[hpsdr] Mercury not receiving

Mon Dec 29 18:18:20 PST 2008

Bill:

Obvious the reply is confusing.  Just accept the underlying
message that you need USB-2 to control HPSDR/Ozy,
or it just doesn't work.

--- Graham / KE9H

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wbr/wf4r wrote:
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> Sorry, But I don't get it.   This makes no sense to me at all.
> The message says ".......
> it will work with USB 1.0 it 
> will _not_ support the 12 Mb rate but _not_ the 1.5 Mb rate"
>
> Which is it Please?
> 73, Bill
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> W.B.Runyon,Sr.
> Amateur Radio WF4R (FM16ts)
> Chesapeake, VA
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> Dec 27, 2008 05:15:35 PM, rstasiak at sympatico.ca 
> <mailto:rstasiak at sympatico.ca> wrote:
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>     Hi Steve
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>     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:
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>     73
>
>     Rick ve3mm
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>     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  >
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>     At 12:54 PM 1/31/2007, Chris Stratton wrote:
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>     />/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:
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>     />/ > > 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)
>     />/ >
>     />/ >/
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>     On 27-Dec-08, at 5:02 PM, Steve Niles wrote:
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>>     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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