On 10/20/2020 03:53 PM, Jerrid Plymale wrote:
Marcus,
The problem seems to be related to running the system with the USRP
though. Someone who is working on this project with me is able to run
the same embedded python block, without the USRP hardware, and gets
no Underruns when doing so. We have also been unsuccessful in finding
any useful information regarding potential causes and solutions from
GNU Radio and USRP documentation.
Best Regards,
Jerrid
Well, an underrun is conceptually simple. It means "you aren't
supplying me with samples at the desired rate, so when I went to grab some
samples, there weren't any there". That means your flow isn't
supplying them at the desired rate, either due to computational starvation,
or a mis-understanding/mis-configuration of things like re-samplers.
Some SDRs out there DO NOT REPORT overruns/underruns, so things can
"seem" great and not be.
Further the computational envelope and requires of the UHD driver may be
different-enough from other hardware that is operating at
similar rates that you end up with underruns. When you're running at
the edge of what can be accomplished with the compute
hardware at hand, small differences are what makes the difference.
What sample-rates are we talking about? Are you configuring your
hardware for a sample-rate it can actually support, for example?
Much of this discussion really does belong in the discuss-gnuradio
arena, because it comes down to Gnu Radio performance tuning.
Also, you mention an embedded processing block--presumably embedded
Python? Such blocks CANNOT be run at high sample
rates--even if you use numpy to do all your math, the marhsalling and
interpreter costs will kill performance compared to a
similar block written in C++.
*From:* Marcus D Leech <[email protected]>
*Sent:* Tuesday, October 20, 2020 12:35 PM
*To:* Jerrid Plymale <[email protected]>
*Cc:* [email protected]
*Subject:* Re: [USRP-users] Underruns causing USRP to stop
transmitting and receiving
Probably better served by the discuss-gnuradio list and the
chat.gnuradio.org online chat community.
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On Oct 20, 2020, at 3:30 PM, Jerrid Plymale via USRP-users
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
wrote:
Hello All,
So I am working on writing an embedded python block in GNU Radio
Companion to preform some analysis of RF signals that is received
by a USRP x310 and transmitted back out of the USRP after analysis
has been done. I have been running into some underruns lately that
I have not been able to find a solution for. If I execute some of
my analysis functions in the work function of the block, the
application underruns and it causes the USRP to stop transmitting
or receiving. However, if I execute the functions in separate
polling functions that are being used to display values in the
GUI, I do not get underruns. I think this might has to do with how
often the analysis function is being executed, as the poll
functions are only called at a rate of 10 Hz which is controlled
by a function probe. Can anyone give me suggestions on what to try
to fix the underrun problem, and any resources you can point me to
that might help would be appreciated.
Best Regards,
Jerrid
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