Just tried out a USB3 powered hub, to power the b200.
The XU4 wouldn't boot powered from the hub (2A max), but powered from
it's own supply (4A) and the B200mini powered from the hub all seems OK,
no device errors, fscks on reboot, etc. :-) :-)
So, using "benchmark_rate --rx_rate 40e6", I get no dropped samples :-).
Using uhd_fft at 10MHz rate results in just a few overruns over several
minutes, it's marginal...
Now I can move on to do some real stuff...
Kind regards,
Dave
On 04/09/17 18:21, David wrote:
So after a reboot of my main Ubuntu PC...
It's now recognised, so doing...
# fsck /dev/sdd2
fsck from util-linux 2.27.1
e2fsck 1.42.13 (17-May-2015)
rootfs was not cleanly unmounted, check forced.
Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes
Pass 2: Checking directory structure
Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity
Pass 4: Checking reference counts
Pass 5: Checking group summary information
rootfs: 124553/237568 files (0.4% non-contiguous), 783269/920192 blocks
# fsck /dev/sdd1
fsck from util-linux 2.27.1
fsck.fat 3.0.28 (2015-05-16)
0x25: Dirty bit is set. Fs was not properly unmounted and some data
may be corrupt.
1) Remove dirty bit
2) No action
? 1
Perform changes ? (y/n) y
/dev/sdd1: 7 files, 5028/65399 clusters
Then put it back into the XU4, and it reboots OK. So there is more
than one issue here?
Sorry for the commentary/verboseness, but I've been at this for a
while now...
Kind Regards,
Dave
On 02/09/17 22:02, Nate Temple wrote:
Hi Dave,
This is certainly an interesting issue. I suspect the core of the
issue may be power draw on the USB interface during boot. One of the
common issues with the XU4 that I've seen reported is that the USB3
ports do not provide USB3 spec power levels.
Using a powered USB3 hub may resolve the issue.
Another option would be a Y power cable such as this
http://www.ebay.com/itm/262045046196 which would allow you to use an
external power adapter to feed power to the USRP.
Another test you could try -- Try using the USB2 on the XU4. Does it
result in the same boot up problems?
I have a early rev 0.1 20151201 XU4 that I often use paired with a
B205mini and have not seen any issue such as this.
Regards,
Nate Temple
On Sep 2, 2017, at 1:44 AM, David via USRP-users
<usrp-users@lists.ettus.com> wrote:
Hi All,
I'm trying to get XU4 and B200mini to work together, but having a
serious issue: the SD card gets trashed!
I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 image from the Odroid site, kernel 4.9.28-38,
and latest GIT clone of UHD (as of two weeks ago). Two uSD cards I
had are now totally trashed. I'm on my last card. They seem to get
totally trashed after I run uhd-fft a few times.
The main symptom is that if the B200mini is connected and I reboot,
an fsck is done every time, and also has the effect of continually
rebooting, and continually corrupting the card.
Unplug the B200mini and all is fine (after a couple of fscks). I
managed to work out that if I remove the udev rule that starts up
UHD (uhd-usrp.rules) I am also able to reboot with no issues. So a
driver issue?
Without the udev rule I get the following, which I'm assuming is
normal?:
[ 24.555119] usb 3-1.1: device descriptor read/64, error -110
[ 29.995114] usb 3-1.1: device descriptor read/64, error -110
[ 45.675119] usb 3-1.1: device descriptor read/64, error -110
[ 56.685085] usb 3-1.1: device not accepting address 5, error -62
[ 67.565082] usb 3-1.1: device not accepting address 6, error -62
[ 67.569976] usb 3-1-port1: unable to enumerate USB device
Hope you can help, thanks,
Dave.
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