Re: Using volk_profile for all users on shared server

2023-06-26 Thread Richard Bell
What is a good way to test whether this is working or not? On Thu, Jun 22, 2023 at 5:58 PM Marcus D. Leech wrote: > On 22/06/2023 20:50, Richard Bell wrote: > > Hello, > > I am managing a server that is connected to several USRP N320s and USRP > X300s, that many users acc

Using volk_profile for all users on shared server

2023-06-22 Thread Richard Bell
Hello, I am managing a server that is connected to several USRP N320s and USRP X300s, that many users access. The server is running Ubuntu 22.04 with GNU Radio 3.10.6.0 and UHD 4.4.0.0, installed from source. I would like to know if there is a way to run "volk_profile" once, for all users, instea

Monitor O's and U's from Python

2023-04-21 Thread Richard Bell
Hello, I have a python flowgraph that transmits data from one radio to another for a research project. Sometimes during one of these tx/rx events, U's or O's will occur, making the data invalid. I would like to monitor the USRP for these events from within Python so I can request a retransmit when

Does a block exist that does...

2020-03-05 Thread Richard Bell
Hi all, I'm looking for a block that is like the vector sink, however, it does not store samples in an unbounded manor until it is reset. It's a vector sink that stores a fixed item length worth of samples that allows python to get them when it wants. The block should consume samples every time it

Capture Finite Samples

2020-01-29 Thread Richard Bell
Hello everyone, I'm trying to capture a user specified number of samples from 3 USRP X300's. To do this I found the finite_acquisition_v function. The problem is it behaves very irregularly, so much so that I can't figure out the right way to use it. It seems that I have to call it once with a bi

Stopping and Starting Flowgraphs in Python

2019-11-23 Thread Richard Bell
Hello, I'm trying to transmit and receive small chunks of data in between data processing steps. I can only get the first chunk of data across, after that, calling tx.start() and rx.start() does not seems to work. The flowgraphs I'm starting have head() blocks in them that are responsible for call

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Pybombs broken?

2019-10-17 Thread Richard Bell
o fetch recipe gnuradio38 [ERROR] Error installing package gnuradio38. Aborting. On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 11:26 AM Richard Bell wrote: > Michael, > > I can confirm this worked for me without any issues. Now if I want to > install the latest version of gnuradio next to this one in a new

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Pybombs broken?

2019-10-17 Thread Richard Bell
t; framework/process for the 3.8-3.9 upgrade. >> >> On Wed, Oct 16, 2019, 11:18 Martin Braun wrote: >> >>> Hey Richard, >>> >>> PyBOMBS is having a hard time dealing with 3.7 vs. 3.8. Use the PyBOMBS >>> master branch for any hope of it working. &

[Discuss-gnuradio] Anaconda Python and GR

2019-10-15 Thread Richard Bell
I'm having trouble with a gnuradio install. It built successfully, but I can't import gnuradio in python. I believe it is because I'm using anaconda python. My group has a linux setup script we run to configure software on fresh ubuntu installs. I ran this script and now when I type 'which python'

[Discuss-gnuradio] Pybombs broken?

2019-10-15 Thread Richard Bell
Hello, I'm using pybombs to install gnuradio 3.7.13.5 onto ubuntu 18.04. Pybombs seems to be unable to install dependencies anymore. Each time I run pybombs prefix init ~/Documents/gnuradio/gr37 -a gr37 -R gnuradio-default it goes for a while until it finds software that is missing and errors ou

[Discuss-gnuradio] Multiple Installs using Pybombs

2019-10-10 Thread Richard Bell
Hello list, I'm trying to get gnuradio 3.7 and gnuradio 3.8 installed side by side on my ubuntu18.04 virtual box. I think I'm missing a command because I'm having trouble with this. I start by installing the 3.7 version as: pybombs config --package gnuradio gitrev v3.7.13.5 pybombs prefix init /h

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Pybombs or PyGTK problem?

2017-09-19 Thread Richard Bell
rt over. > > I don't know how to use pybombs, but if all else fails, I would rename > the current gnuradio to save it and re-install scratch. > > -- Cinaed > > > On 09/18/2017 11:22 AM, Richard Bell wrote: > > Yeah I've done that multiple times trying to debug it

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Pybombs or PyGTK problem?

2017-09-18 Thread Richard Bell
Yeah I've done that multiple times trying to debug it. gtk2 vs gtk2-dev didn't make any difference when it came to gtk being found. On Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 1:31 PM, Cinaed Simson wrote: > On 09/15/2017 09:07 AM, Richard Bell wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > I&#

[Discuss-gnuradio] Autogenerate Code Function

2017-07-08 Thread Richard Bell
Hi all, I am in a situation where I have a grc flowgraph set to 'NoGUI' mode with no GUI blocks. I use this to auto-generate python code that is then called by other python code. One of the machines I'm working on does support GUIs, everything is through the terminal, so I can't open grc files. I

[Discuss-gnuradio] ieee80211 Packet Header Question

2017-06-18 Thread Richard Bell
Hello, I'm looking at the ieee 802-11 OOT from cgran to try and duplicate the custom packet header creation done there. I'm wondering how the signal_field "block" (it's not a block, it's just a class I think) was made. Is it a 'noblock', or is it something else? I'm not sure because there are imp

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Pybombs Install Issue

2017-03-10 Thread Richard Bell
thon 2.5? > > > > I didn't even think gnuradio was supported under python 2.5 - I thought > > it was just versions 2.6 and 2.7. > > > > pygtk is probably installed under python2.7. > > > > Start an instance of python2.7 and the type > > > >

[Discuss-gnuradio] Pybombs Install Issue

2017-03-09 Thread Richard Bell
Hello all, I'm attempting to use Pybombs to install gnuradio onto a Ubuntu 16.04 virtualbox image I was given by someone else. The problem is that pygtk2 is installed as verified by apt-get, but Pybombs cannot find it, as given by the below output. The image did not have any form of GNU Radio inst

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Calculating additive noise power for known signal

2016-08-23 Thread Richard Bell
Great answer. I wish I could upvote it! There should be a GNU Radio Stack Exchange type thing. Rich On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 3:07 PM, Andy Walls wrote: > On Tue, 2016-08-23 at 12:00 -0400, discuss-gnuradio-requ...@gnu.org > wrote: > > Message: 7 > > Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2016 18:14:29 -0700 (MST) >

[Discuss-gnuradio] Input Selector

2016-07-25 Thread Richard Bell
Hello, I need to let the user select which input stream to transmit by pushing a button on the GUI. By default, the transmitter transmits random data until the user clicks the button, at which point a file is transmitted. It is important that the entire file be transmitted, from the beginning. Th

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Pending feature freeze for GNU Radio Release v3.7.10

2016-06-22 Thread Richard Bell
Excellent news. Does this branch include Toms fix for tags through rate change blocks? On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 10:14 AM, West, Nathan wrote: > Hi all, > > I want to give a heads up that we're actively planning the v3.7.10 release > of GNU Radio for a couple of weeks from now. We'll go in to a fe

[Discuss-gnuradio] GRCon 16 Latex Files

2016-06-20 Thread Richard Bell
The website that should have the Latex template files for paper submission is broken, http://gnuradio.org/grcon-2016/papers/ If this cannot be quickly fixed, would someone send out the template files to the mailing list please? Thank you, Rich ___ Discu

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Retune Request Time

2016-06-14 Thread Richard Bell
D. Leech wrote: > On 06/14/2016 03:13 PM, Richard Bell wrote: > > Martin, > > If I create a USRP object > > self.usrp = uhd.usrp_sink(device_addr=options.args, > stream_args=uhd.stream_args('fc32')) > > and initialize the USRP center frequency to 900e6 >

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Retune Request Time

2016-06-14 Thread Richard Bell
Martin and Derek, Thank you. That is much more clear to me now. Rich On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 1:19 PM, Martin Braun wrote: > On 06/13/2016 04:47 PM, Richard Bell wrote: > > I can call the C++ functions from Python? Why is there a separate python > > API, I'm confused. &

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Retune Request Time

2016-06-14 Thread Richard Bell
ollowed by uhd.usrp_sink.get_center_freq() it returns the original center freq of 900e6. My question is what is the tune_request doing? Rich On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 4:47 PM, Richard Bell wrote: > I can call the C++ functions from Python? Why is there a separate python > API, I'm confused. > > Lets

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Retune Request Time

2016-06-13 Thread Richard Bell
rf_freq and dsp_freq are used depending on the > respective policies, but there's no 'figure out smart tunes based on > state' policy. > > -- M > > > On 06/13/2016 03:49 PM, Richard Bell wrote: > > Derek, > > > > that manual is the C++ API. How wo

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Retune Request Time

2016-06-13 Thread Richard Bell
alibration thresholds > which will cause a retune to incur a delay when tuning outside of a certain > range. On the B200 for instance this range is 100MHz. > > Regards, > Derek > > On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 3:05 PM, Richard Bell > wrote: > >> I am using set_center

[Discuss-gnuradio] Retune Request Time

2016-06-13 Thread Richard Bell
I am using set_center_freq(center_freq) in my python script to retune my USRP to various center frequencies. Does this command use the smartest retune technique to get to the new frequency? For example, if I want to retune from 900.000 MHz to 900.001 MHz ( a 1 kHz change), will it use DSP tuning i

[Discuss-gnuradio] Cause of thread[thread-per-block[89]: std::bad_alloc

2016-06-07 Thread Richard Bell
Hi all, I've written a packet alignment block whose purpose is to detect packet drops and insert garbage items into the stream to keep the known data stream aligned with the received data stream. I'm testing this with no hardware in the loop at the moment, full simulation. After a while of workin

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] [PyBOMBS] pre-2.1.0 release testing on CentOS 7

2016-06-06 Thread Richard Bell
18 AM, Martin Braun wrote: > Richard, > > did you call your setup_env.sh before doing the compile? Also, you can > run cmake with -Wno-dev to remove some more annoying warnings. > > On 06/04/2016 04:40 PM, Richard Bell wrote: > > Sure no problem. Here is the output when

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] [PyBOMBS] pre-2.1.0 release testing on CentOS 7

2016-06-04 Thread Richard Bell
y&paste the build > log of your OOT? Also, I might be a bit paranoid, but could you verify by > "which gr_modtool" that you're really running the modtool you want? > > Best regards, > Marcus > > > On 04.06.2016 17:51, Richard Bell wrote: > > Since I

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] [PyBOMBS] pre-2.1.0 release testing on CentOS 7

2016-06-04 Thread Richard Bell
Since I didn't get much feedback when I brought this up a few weeks ago, I want to bring it up again to make sure you all see it. After using the default pybombs command to build a clean install on Ubuntu 16.04, everything worked fine except that I can't get gr_modtool working. No OOT Modules I

[Discuss-gnuradio] OOT Module Issue

2016-06-01 Thread Richard Bell
Hi, This is on Ubuntu 14.04 with GNU Radio 3.7.10 I have a module that I use just for altering existing GNU Radio blocks. Currently, it has the header/payload demux block and the packet_header_parser block in it, which I copied and pasted from the built-in block files. The HPD block was working f

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Custom OOT Module Install Ubuntu 16.04

2016-05-26 Thread Richard Bell
Try this command: > > sudo ldconfig -v | grep gnuradio > > The way I like to resolve this is to add a file to /etc/ld.so.conf.d > called gnuradio.conf with the path to the libraries. On my setup, it > contains: > > /opt/gnuradio-3.7.10git/lib > > Ron > > > On 05/26

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Custom OOT Module Install Ubuntu 16.04

2016-05-26 Thread Richard Bell
I tried making a fresh OOT module and I get the same problem. So it seems to be connected to gr_modtool. On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 11:05 AM, Richard Bell wrote: > Yeah I've blown away build a few times now. I tried this to a few > different OOT modules as well. They all produce the

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Custom OOT Module Install Ubuntu 16.04

2016-05-26 Thread Richard Bell
range. Stupid question: I assume you have tried blowing away the > build directory and giving it another go? Wondering if this is the CMake > cache mucking you up. > > This might be worth a try? > https://github.com/dmlc/mxnet/issues/1131 > > Cheers, > Ben > > On

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Custom OOT Module Install Ubuntu 16.04

2016-05-26 Thread Richard Bell
g.cmake:52 (find_package_handle_standard_args) cmake/Modules/FindCppUnit.cmake:12 (INCLUDE) CMakeLists.txt:106 (find_package) I don't know what to make of this, do you? On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 9:45 AM, Richard Bell wrote: > It seems to be looking into the grprefix directory, this is

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Custom OOT Module Install Ubuntu 16.04

2016-05-26 Thread Richard Bell
n you try peeking into the CMAKE madness to see what paths it selected > for those two gnuradio libraries? I've found the curses-based CMAKE UI to > be pretty helpful in seeing what the build parameters are: $ ccmake > > Cheers, > Ben > > On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 4:19

[Discuss-gnuradio] Custom OOT Module Install Ubuntu 16.04

2016-05-25 Thread Richard Bell
I'm trying to compile one of my custom OOT modules on this new Ubuntu 16.04 install and I wonder if I'm having compatibility issues. I'm getting what looks like cmake issues that cause make to error out. I made sure to feed the prefix location into cmake. There are warnings that I'm not used to see

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] [PyBOMBS] Need your help!

2016-05-25 Thread Richard Bell
I just installed GR using Pybombs on a fresh Ubuntu 16.04 (16.04 not 14.04) with no problems. Rich On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 5:30 PM, Ben Hilburn wrote: > Hi all - > > Some great discussion here. > > We have talked about adding a "dry-run" option to PyBOMBS a couple of > times in the past. It sou

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] [PyBOMBS] Need your help!

2016-05-23 Thread Richard Bell
I have GNU Radio installed via source on my computer, but I'd like to try the Pybombs method to see if it works. Before I do, I want to make sure I won't screw up my current install, whether its through conflicts or confusion over multiple installs or something else. Here a few questions I have: 1

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Python OOT Block Selectable Types

2016-05-12 Thread Richard Bell
g. > > M > > On 05/11/2016 02:04 PM, Richard Bell wrote: > > I've created a python based OOT block and I want to give the user the > > ability to select the input/output type. I know how to do this for C++ > > based blocks, but I'm stuck on what to do with the

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Code Reuse Question

2016-05-12 Thread Richard Bell
If we wanted that behavior, could we do something similar to what gating blocks do (like the power squelch), where we pass X number of items through and after that only consume items without ever producing anything. Is there an efficiency problem with this technique? On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 6:14 A

[Discuss-gnuradio] Python OOT Block Selectable Types

2016-05-11 Thread Richard Bell
I've created a python based OOT block and I want to give the user the ability to select the input/output type. I know how to do this for C++ based blocks, but I'm stuck on what to do with the python blocks signature, as it doesn't ask for the item_size like the C++ blocks do. I have to give it some

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Code Reuse Question

2016-05-11 Thread Richard Bell
I don't want the flowgraph to stop. I just want to store a set number but leave the flowgraph running. On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 1:13 PM, Dan CaJacob wrote: > You can use a head block inline (already in core). > > On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 4:09 PM Richard Bell > wrote: > >&

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] gr_modtool consolidation question

2016-05-11 Thread Richard Bell
module names > with the consolidated module's name via some search & replace tool ("sed -i > 's/original/consolidated/g' filenames" does wonders :) ) > > Cheers, > Marcus > > On 11.05.2016 19:42, Richard Bell wrote: > > Hi all, > >

[Discuss-gnuradio] Code Reuse Question

2016-05-11 Thread Richard Bell
Hello, I want to add an additional parameter to the existing file sink block that lets the user tell it how many items to save to file. This amounts to adding a few lines to the existing file sink work function. What's the smartest way to do this? What I would do currently is create a new block,

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] disabling UHD OOOOO... messages

2016-05-11 Thread Richard Bell
Are you sure you want to ignore them instead of fixing the cause of them? Can you lower your sample rate? They are telling you you're losing data, depending on what you're doing. O means overflow so something is being lost do to a lack of buffer space. The typical cause of this is your computer is

[Discuss-gnuradio] gr_modtool consolidation question

2016-05-11 Thread Richard Bell
Hi all, Before I fully understood how gr_modtool worked, I would make a new module for each new block I made. I would like to consolidate these disparate modules into one overarching module now. I have approx 10 modules some with more then one block that I'd like to make one module. Is there an e

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] How do I use formatter in QT GUI Label?

2016-05-10 Thread Richard Bell
All, I'm still not sure what's going on with this. Is it a problem with my installation or a bug in the code related to the formatter? Has anyone tested using the formatter field recently? v/r, Rich On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 1:05 PM, Richard Bell wrote: > Dan and Marcus (from a

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] How do I use formatter in QT GUI Label?

2016-05-09 Thread Richard Bell
at 5:54 PM, Dan CaJacob wrote: > I am not sure about this, but you may try the standard python formatters. > See https://docs.python.org/2/library/string.html > > On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 5:13 PM Richard Bell > wrote: > >> I am displaying a number using QT GUI Label in GRC l

[Discuss-gnuradio] How do I use formatter in QT GUI Label?

2016-05-06 Thread Richard Bell
I am displaying a number using QT GUI Label in GRC like this 20.6u when I want it to display like this 20.6e-6 or 20.6x10-6, something along these lines. What do I put in the formatter section to make this happen? Rich ___ Discuss-gnuradio mailing li

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Introducing the New GNU Radio Website

2016-05-03 Thread Richard Bell
I like the new style, it feels fresh and modern. I've noticed that depending on the link you click, you may end up on a page in the old style. For example, clicking the development link does this. Will the entire website eventually get the makeover? Rich On Tue, May 3, 2016 at 1:44 PM, Ben Hilbu

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] sweep generator

2016-04-28 Thread Richard Bell
Do you specifically not want to use uhd_siggen_gui when you say you want to use companion? If you were not aware of uhd_siggen_gui, type that into a command line and test it out. It can generate a sweeping tone if that's all you need. Rich On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 3:16 PM, Dan McKenna wrote: >

[Discuss-gnuradio] gr-osmosdr python question

2016-04-14 Thread Richard Bell
I'm new to using gr-osmosdr and I'm trying to implement the equivalent set of USRP function calls for a HackRF set_center_freq(target_freq) get_sensor("lo_locked") which amounts to measuring how long it takes to command a frequency change and lock at the new frequency. The set_center_freq functi

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] [USRP-users] UHD Updating Question

2016-04-12 Thread Richard Bell
fills up, if I can spare the space I will up > the cache size from the default 1 GB. Right now it's at 8 GB but I doubt > that'll ever fill up. > > M > > On 04/12/2016 03:09 PM, Richard Bell wrote: > > Johnathan, > > > > Regarding ccache, do you need to

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] [USRP-users] UHD Updating Question

2016-04-12 Thread Richard Bell
Johnathan, Regarding ccache, do you need to worry about cleaning ccache because of weird compilation errors at all, or does it always just work? I haven't used a tool like this before but I'm considering it since you recommend it. Rich On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 2:59 PM, Richard B

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] [USRP-users] UHD Updating Question

2016-04-12 Thread Richard Bell
Now that you mention it, I don't think I've ever tried recompiling GNU Radio without pulling from gnuradios github first. If I don't pull gnuradios latest souce, maybe it would be a fast upgrade for uhd only. My process for rebuilding gnuradio is to go to where my build directory is (without destr

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Compiling Documentation with an OOT

2016-03-30 Thread Richard Bell
to remember to update it in two places. > > As Ron Economos showed in his response, exporting from his public .h files > works fine. > > This might be a question for Sebastian, who I think has gone through a > couple of iterations of grabbing those docs strings into GRC. >

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Compiling Documentation with an OOT

2016-03-28 Thread Richard Bell
8, 2016 at 5:52 PM, Ron Economos wrote: > You put the documentation into the .h file(s) in the > gr-/include/ directory. Here's an example. > > > https://github.com/gnuradio/gnuradio/blob/master/gr-dtv/include/gnuradio/dtv/dvbt2_framemapper_cc.h > > Ron > > &g

[Discuss-gnuradio] Compiling Documentation with an OOT

2016-03-28 Thread Richard Bell
Hi all, I would like to know how I get the comments I add to my public header function to propagate through to the GRC Block documentation tab. Is there a flag I have to add when I compile the OOT? Thanks, Rich ___ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Scrambler - Descrambler

2016-03-22 Thread Richard Bell
I've always used a "skip head" block after the descrambler to remove these erroneous items that come out. "skip head" will drop whatever number of items on the floor you tell it to and there after pass everything. Rich On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 10:24 AM, devin kelly wrote: > Hi Sean, > > Thanks f

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Pybombs Prefix and Modtool

2016-03-08 Thread Richard Bell
Oh, this is news to me. I'll look into that. Thanks, Rich On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 10:54 AM, Martin Braun wrote: > Yeah I think that should be fine. You could also use PyBOMBS to build > your own OOT :) > > M > > On 03/08/2016 10:44 AM, Richard Bell wrote: > > The OO

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Pybombs Prefix and Modtool

2016-03-08 Thread Richard Bell
BOMBS to install both GNU Radio and the OOT into the > same prefix, this is already happening. Also, once you've sourced > setup_env.sh, GRC_BLOCKS_PATH is also set. Are you mixing prefixes? I'm > not sure I fully understand your setup. > > Cheers, > Martin > >

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Pybombs Prefix and Modtool

2016-03-07 Thread Richard Bell
> > cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/gnuradio-3.7.10git ../ > > Ron > > > On 03/07/2016 02:21 PM, Richard Bell wrote: > > Hi, > > I think I've narrowed down what I and some colleagues of mine have been > experiencing enough to explain it and hopefully get a solution

[Discuss-gnuradio] Pybombs Prefix and Modtool

2016-03-07 Thread Richard Bell
Hi, I think I've narrowed down what I and some colleagues of mine have been experiencing enough to explain it and hopefully get a solution. When I installed gr using the new pybombs, I specified a custom prefix location (on several computers). It seems that later on, when I create an OOT module u

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Frequency Lock Times

2016-03-04 Thread Richard Bell
Ooops. Rich On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 8:35 PM, Marcus D. Leech wrote: > On 03/03/2016 11:30 PM, Ian Buckley wrote: > > er 0.8mS is 1250Hz. > > We were told there'd be no arithmetic > > > > > On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 6:30 PM, Richard Bell > wrot

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Frequency Lock Times

2016-03-03 Thread Richard Bell
ctions. > > > On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 5:39 PM, Marcus D. Leech wrote: > >> On 03/03/2016 08:35 PM, Richard Bell wrote: >> >>> I was reading in a separate thread that soon to be released UHD code >>> will allow lock times on the order of 0.8 ms. Does this mean the

[Discuss-gnuradio] Frequency Lock Times

2016-03-03 Thread Richard Bell
I was reading in a separate thread that soon to be released UHD code will allow lock times on the order of 0.8 ms. Does this mean the fastest we should expect to get a frequency hopping radio to work is at a hop rate of 1/0.008 = 125 Hz? Thanks, Rich ___

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Custom Blocks not being found

2016-02-25 Thread Richard Bell
re/gnurado/grc/blocks, and not elsewhere (e.g. > /usr/share/gnurado/grc/blocks) ? > > M > > > On 02/25/2016 01:03 PM, Richard Bell wrote: > > Oh yes that's what I was trying to explain. This is an OOT module, with > > a properly configured .xml file that I gave a c

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Custom Blocks not being found

2016-02-25 Thread Richard Bell
tag in > your XML. > The other option is a block tree file, which is what the in-tree > components use. You can use the block tree files in OOTs, too. > > Then make sure you run gnuradio-companion in a terminal. It'll print out > warning if it can't find stuff. > >

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Custom Blocks not being found

2016-02-25 Thread Richard Bell
w do I add them to the block tree as you say? Thanks, Rich On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 12:31 PM, Martin Braun wrote: > So if you put them in the block tree, do they show up? > > M > > On 02/25/2016 12:19 PM, Richard Bell wrote: > > No they are not in the block tree. > >

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Custom Blocks not being found

2016-02-25 Thread Richard Bell
No they are not in the block tree. Rich On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 11:44 AM, Martin Braun wrote: > Are the blocks in the block tree? Can you see them by doing Ctrl-F + > search? > > M > > On 02/25/2016 11:40 AM, Richard Bell wrote: > > I've noticed lately that I c

[Discuss-gnuradio] Custom Blocks not being found

2016-02-25 Thread Richard Bell
I've noticed lately that I can't just compile and install custom blocks and have them show up in grc. I've had to add a GRC_BLOCKS_PATH environment variable that points to the location of my custom blocks folder to make them discoverable. Isn't the sudo make install process supposed to copy the re

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Async Message to File

2016-02-18 Thread Richard Bell
simply says, take a single double and give it to me as raw 8 bytes) > 3. writes that to the file. > > Best regards, > Marcus > > > On 19.02.2016 00:05, Richard Bell wrote: > > Sorry Marcus, I'm not familiar with pmts and message passing things to > handle these err

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Async Message to File

2016-02-18 Thread Richard Bell
lly just experimental; copy the block to > your own code. I'll probably rewrite as something in C++ to make it useful > on platforms without python, too. > > Cheers, > Marcus > > [1] > https://github.com/marcusmueller/gr-msgtools/blob/master/python/msg_file_sink.py#L41 &

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Async Message to File

2016-02-18 Thread Richard Bell
8/2016 10:27 PM, Richard Bell wrote: > > There is only one block in your git, Variable To Message, and no built in > Message File Sink in GR. I'm using gr 3.7.10. How did you see this being > used? > > Rich > > On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 1:12 PM, Richard Bell > wrote: &

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Async Message to File

2016-02-18 Thread Richard Bell
There is only one block in your git, Variable To Message, and no built in Message File Sink in GR. I'm using gr 3.7.10. How did you see this being used? Rich On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 1:12 PM, Richard Bell wrote: > Excellent thanks. > > Rich > > On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 1:

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Async Message to File

2016-02-18 Thread Richard Bell
gt; From the top of my head, there's nothing that does that... yet. > Let's see if I can hack together something in python that does that. Gimme > a second. > > On 02/18/2016 09:22 PM, Richard Bell wrote: > > I want to store the output SNR measurement messages of the MPSK S

[Discuss-gnuradio] Async Message to File

2016-02-18 Thread Richard Bell
I want to store the output SNR measurement messages of the MPSK SNR Estimator Probe to a file, but I'm not sure how to transform async messages to a stream to get them into a file. Would someone please recommend a method of doing this in GRC. Rich ___ Di

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] non-diff QPSK symbol sync, improper alignemnt/errors using real msg

2016-02-18 Thread Richard Bell
What are you doing to handle the phase ambiguity that diff encoding is intended to fix? Rich On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 2:35 PM, Landsman, Arik wrote: > Hello Folks, > > I am debugging a flowgraph of QPSK without diff encoding. The aim here is > to tx messages between two N210's, as a starting poi

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Building GNU-Radio for Windows

2016-02-15 Thread Richard Bell
Hi Rowan, Getting GNU Radio working on Windows is not elementary, as there is very little support for this. I have tried it myself in the past with no success. It is certainly possible, as people do it, but these people get it working with very little support beyond their own knowledge. The easie

[Discuss-gnuradio] Remote Control Question, Control Ports?

2016-02-11 Thread Richard Bell
Hey all, I just started writing a python script that will control two radios via Ethernet to conduct various tests. Each radio has its own computer and the receiver is considered the master (it will make all the control decisions). There will be two python scripts handshaking with each other, to

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Pybombs Question

2016-02-10 Thread Richard Bell
gt; On 02/10/2016 04:23 PM, Richard Bell wrote: > > What is the new way of setting up environment variables, I'm not able to > find information on that. > > The old way was to run './pybombs env' and source this auto-generated file > from .bashrc file. > > Ric

[Discuss-gnuradio] Pybombs Question

2016-02-10 Thread Richard Bell
What is the new way of setting up environment variables, I'm not able to find information on that. The old way was to run './pybombs env' and source this auto-generated file from .bashrc file. Rich ___ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] DSSS sync question

2016-02-05 Thread Richard Bell
10 from the next. If it > keeps on like this, it will never fall into sync, and without being in sync > it can’t get any real bits to help itself align. > > Sent from Windows Mail > > *From:* Richard Bell > *Sent:* ‎Friday‎, ‎February‎ ‎5‎, ‎2016 ‎5‎:‎59‎ ‎PM > *To:* Henry Barto

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] DSSS sync question

2016-02-05 Thread Richard Bell
. Rich On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 2:53 PM, Henry Barton wrote: > I'm hoping to transmit a VP9 transport stream, so perhaps the predictable > headers will be enough? > > Sent from Windows Mail > > *From:* Richard Bell > *Sent:* ‎Friday‎, ‎February‎ ‎5‎, ‎2016 ‎5‎:‎51‎ ‎P

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] DSSS sync question

2016-02-05 Thread Richard Bell
5, 2016 at 2:44 PM, Henry Barton wrote: > That sounds great, Richard. But I wonder, what if the useful payload > contains that sequence by chance? > > Sent from Windows Mail > > *From:* Richard Bell > *Sent:* ‎Friday‎, ‎February‎ ‎5‎, ‎2016 ‎5‎:‎27‎ ‎PM > *To:* Henry Barton

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] DSSS sync question

2016-02-05 Thread Richard Bell
Typically a correlator is used to look for a known sequence of bits, so the radio can align the rest of the processing from the end of this known sequence. This is referred to as frame synchronization. You could use the correlation estimation block to implement something like this. It would place a

[Discuss-gnuradio] Issue Pybombs2

2016-02-04 Thread Richard Bell
Hello, I've been trying to use pybombs2 for the first time to install dependencies on a new computer. I ran into the plex problem someone else reported recently, but the fix there took care of that. Let me be thorough and detail every step anyway. Here is what I did: 1) pip install --pre plex 2)

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Tags through Rate Change Blocks

2016-01-26 Thread Richard Bell
Tom, Yes I will give that a try and get back to you. Rich On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 1:14 AM, Tom Rondeau wrote: > On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 2:32 PM, Richard Bell > wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> It's been a while since I've seen discussion on this. I'm in

[Discuss-gnuradio] Awesome New Stuff in GR3.7.10!

2016-01-26 Thread Richard Bell
Hey developers, I just wanted to give you guys some positive feedback on two new things that I've immediately noticed and benefited from since upgrading to gr3.7.10 from gr3.7.8. 1) Bypass block (aka comment through in other tools). I've wished for this for a while. Love it! 2) Unconnected GUI b

[Discuss-gnuradio] Tags through Rate Change Blocks

2016-01-25 Thread Richard Bell
Hi all, It's been a while since I've seen discussion on this. I'm interested to know if this is still a non-deterministic problem or if there is a workaround? For those not familiar, in the past you could either lose a tag completely through a rate change block or the location of the tag could be

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Messages with Virtual Source/Sinks Issue?

2016-01-21 Thread Richard Bell
I just setup a simple debug test that reproduces the issue. Screen captures attached. You see what I see before and after the message and the error message itself. Hope this helps. Rich On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 10:59 AM, Richard Bell wrote: > Yes I did. I also deleted the virtual source

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Messages with Virtual Source/Sinks Issue?

2016-01-21 Thread Richard Bell
gt; > M > On 20 Jan 2016 23:50, "Richard Bell" wrote: > >> I just opened up a flowgrah that used to work, where I send messages into >> virtual sources and sinks to get around the fllowgraph. Now, when I open >> the flowgraph, I get these messages in console an

[Discuss-gnuradio] Messages with Virtual Source/Sinks Issue?

2016-01-20 Thread Richard Bell
I just opened up a flowgrah that used to work, where I send messages into virtual sources and sinks to get around the fllowgraph. Now, when I open the flowgraph, I get these messages in console and the wires connecting the messages to the virtual sources are deleted. >>> Error: Connection between

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Digital TV with USRP and GNU Radio

2016-01-06 Thread Richard Bell
Got it. Thanks Tom. Rich On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 8:26 AM, Tom Rondeau wrote: > On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 11:09 AM, Richard Bell > wrote: > >> Does anyone know of a good tutorial that shows how to receive and display >> TV on Ubuntu using a USRP and GNU Radio? I

[Discuss-gnuradio] Digital TV with USRP and GNU Radio

2016-01-06 Thread Richard Bell
Does anyone know of a good tutorial that shows how to receive and display TV on Ubuntu using a USRP and GNU Radio? I'm interested. Rich ___ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Renaming PyBOMBS -- You Can Vote Now!

2015-12-29 Thread Richard Bell
Hey Martin, Is there anyway for us to see results in real time before the official closure and announcement? Rich On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 10:30 AM, Martin Braun wrote: > Hi everyone, > > new names for PyBOMBS are up for vote now at: > > http://goo.gl/forms/nUfCOZWCY2 > > This includes most nam

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Saving work on Gnu radio live usb stick

2015-12-23 Thread Richard Bell
You have to create the USB Stick with persistence checked off in the Live Creator tool. Then when you boot with that stick, you'll see another drive mounted that you can save things to and they will persist. Rich On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Yahia Tachwali wrote: > Hello everyone, > > Is t

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Renaming PyBOMBS

2015-12-23 Thread Richard Bell
> I'm sure there are up to date ppas somewhere too > > > On Wed, Dec 23, 2015, 1:34 PM Richard Bell > wrote: > >> Is there a way for a new user to get uhd installed from the package >> manager though? A lot of people want to dive right into gnu radio with >>

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