[hpsdr] Mercury not receiving

[Steve Niles]

Thanks Rick!  I set up PowerSDR on a different PC that has USB 2.0 and 
it works now.

73
Steve N5EN

Richard Stasiak wrote:
> Hi Steve
> 
> I believe that only USB 2 is supported on Ozy. Someone will correct me 
> if I'm off base on this.
> 
> Here is a clip from a previous post on this list:
> 
> 73
> 
> Rick ve3mm
> 
> Unless they have messed around with the FX2 firmware the 
> specifications of the FX2 chips says it will work with USB 1.0 it 
> will not support the 12 Mb rate but not the 1.5 Mb rate.
> 
> <  URL:http://www-corot.obspm.fr/COROT-ETC/Files/CY7C68013.pdf  >
> 
> At 12:54 PM 1/31/2007, Chris Stratton wrote:
>>/***** High Performance Software Defined Radio Discussion List *****
> />/
> />/I would assume the possibility of getting it to work
> />/on USB1.1 depends on the "software" implemented more
> />/than the hardware built.
> />/
> />/- you would need to get USB1.1 working with the
> />/cypress firmware, for example starting with USRP code.
> />/  Presumably you could do that with any board having
> />/the cypress chip (USRP, a Xylo, a Digilent NEXYS, etc)
> />/without waiting for HPSDR boards
> />/
> />/- you would need to modify FPGA code to limit the data
> />/to USB1.1 plausible rates.  Again, you could probably
> />/do something by trying to get the USRP code working at
> />/a reduced rate, sending test data.  This may mean
> />/throttling your output dynamic range and/or sample
> />/rate over the designed intent of the hardware...
> />/
> />/- and of course you would need to make modifications
> />/in the USB interface of client software (power SDR or
> />/whatever you plan to use)
> />/
> />/Chris
> />/(the other one... ex-N1IIR)
> />/
> />/--- Chris Salinas <n0ttw at yahoo.com <http://lists.hpsdr.org/listinfo.cgi/hpsdr-hpsdr.org>> wrote:
> />/
> />/ > ***** High Performance Software Defined Radio
> />/ > Discussion List *****
> />/ >
> />/ > > Hi Bill,
> />/ >
> />/ >   I'd appreciate it as I don't have the Janus/Ozy
> />/ > hardware to make that determination. Currently I
> />/ > don't have PCMIA slots available to put an upgrade
> />/ > card and there are many High Performance laptops
> />/ > that only have USB 1.1 available on the cheap.
> />/ >
> />/ >   Be nice to know what the limitations it may have
> />/ > at that specification for FYI. Like I said, if I had
> />/ > the J/O hardware I would provide the info.
> />/ >
> />/ >   Looking forward to the outcome,
> />/ >   Chris N0TTW
> />/ >
> />/ >
> />/ > Bill Tracey <bill at ewjt.com <http://lists.hpsdr.org/listinfo.cgi/hpsdr-hpsdr.org>> wrote:
> />/ >   Hi Chris,
> />/ >
> />/ > Can't say for sure if we'll run on USB 1.1 - have
> />/ > never tried it. Our
> />/ > intent is to support USB 2. I'll see if I can find a
> />/ > USB 1.1 machine
> />/ > around here and plug it in and see if we can talk to
> />/ > it, but I don't think
> />/ > we'll formally support USB 1.1 (as much as anything
> />/ > is formally supported
> />/ > with open source code).
> />/ >
> />/ > Cheers,
> />/ >
> />/ > Bill (kd5tfd)
> />/ >
> />/ >/
> 
> On 27-Dec-08, at 5:02 PM, Steve Niles wrote:
> 
>> ***** High Performance Software Defined Radio Discussion List *****
>>
>> I received my Mercury board this week (thanks TAPR!) and installed it 
>> with Ozy on Atlas but it's not working - no signal indicated in 
>> PowerSDR, no audio output at Mercury phones out jack when connected to 
>> my HF antennas.
>>
>> Here's how my system is setup:
>>
>> Mercury is in Atlas slot 2 and Ozy is in slot 5.
>>
>> Installed USBIO from http://support.flex-radio.com/Downloads.aspx?id=50
>>
>> Copied the contents of the following to the recommended Program Files 
>> directory on my C drive.
>> svn://206.216.146.154/svn/repos_sdr_windows/PowerSDR/branches/kd5tfd/PennyMerge/bin/Release/
>>
>> PowerSDR Setup:
>> Hardware Config: Radio Model HPSDR, HPSDR Hardware Present: Mercury, 
>> "Receive Only" is checked.
>> HPSDR tab: 10 Mhz and 122.88 Source set to Mercury.
>>
>> All Atlas LED's are on.
>>
>> The follow Mercury LED's are on: D14,D15,D16,D17, D3, D9,D10.
>>
>> The following Ozy LED's are on (after PowerSDR "Start"): 
>> D5,D6,D7,D8,D12.  D1 is flashing, D9 and D10 alternate on.
>>
>> PowerSDR reports CPU% 22% to 24%
>>
>> The only unusual things I noticed during install were:
>> 1) Ozy Host Assisted Firmware reports that it will work better with a 
>> high speed USB port.
>> 2) On first PowerSDR "Start", the software reported that .Net 2.0 was 
>> needed.  I installed .Net 2.0, rebooted PC and restarted PowerSDR - 
>> still no receive.
>>
>> Suggestions please...
>>
>> 73
>> Steve N5EN
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