[hpsdr] Much success on winusb in KISS

Mon Dec 21 05:19:32 PST 2009

Hermann,

The software certainly wouldn't start if the WinUSB drivers from Alberto are
not installed.  Most likely, once that gets installed (and your problems
with that overcome) KISS should work.

No, I don't have an idea why Alberto's WinUSB driver set didn't install...
I also don't have a 64 bit machine, which makes testing difficult.  As it's
Alberto's driver package, maybe he has some ideas.

Vy 73,
George K9TRV

-----Original Message-----
From: hermann at vonhasseln.de [mailto:hermann at vonhasseln.de] On Behalf Of
Hermann
Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 5:16 AM
To: george byrkit; hpsdr at lists.openhpsdr.org
Subject: Re: [hpsdr] Much success on winusb in KISS

Dear George,

thanks a lot for your efforts! I checked out yesterday your KISS branch and
gave it a short try. Unfortunately it won't start. I have not yet looked
deeper into it, but the first problem I guess I have to solve is the
installation of Alberto's WinUSB driver.

So I downloaded Winrad, installed it, and followed Alberto's instruction for
the WinUSB installation. The installation failed and I have no idea why.
During installation it said something like "driver found, but due to some
error it could not be installed". Any idea why this happens?

My OS is Win 7 64 Bit  (Win 7 Professional)

vy 73, Hermann

DL3HVH

On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 8:28 PM, george byrkit <ghbyrkit at chartermi.net>
wrote:

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	Jim,
	Thanks for that pointer!  I'll check that out!

	I've just finished the upload to the K9TRV branch of KISS.  It
contains a
	number of folders.

	Let me enumerate them:
	KISS Console - the KISS code, and where the solution file is located
	SharpDSP - standard companion to the KISS code
	LoadFW - added by me.  Produces LoadFW.exe.  Part of the KISS
solution file
	LoadFPGA - added by me.  Produces LoadFPGA.exe.  Part of the KISS
solution
	file
	WriteI2C - added by me.  Produces LoadFPGA.exe.  Part of the KISS
solution
	file
	WinUSBManaged - added by me.  Produces LoadFPGA.exe.  Part of the
KISS
	solution file.  This is the C# code that is the interface to WinUSB.
	WinUSBAPI - added by me.  There is a project there.  You need the
Windows 7
	version of the Windows Driver Kit (WDK) to build this.  It is NOT
part of
	the KISS solution file, because not all can build it.  It's included
for
	illustrative purposes
	WinUSBTest - added by me.  Produces LoadFPGA.exe.  Part of the KISS
solution
	file.  Used to do trivial tests of WinUSBManaged.

	Some notes:
	You'll need to copy loadfw.exe, loadfpga.exe, writei2c.exe and
	winusbmanaged.dll to your various binary directories, such as the
USBBlaster
	directory, if you switch from libusb0 to winusb for the driver, so
that you
	can still program the firmware on your Mercury and Penelope cards
(and
	others) using Ozy as a simulation for a USBBlaster.  Many call this
	directory USBBlaster-Binaries.

	You also need to copy these small files to whereever initozy11.bat
exists,
	so that initozy11.bat will work.  The copies of these small files
that are
	currently distributed with initozy11.bat use libusb0 and need to be
replaced
	with versions that use WinUSB, or else you have to constantly switch
from
	libusb0 to winusb and back, WHILE RUNNING, which is not really
possible.

	These files are already in the bin\release and bin\debug folders of
MY KISS
	branch, so that it can run.

	No warrantee is made as to whether you can run Phil Covington's
QS1RServer
	at the same time.  You won't be able to run PowerSDR until Bill
Tracey
	KD5TFD changes PowerSDR to use WinUSB.  Phil C does use the same VID
that we
	do, 0xFFFE, but uses PID 0x8, where we use PID 0x7.  It is possible
that the
	PID difference WILL pose a problem if trying to run both sets of
code on the
	same machine, whether simultaneously or not.

	What we need is feedback from people using Vista and Windows 7,
ESPECIALLY
	the 64 bit versions of those, as to whether KISS now works.

	The version of KISS in this branch is the same as Phil Harman VK6APH
had
	several days ago.  I won't try to track his current changes, which
are
	mostly for his GigE work with Ozy/Aussie II, the ethernet interface
for
	HPSDR.  My code should work with Ozy (the original) and Magister.

	I think it's time for a beer (Dogfish Head 90), before the bug
reports start
	rolling in.
	Dave KV0S: maybe we need a WinUSB page now on the OpenHPSDR website
where we
	can keep all these notes and such.  Maybe I'll even have to start
blogging
	or wiki comment maintaining now!

	Vy 73,
	George Byrkit, K9trv

	-----Original Message-----
	From: James Brown [mailto:Jim at SETI.Net]
	Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2009 1:49 PM
	To: george byrkit; hpsdr at lists.openhpsdr.org
	Subject: Re: [hpsdr] Much success on winusb in KISS

	That's great George.  I'm looking forward to getting your SVN output
for my
	system.

	Did you (or anyone else) look at LibUsbDotNet from SourceForge?  Its
says
	it's
	a package that can be used for either libusb-win32 OR WinUsb without
	changing your source code.  I would like to try it but if anyone
else has
	experience with it I would like their input.

	Regards......... Jim

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	From: "george byrkit" <ghbyrkit at chartermi.net>
	Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2009 9:12 AM
	To: <hpsdr at lists.openhpsdr.org>
	Subject: [hpsdr] Much success on winusb in KISS

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	>
	> Dear All,
	>
	> After last weekend's good luck in converting Alberto's C++ code to
C#
	> (thanks much Alberto!) and using the WinUSB driver .inf file and
driver
	> pack
	> that Alberto prepared, I was able this weekend to finish my work
and have
	> KISS working using WinUSB.
	>
	> What I've done is to prepare an assembly, WinUSBManaged.dll, built
in C#,
	> and the small programs LoadFW.exe, LoadFPGA.exe and WriteI2C.exe
that use
	> this assembly, along with converting KISS to use this assembly.
	>
	> I HAVE AUDIO!  And all control functions seem to work.  Now the
one caveat
	> is that the audio seems possibly a bit choppy at times, but that
could
	> easily be due to the computer that I'm using, and the fact that it
has so
	> much installed and running on it, despite being a quad-core i7
lga-1136
	> 2.8ghz processor.  And it's definitely much better if I turn off
the
	> full-spectrum (0-50mhz) display.
	>
	> I've implemented most of the functions that are in the PowerSDR
project
	> HPSDR_USB_LIB_V1.1, especially those in the ozy.cs file.
	>
	> What I don't have implemented is read/write via timeout.  But
since
	> Alberto
	> had functions that could do overlapped IO, I have the basis for
doing that
	> if needed.  Right now, all USB IO is blocking.  That's possibly
good
	> enough
	> at this point for some testing, especially to see if it works on
Vista and
	> Windows 7, especially the 64 bit versions.  I have had PowerSDR
and KISS
	> work on Windows 7, 32 bit, in a VMWare VM, using libusb0.
	>
	> I also know that Phil Covington has libusb0 drivers for AMD 64 bit
(but
	> not
	> Intel 64 bit aka ia64).  You may wish to try those drivers which
Phil uses
	> for QS1RServer if you have an AMD 64 bit processor.
	>
	> Once I get some help posting my code up to my branch of KISS, it
will be
	> available for you all to test.  You will need to download
Alberto's WinRad
	> from weaksignals.com to get his driver for WinUSB, which is what I
used.
	>
	> For those of you interested in WinUSB, I suggest a website,
	> http://www.lvr.com/winusb.htm, for lots of info on USB, ethernet,
serial
	> ports, etc., some books by the website maintainer, and sample code
for
	> .NET
	> (both c# and vb.net).
	>
	> Vy 73,
	> George Byrkit, K9TRV
	>
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