[hpsdr] OZY with MERCURY: which LEDs should be on/off on OZY?

[Graham / KE9H]

Walter:

All Mercury boards shipped/still ship with Version 1.0.
You should follow the instructions to upgrade to latest version 2.6.

Please use the latest version of PowerSDR from the SVN

To upgrade Mercury, go to
svn://206.216.146.154/svn/repos_sdr_hpsdr/trunk/USBBlaster-Binaries/
and follow the instructions in the "READ ME" file.

Then we can deal with the lights and what they say.

--- Graham / KE9H

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Walter Schellenberg wrote:
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> Hi all,
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> I recently received my ATLAS, OZY and MERCURY boards. After having 
> successfully assembled ATLAS, downloaded and installed the USBIO 
> driver, Frameworks 1.1 and 2.2 SP1, as well as 
> PowerSDR1.10.4+BaseSVN2025, I started PowerSDR. And I was extremely 
> positively surprised that a spectrum appeared on the display! Then I 
> connected my HP8640B HF generator and calibrated the power level. 
> Whow, it worked!!! A big thank you to HPSDR and TAPR!
>
> I have AF dropouts, even at 48kHz bandwidth and 2048 bits buffer size 
> (with a 50 Ohms termination at the antenna input, and all three boards 
> in a metal box). I surmise the culprit is my laptop (Pentium IV, 3 
> GHz, 512MB RAM). But before I start to work on that, I would like to 
> make sure that my OZY and MERCURY are working ok.
>
> In this respect I have two questions:
>
> Q1: My boards were shipped on Feb 25, 2009. I assume the firmware 
> loaded would be the newest version available on that date. Is this 
> correct?
>
> Q2: The LEDs on MERCURY are on/off as given in the manual, including 
> the A/D overload indicator D11.
>
> However, I did not find any hints on which LEDs should be on/off on 
> OZY when running with MERCURY.
>
> The LEDs on my OZY are as follows (PowerSDR running, RX on):
>
> D1 off
>
> D2 briefly on for the duration of an AF dropout
>
> D3 off
>
> D4 on, goes off briefly during an AF dropout (seems to be the inverse 
> of D2)
>
> D5–8 on
>
> D9 blinking at a rate of approx 1 sec
>
> D11&11 off
>
> D12 on
>
> Is this how it should be, i.e. are my OZY & MERCURY running ok?
>
> Your help and comments are greatly appreciated,
>
> Walter
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