too.  Sounds like a fun grad-student project to
me.

You could skip a lot of hassle with codecs and audio I/O and such
by first making something that would offer data service (e.g. SMS text
messages, or Internet access) by talking to a GSM basestation.

John


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[Discuss-gnuradio] Multihop network using BBN 802.11b

2009-11-18 Thread Arvind Prasanna
Hi All,

I am trying to implement a multihop network on USRP2's using the BBN 802.11b
code. I am able to receive and forward (transceiver) with the same USRP
running the receive and transmit flow graphs serially. However, after a few
runs, the program abruptly gets killed. I have also tried to reinitialize
all the flowgraphs and objects, but it doesn't work.

Has anybody else encountered the same problem? Any help in this regard will
be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Best regards,

Arvind Prasanna

Research Assistant,
Wireless Networks and Embedded Sytems Laboratory,
University at Buffalo (SUNY).
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[discuss-gnuradio] Multihop network using BBN 802.11b

2009-11-18 Thread Arvind Prasanna
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From: Arvind Prasanna arvindprasa...@gmail.com
Date: Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 1:43 AM
Subject: Multihop network using BBN 802.11b
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Hi All,

I am trying to implement a multihop network on USRP2's using the BBN 802.11b
code. I am able to receive and forward (transceiver) with the same USRP
running the receive and transmit flow graphs serially. However, after a few
runs, the program abruptly gets killed. I have also tried to reinitialize
all the flowgraphs and objects, but it doesn't work.

Has anybody else encountered the same problem? Any help in this regard will
be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Best regards,

Arvind Prasanna

Research Assistant,
Wireless Networks and Embedded Sytems Laboratory,
University at Buffalo (SUNY).
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