Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] connection fails, No UHD Devices Found

2013-12-16 Thread Marcus Müller
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 This is almost always caused by network-manager managing your device. A simple solution is to first stop NM: service network-manager stop and then configuring your device as you did. Also, you can try to configure network-manager to assign a static

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GNURadio 3.7.2.1 Installation Problem

2013-12-16 Thread Ralph A. Schmid, dk5ras
Ha, that exactly is my impression, regarding the pybombs thing – but it is a time ago when I have tried it, I guess things work out much nicer now, but I must admit, I use pybombs only as a source of information, to find out what interesting gr stuff may be available. Then I simply install and

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] constellation soft decoder

2013-12-16 Thread Marcus Müller
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Well, after having a debug build and then adding a lot of volatiles into the code at the crashing function, it looks as if the d_pre_diff_code of the constellation has size 0; and thus, you can't access the 0. (read: first) element. How this could

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] constellation soft decoder

2013-12-16 Thread Miklos Maroti
Hi Marcus, Ok, that makes sense. It does not crash with QPSK, but it does with BPSK and 8PSK, and BPSK and 8PSK do not set the pre_diff_code. This explains why there is crash in one case and not the other. Although neither sets the apply_pre_diff_code, so even QPSK should not set pre_diff_code.

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] constellation soft decoder

2013-12-16 Thread Philip Balister
On 12/16/2013 08:16 AM, Miklos Maroti wrote: Hi Marcus, Ok, that makes sense. It does not crash with QPSK, but it does with BPSK and 8PSK, and BPSK and 8PSK do not set the pre_diff_code. This explains why there is crash in one case and not the other. Although neither sets the

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] WBX Lo leakage to LFRX

2013-12-16 Thread Nemanja Savic
I have a following doubt here: there are two cables, one that brings 10.7 MHz if signal from external rf frontend to the usrp, and utp cable that provides power and control signals for rf frontend. My first doubt was that WBX LO signal is directly induced in the lines on LFRX board, but as soon as

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] constellation soft decoder

2013-12-16 Thread Tom Rondeau
On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 8:16 AM, Miklos Maroti mmar...@math.u-szeged.hu wrote: Hi Marcus, Ok, that makes sense. It does not crash with QPSK, but it does with BPSK and 8PSK, and BPSK and 8PSK do not set the pre_diff_code. This explains why there is crash in one case and not the other. Although

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] constellation soft decoder

2013-12-16 Thread Marcus Müller
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Phil, hi Miklos, as far as I can tell, the default constructor of constellation doesn't initialize d_pre_diff_code, which is correct (well, kind of correct) considering that it does not set any constellation points, either. So I guess both members

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Unexpected issue with file source and USRP source

2013-12-16 Thread Tom Rondeau
On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 10:58 PM, Maria Stevens mariastevens...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 3:58 PM, Maria Stevens mariastevens...@gmail.com wrote: So, Only case 1 is working for me. I am not using any custom gnuradio-block in my receiver. Major blocks in my demodulator

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] [USRP-users] WBX Lo leakage to LFRX

2013-12-16 Thread Patrik Tast
Hi, Try finding ferrites for your frequency (11 MHz) and google on BalUn (balanced to unbalanced), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balun You could also do it with COAX, impedance match using the Smith Chart, if your antenna impedance is known eg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_chart Very usual

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] [USRP-users] WBX Lo leakage to LFRX

2013-12-16 Thread Nemanja Savic
Hi, i don't understand what can I do in this way with balun. Antenna is matched very well I think, since I copied reference design from TI. I am sure that spike comes from WBX LO because when I change center frequency the spike also shifts. I'll remind about the configuration again: USRP1 with

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] [USRP-users] WBX Lo leakage to LFRX

2013-12-16 Thread Ralph A. Schmid, dk5ras
Take a handheld scanner or a UHF walkie talkie, tune it to the LO frequency, use a paperclip or some similar 2cm piece of wire as antenna, and start sniffing with this improvised probe for the leakage. Ralph. From: USRP-users [mailto:usrp-users-boun...@lists.ettus.com] On Behalf Of

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] [USRP-users] WBX Lo leakage to LFRX

2013-12-16 Thread Nemanja Savic
Well, maybe I can use spectrum analyser with proper antenna, but what can I achieve with that. If I see peak, I still have a problem to attenuate it. On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 4:36 PM, Ralph A. Schmid, dk5ras ra...@schmid.xxxwrote: Take a handheld scanner or a UHF walkie talkie, tune it to the

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GNURadio 3.7.2.1 Installation Problem

2013-12-16 Thread Francesco Natale
What's your processor? My processor is Intel Core2 CPU T5500 @ 1.66GHz Can you send the full output of ctest -V -R volk? The fir filter failures are likely a result of the VOLK issues. And don't worry about the codec2 failures (unless you're trying to use it). Typing ctest -V -R volk the

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] [USRP-users] WBX Lo leakage to LFRX

2013-12-16 Thread Patrik Tast
Hi, Try a 1/4 shorted stub at 434 MHz (at the antenna). Patrik (who said many times *not my fault* but usually is...) On Mon, 2013-12-16 at 16:26 +0100, Nemanja Savic wrote: Hi, i don't understand what can I do in this way with balun. Antenna is matched very well I think, since I copied

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] constellation soft decoder

2013-12-16 Thread Miklos Maroti
Hi Marcus, Anyway, I think Miklos is right: There is an error in calc_soft_dec in using the pre_diff_code even in the case that it is not set or its application disabled. Miklos, would you be as nice as to file a bug for that? You're the one who successfully diagnosed that. Can you guys

[Discuss-gnuradio] test correlate and sync block

2013-12-16 Thread bob wole
I installed a fresh verison of gnuradio 3.7.2.1 and was testing some of the new features including the correlate and sync- A must from burst modems. I am using the test_corr_and_sync.grc example. Constellation and rest of the output looks fine. However, when I plot the phase output of polyphase

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GNURadio 3.7.2.1 Installation Problem

2013-12-16 Thread carondemonio
I proceed with source installation because I need to patch the code of GNURadio, but I want to do this after trying the software, for this reason i simply get the sources. Francesco. -- View this message in context:

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] test correlate and sync block

2013-12-16 Thread Tom Rondeau
On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 11:21 AM, bob wole bnw...@gmail.com wrote: I installed a fresh verison of gnuradio 3.7.2.1 and was testing some of the new features including the correlate and sync- A must from burst modems. I am using the test_corr_and_sync.grc example. Constellation and rest of the

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] [USRP-users] WBX Lo leakage to LFRX

2013-12-16 Thread Ralph A. Schmid, dk5ras
First of all you need to _know_ (not _guess_), where it comes from, where it goes to… Ralph. From: Nemanja Savic [mailto:vlasi...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, 16 December, 2013 16:48 To: Ralph A. Schmid, dk5ras Cc: Patrik Tast; usrp-us...@lists.ettus.com; GNURadio Discussion List Subject:

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] [USRP-users] WBX Lo leakage to LFRX

2013-12-16 Thread Nemanja Savic
Yes I would really like to know not to guess, in that case I could probably be able to solve it. It is pretty like this: by disconnecting 10.7 MHz cable the spike disappeared so I said ok it doesn't come from inside USRP, but rather through coax cable. Since cable is shielded I assume it even goes

[Discuss-gnuradio] Spectrum Sensing

2013-12-16 Thread Nikita Sharakhov
I would like to do spectrum sensing with GNU radio. Is there a good way to get the raw output from uhd_fft.py (the value for each frequency)? I would like to do this programatically (with code), rather than through a GUI. I have tried doing spectrum sensing with usrp_spectrum_sense.py, and this

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] constellation soft decoder

2013-12-16 Thread Miklos Maroti
Hi Guys, Ok, I have sent a pull request. On a related note: I do not understand the scaling performed in the constellation constructor. Why are the constellation points scaled to have average 1.0 amplitude? It prevents me to do interesting stuff with constellations. Why cannot I set the

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] constellation soft decoder

2013-12-16 Thread Tom Rondeau
On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 1:08 PM, Miklos Maroti mmar...@math.u-szeged.hu wrote: Hi Guys, Ok, I have sent a pull request. On a related note: I do not understand the scaling performed in the constellation constructor. Why are the constellation points scaled to have average 1.0 amplitude? It

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] constellation soft decoder

2013-12-16 Thread Miklos Maroti
Hi Tom, On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 7:27 PM, Tom Rondeau t...@trondeau.com wrote: On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 1:08 PM, Miklos Maroti mmar...@math.u-szeged.hu wrote: Hi Guys, Ok, I have sent a pull request. On a related note: I do not understand the scaling performed in the constellation

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GNURadio 3.7.2.1 Installation Problem

2013-12-16 Thread West, Nathan
I think this is a known bug we're currently trying to squash (http://gnuradio.org/redmine/issues/582). I don't think this is fatal for you (unless you're trying to do development with VOLK) since VOLK shouldn't try to use the ORC kernel that's broken. Would you be able to add your processor

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GNURadio 3.7.2.1 Installation Problem

2013-12-16 Thread Monahan-Mitchell, Tim
Hi, Nathan, I think this is a known bug we're currently trying to squash (http://gnuradio.org/redmine/issues/582). I think this is the first report of a problem on x86 hardware; if we can't duplicate it on our machines would you mind if we bug you about testing out code in the following

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GNURadio 3.7.2.1 Installation Problem

2013-12-16 Thread West, Nathan
On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 2:30 PM, Monahan-Mitchell, Tim tmona...@qti.qualcomm.com wrote: Hi, Nathan, I think this is a known bug we're currently trying to squash (http://gnuradio.org/redmine/issues/582). I think this is the first report of a problem on x86 hardware; if we can't duplicate

[Discuss-gnuradio] Message port connections in gr-blocks/examples/msg_passing

2013-12-16 Thread Nowlan, Sean
I'm trying to learn the message passing API by reviewing the examples in gr-blocks/examples/msg_passing. Message ports are not connected upon opening GRC (this seems to be a gnuradio-wide problem - same thing happens with gr-ieee802-11). I know the workaround is to open each hier block and

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GNURadio 3.7.2.1 Installation Problem

2013-12-16 Thread Johnathan Corgan
On 12/16/2013 12:30 PM, Monahan-Mitchell, Tim wrote: My hardware is a 12.04 Ubuntu on top of VMWare: Some hypervisors (not necessarily VMware) have been known to advertise capabilities in the cpuid that they didn't then go on to actually virtualize. Not saying that is the case here, but it is

[Discuss-gnuradio] set_mux() not available in gnuradio version 3.7

2013-12-16 Thread Activecat
Dear Sir, bool set_mux( int mux ); This command is supported by GNU Radio 3.4.2 C++ API but not GNU Radio 3.7. In this case, how to control the MUX using GNU Radio 3.7 C++ API ? http://gnuradio.org/doc/doxygen-3.4/classusrp__standard__rx.html

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] set_mux() not available in gnuradio version 3.7

2013-12-16 Thread Marcus D. Leech
On 12/16/2013 10:52 PM, Activecat wrote: Dear Sir, bool set_mux( int mux ); This command is supported by GNU Radio 3.4.2 C++ API but not GNU Radio 3.7. In this case, how to control the MUX using GNU Radio 3.7 C++ API ? http://gnuradio.org/doc/doxygen-3.4/classusrp__standard__rx.html

[Discuss-gnuradio] SNR or Other Metrics

2013-12-16 Thread Dan CaJacob
I'd like to report some signal metrics for satellite downlinks. SNR would seem to be one example, but most algorithms I see for SNR assume that you are generating a signal from a separate clean signal and noise source, each with known power. What I have are recordings of real, narrow-band,

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] set_mux() not available in gnuradio version 3.7

2013-12-16 Thread Activecat
Yes, I mean, what is teh equivalent command in UHD API ..? How to control the MUX in the UHD API ? set_mux() On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 12:01 PM, Marcus D. Leech mle...@ripnet.com wrote: On 12/16/2013 10:52 PM, Activecat wrote: Dear Sir, bool set_mux( int mux ); This command is

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] set_mux() not available in gnuradio version 3.7

2013-12-16 Thread Activecat
On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 12:01 PM, Marcus D. Leech mle...@ripnet.com wrote: On 12/16/2013 10:52 PM, Activecat wrote: Dear Sir, bool set_mux( int mux ); This command is supported by GNU Radio 3.4.2 C++ API but not GNU Radio 3.7. In this case, how to control the MUX using GNU Radio