Thanks for the help.

How close is GNU radio to implementing VITA49/UDP?  Is the release weeks
away, months away, or more?  What version number do you think that will be?

Thanks again,
Devin

On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Johnathan Corgan <
jcor...@corganenterprises.com> wrote:

> 2009/3/26 devin kelly <dwwke...@gmail.com>:
>
> > I am trying to figure out how information is sent between a PC and the
> > USRP.  So far I can tell they are all customized packets, i.e. raw
> sockets
> > are used, which is why you need to be root.
>
> The USRP2 currently uses Ethernet frames of type 0xBEEF to communicate
> sample data and control frames with the host PC.
>
> > But I've been having trouble
> > figuring out what the header information is.
>
> The wire format is described here:
>
>
> http://gnuradio.org/trac/browser/gnuradio/trunk/usrp2/firmware/include/usrp2_eth_packet.h
>
>
> > If there is
> > a GNU Radio plugin for Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) that would be a
> great
> > tool.
>
> That would be a welcome addition to the project.
>
> > Also, does the USRP (or USRP2) support UDP at all?
>
> It currently does not.  However, after release 3.2, we are rewriting
> the USRP2 transport format to use the VITA49 digital IF standard,
> encapsulated in UDP.
>
> Johnathan
>



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