Are you using the Ettus supplied cable?

Controllers will disconnect devices when they sense excess noise on the cable. 



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> On Jul 12, 2021, at 3:27 PM, shachar J. brown <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi Marcus,
> 
> Thanks for the reply.
> 
> I believe this is not a power problem as the B210 was fed with an external 
> power.
> The problem still thrives, any further suggestions are more than welcomed.
> 
> BR,
> Steve
> 
>> On Thu, Jun 24, 2021 at 7:28 PM Marcus D. Leech <[email protected]> 
>> wrote:
>> On 06/24/2021 02:31 AM, shachar J. brown wrote:
>>> Hi everyone,
>>> 
>>> I am trying to run the given tx_samples_from_file example.
>>> Unfortunately, I keep receiving the uhd::usb_error, approximately 5-30 
>>> minutes into the run.
>>> 
>>> Technical specs:
>>> USRP: B210.
>>> Host: Intel Nuc, Core i7, 8th gen.
>>> OS: Ubuntu 20
>>> UHD Version: 4.1.0
>>> USB Controler: XHCI (USB3).
>>> 
>>> Error print: 
>>> [ERROR] [TX-STREAM] The tx_stream timed out sending 5000 samples (4080 
>>> sent).
>>> [ERROR] [UHD] An unexpected exception was caught in a task loop.The task 
>>> loop will now exit, things may not work.EnvironmentError: IOError: usb rx8 
>>> transfer status: LIBUSB_TRANSFER_NO_DEVICE
>>> terminate called after throwing an instance of 'uhd::usb_error'
>>>   what():  RuntimeError: USBError -4: usb tx4 submit failed: 
>>> LIBUSB_ERROR_NO_DEVICE
>>> Aborted (core dumped)
>>> 
>>> dmesg output:
>>> [19924.922965] usb 4-2: USB disconnect, device number 7
>>> [19925.195595] usb 4-2: new SuperSpeed Gen 1 USB device number 8 using 
>>> xhci_hcd
>>> [19925.217437] usb 4-2: LPM exit latency is zeroed, disabling LPM.
>>> [19925.220417] usb 4-2: New USB device found, idVendor=2500, 
>>> idProduct=0020, bcdDevice= 0.00
>>> [19925.220422] usb 4-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, 
>>> SerialNumber=3
>>> [19925.220426] usb 4-2: Product: USRP B200
>>> [19925.220429] usb 4-2: Manufacturer: Ettus Research LLC
>>> [19925.220431] usb 4-2: SerialNumber: 31F80A2
>>> 
>>> Is anyone familiar with this fault?
>>> I would appreciate any help on the matter.
>>> 
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>> Steve
>>> 
>>> 
>> My guess is that your NUC USB controller is unhappy with power consumption.  
>>   Are you using external power on the B2xx, or relying
>>   on USB3 power?
>> 
>> Also, several years ago, there was an interaction between certain 
>> controllers and kernel power-saving features that caused the
>>   controller to disconnect stuff even if it was being used.  But I can't for 
>> the live of me remember which driver parameter one
>>   had to change to fix this.  It has been several years since this was a 
>> problem.
>> 
>> 
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