Hello
I’m wondering if anyone else is having the same trouble with wxgui in Gnuradio.
I’ve installed gnu radio on several MacBooks and ubuntu systems.
I’ve got an application we’ve been using for years that uses
wxgui
Now I’ve tried to upgrade to get access to a new SDR but the software is
refusing to run as is shown by the same message for gnu radio companion:
File "/Users/glenlangston/Desktop/Research/watch/top_block.py", line 25, in
<module>
from grc_gnuradio import wxgui as grc_wxgui
Suggestions?
Thanks
Glen
our application is noted at www.opensourceradiotelescopes.org
<http://www.opensourceradiotelescopes.org/>
> On Nov 20, 2017, at 2:14 PM, Bakshi, Arjun <bakshi...@buckeyemail.osu.edu>
> wrote:
>
> That was it. I overlooked that setting your setup.
>
> Hopefully the last issue. I'm still getting a lot of under flow errors when I
> use the same radio (A/B ) for a rx and tx block. I have a WBX daughter board
> in there so simultaneous rx-tx should not be a problem. As mentioned earlier,
> I was able to get 2rx-tx links running at 5Msps previously with N210s.
>
> Changing the buffer size, file size, or the sampling rate (not the 200e6 one)
> doesn't help.
>
> Thank you,
>
> AB
> From: Michael Carosino <m.caros...@gmail.com>
> Sent: Monday, November 20, 2017 1:24:17 PM
> To: Bakshi, Arjun
> Cc: discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] X310 with 2 WBX in full duplex
>
> I've had this error before, can't recall the solution however one thing to
> try is setting the DDC block select parameters. On the upper DDC block set
> block select to 0 and on the lower DDC set the block select to 1. (sometimes
> the auto-select function fails to work correctly I think).
>
> On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 10:14 AM, Bakshi, Arjun
> <bakshi...@buckeyemail.osu.edu <mailto:bakshi...@buckeyemail.osu.edu>> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for the info about the sampling rates. That was the source of the
> issue.
>
> The issue was with the output rate of the DUC block, which should be set to
> 200MHz. Changing that to 200e6 fixes the underflow issues. I guess that the
> input rate is the sampling rate that I'm used to setting in the N210. I can
> now run 2 TXblocks without a problem.
>
> The sampling rate in the RFNoC-radio(tx) block can be set to what you want,
> but it'll get reset to 200e6 along with a warning saying so.
>
> I am still having trouble with the RX blocks.
> -- When I add an RX flow to a graph with 2 TX flows in it, I get underflows
> again. The application does not hang though.
>
> -- When I have 2 RX flows to the graph, I get the following error:
> self.device3.connect(self.uhd_rfnoc_streamer_radio_2.get_block_id(), 0,
> self.uhd_rfnoc_streamer_ddc_1.get_block_id(), 0)
> File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ettus/ettus_swig.py", line
> 1670, in connect
> return _ettus_swig.device3_sptr_connect(self, *args)
> RuntimeError: RuntimeError: On node 0/DDC_0, input port 0 is already
> connected.
> terminate called after throwing an instance of 'uhd::assertion_error'
> what(): AssertionError: [0/DDC_0] Attempting to disconnect input port 0,
> which is not registered as connected!
>
> It seems to have an issue with the lower DDC block. I changed the setup to
> have only 1 DDC block with 2 channels, but that resulted in an overrun error
> like "Ooverrun on chan 0".
>
> How can I fix these issues?
>
> Image of error prompt, and grc file attached.
>
> Thanks,
>
> AB
>
> From: Michael Carosino <m.caros...@gmail.com <mailto:m.caros...@gmail.com>>
> Sent: Monday, November 20, 2017 12:31:52 AM
>
> To: Bakshi, Arjun
> Cc: discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org <mailto:discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org>
> Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] X310 with 2 WBX in full duplex
>
> Hi,
>
> looks like gnuradio is freezing due to the massive amount of underflows
> ocurring. First try replacing the constant source with two separate analog
> fast noise sources connected to the dma fifo - this might help if indeed the
> problem is that the PC is being too slow to generate samples. Secondly,
> revert the dma fifo depths to the default 32M and see if it has any effect
> but I suspect the first option should fix your issues. Also it's definitely
> helpful to test each single tx chain on its own to make sure it works as
> expected before trying both together!
>
> Assuming you are using an x310, the sampling rate on the radio block should
> be set to 200 megasamples/per sec, similarly the DUC output rate should also
> be 200 megasamples/per sec. On the receive side, the radio block's sampling
> rate should again be set to 200megasamp/sec with the DDC input rate being set
> to the same as well. Also the analog bandwidth in the context of the tx side
> just adjusts some filters I believe - so I'd leave it at the default of
> 56Mhz. On the rx side I'd also leave it at the default of 56Mhz unless you
> have some interferer in that range that you'd want to avoid.
>
> On Sat, Nov 18, 2017 at 4:53 PM, Bakshi, Arjun <bakshi...@buckeyemail.osu.edu
> <mailto:bakshi...@buckeyemail.osu.edu>> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've installed the correct uhd/gnuradio/gr-ettus packages now, and
> constructed the attached flow graph. However, the application hangs up after
> a second or so. Underflow warnings also appear almost immediately after the
> flow starts.
>
> Image of flow graph and error attached. GRC file also attached.
>
> An earlier email mentioned:
> ====
> Also you may get underflows depending on your
> sample rate, in my case these were solved by moving the bpsk transmit
> chain to fabric (RFNoC) as the host was not fast enough to generate
> samples otherwise.
> ====
>
> However my sampling rate is pretty low. 1Msps. With 2xN210 I can support
> ~5Msps tx+rx on this PC.
>
> Any ideas on whats going on, and how to fix it?
>
> Also, what are DUC input/out rates? What should the "analog bandwidth" be set
> to? Same as sampling rate or 0, or something else?
>
> Thank you,
>
> AB
> From: Bakshi, Arjun
> Sent: Monday, November 6, 2017 2:01:16 PM
> To: Michael Carosino
>
> Cc: discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org <mailto:discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org>
> Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] X310 with 2 WBX in full duplex
>
> Thanks for the pointers. I'll look into them soon. I've temporarily moved to
> another setup. Will report back when I come back the this one.
>
> Thanks,
>
> AB
> From: Michael Carosino <m.caros...@gmail.com <mailto:m.caros...@gmail.com>>
> Sent: Friday, November 3, 2017 3:38:37 PM
> To: Bakshi, Arjun
> Cc: discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org <mailto:discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org>
> Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] X310 with 2 WBX in full duplex
>
> Hi,
>
> I don't believe you need to install Xilinx/vivado/etc - that's only needed if
> you want to create your own rfnoc blocks (like I did for the transmitter, but
> ideally you avoid this as its a lot of work!).
>
> You should simply need the UHD rfnoc_devel branch installed w/gnuradio and
> use the image downloader to download the precompiled image for
> usrp_x310_fpga_HG and flash it to the x310. (usrp_x310_fpga_HG contains 2x
> DDC, 2x DUC, 2x Radios, and 1x DMAFIFO which is all you should need per my
> previous pictures).
>
> For instructions, see
> https://kb.ettus.com/Getting_Started_with_RFNoC_Development#Testing_the_default_FPGA_image_and_building_from_existing_blocks
>
> <https://kb.ettus.com/Getting_Started_with_RFNoC_Development#Testing_the_default_FPGA_image_and_building_from_existing_blocks>
> and also flashing instructions here
> http://files.ettus.com/manual/page_usrp_x3x0.html#x3x0_load_fpga_imgs
> <http://files.ettus.com/manual/page_usrp_x3x0.html#x3x0_load_fpga_imgs>
>
> On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 8:42 AM, Bakshi, Arjun <bakshi...@buckeyemail.osu.edu
> <mailto:bakshi...@buckeyemail.osu.edu>> wrote:
> Thanks for the quick reply, Michael. I looked into installing RFNoC and thats
> going to need vivado/xilinx, and a bunch of other stuff.
>
> Trouble is that I don't have +20GB to spare needed for its installation. Is
> there any way around it? What are the bare minimum options required? I tried
> installing the Vivado Lab Solutions instead, but I guess thats not enough as
> I couldn't get ettus's fpga software to build after just that.
>
> Install options image attached.
>
> Thanks,
>
> AB
> From: Michael Carosino <m.caros...@gmail.com <mailto:m.caros...@gmail.com>>
> Sent: Thursday, November 2, 2017 10:21:52 PM
> To: Bakshi, Arjun
> Cc: discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org <mailto:discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org>
> Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] X310 with 2 WBX in full duplex
>
> Hi,
>
> I've successfully gotten the two tx-rx setup on an x310 you've
> described but I did it somewhat differently. Instead of using the usrp
> source/sink blocks I ended up using the RFNoC blocks - the main reason
> for this is because a USRP Sink block is made up of the following
> RFNoC blocks: RFNoC DMAFIFO -> RFNoC DUC -> RFNoC Radio. It turns out
> that the DMAFIFO included by the USRP Sink block has a default depth
> size of 32MB and this results in multiple seconds of delays for the
> sample rates I was using (Ettus includes this fifo due to some flow
> control latencies in their protocol that they use for transport
> between the USRP and host over ethernet).
>
> Anyways, by manually creating the radio chain in RFNoC as described
> above, you can adjust the default depth size of the DMAFIFO. By
> playing around I found that a depth of 2^20 = 1.04MB worked well. It
> is also of note that if you do this method you need four total radio
> blocks - 2 for transmit and 2 for receive (for some reason the
> multi-channel selection in the rfnoc radio block did not work, this
> method does however).
>
> I would also run 'ethtool -G eth0 rx 4096' to ensure packets aren't
> dropped in your NIC. Also you may get underflows depending on your
> sample rate, in my case these were solved by moving the bpsk transmit
> chain to fabric (RFNoC) as the host was not fast enough to generate
> samples otherwise.
>
> Finally, you will probably experience occasional errors on flow graph
> startup about synchronization errors (timeout waiting for PLL to lock,
> backend sync failed, unexpected fifo depth), retrying to run the
> flowgraph (sometimes it takes a few tries) will usually get it
> running. I've spoken to Ettus about this and they are tracking this
> issue so hopefully its solved soon.
>
> Attached a picture of transmit/receive configuration in RFNoC.
>
> regards,
> Michael
>
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 7:12 PM, Bakshi, Arjun
> <bakshi...@buckeyemail.osu.edu <mailto:bakshi...@buckeyemail.osu.edu>> wrote:
> > Few mistakes I caught after sending it. Center frequencies I had chosen were
> > out of range for WBX. Fixed now. Also, image file now has proper extension.
> >
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> >
> > AB
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Bakshi, Arjun
> > Sent: Thursday, November 2, 2017 9:38:48 PM
> > To: discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org <mailto:discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org>
> > Subject: X310 with 2 WBX in full duplex
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> >
> > I'm trying to get two Tx-Rx links running with an X310 with two WBX
> > daughterboards in it. I've used multi-channel USRP source/sink blocks, but
> > I'm experiencing latency (L) errors with the connection, and then the
> > application (GRC) hangs. I've attached an image of my USRP source/sink
> > blocks. I'm connected to the X310 with a 1GB ethernet connection.
> >
> >
> > Can anyone point out the reason/mistake? Also, is the sub-device spec
> > correct? Followed instructions for WBX from here:
> > https://www.ettus.com/content/files/kb/application_note_frontends_subdevices_antenna_ports.pdf
> >
> > <https://www.ettus.com/content/files/kb/application_note_frontends_subdevices_antenna_ports.pdf>
> RX DSP Chain 1 Logic DDC ADC SMA RXB - Ettus Research
> <https://www.ettus.com/content/files/kb/application_note_frontends_subdevices_antenna_ports.pdf>
> www.ettus.com <http://www.ettus.com/>
> Default Sub-Device and Antenna Specifications UHD will automatically select a
> sub-device and antenna specification if they are not specified by you.
>
> >
> > My goal:
> >
> > I want to have a Tx-Rx link in freq F1 and another in freq F2 at the same
> > time. One daughterboard TXes in F1 and RXes in F2, while other TXes in F2
> > and RXes in F1. Is this possible with the equipment I have?
> >
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> >
> > AB
> >
> >
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