Multi device synchronization isn’t supported on 2901. 

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> On Feb 5, 2024, at 9:24 PM, Ramesh, Eshan <e...@gatech.edu> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to use a common reference signal to sync two
> USRP-2901s. I'm using gnuradio with the default USRP sink and source
> blocks, and we're using an external signal generator into the "REF IN"
> port.
> 
> If we use the same USRP for the transmitter and receiver (but on
> different subdevs (RF channels)), when the reference signal is not
> present, we see an error as expected: 
> 
> "usrp_sink :warning: Sensor 'ref_locked' failed to lock within timeout on 
> motherboard 0."
> 
> Turning on the reference signal generator gets rid of this error.
> 
> However, when we try to use two USRPs connected to the same reference
> signal, the error does not appear even if the signal is off. Setting
> one radio's clock source to be "internal" and the other's "external",
> and then modifying the reference signal frequency seems to have no
> effect, so I think the radios are not really synced. I would expect
> that I'd see a frequency difference if the reference signal frequency was
> slightly incorrect in a loopback scenario.
> 
> Is there a reason why the error does not appear when using multiple
> USRPs even though there is no reference signal, and the radios remain
> seemingly unsynchronized?
> 
> Thanks,
> Eshan Ramesh
> 
> 
> 
> 
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