[hpsdr] Call for HELP - New HPSDR-Setup / nothing works

[John Koster]

Just an FYI, the ship date means nothing.  All Mercury cards were produced 
in one batch and all have the same firmware in them.  Everyone should 
update their Mercury to the latest version to get the best performance.  

On Fri, 20 Mar 2009, David McQuate wrote:

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> 
> Hello Alexander,
>   From what I've seen from various posts on the hpsdr list,
> it seems to me your problem may be that the Mercury FPGA firmware
> needs to be updated.  I also purchased Mercury from TAPR in the
> December-January time frame, and Mercury FPGA firmware has
> been updated several times since then. the last time on February 11.
> 
>   If you have not already updated your Mercury, I'd suggest that you
> download the files from the following SVN and follow the instructions
> in the Readme.txt file.
> 
>   svn://206.216.146.154/svn/repos_sdr_hpsdr/trunk/USBBlaster-Binaries
> 
> Dave
> wa8ywq
> 
> Alexander Geckeler wrote:
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> >
> > Hi Phil,
> >
> > I have no idea. I didn't change anything. So think it has the code 
> > that TAPR has implemented.
> > I ordered my Mercury in January 2009.
> >
> > Alexander
> >
> >
> > Phil Harman schrieb:
> >> Hi Alexander,
> >>
> >> What version of FPGA code are you running in Mercury?  The problem 
> >> you describe was present in the early release of code but was fixed a 
> >> few versions ago.
> >>
> >> 73's Phil...VK6APH
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alexander Geckeler" 
> >> <alexander.geckeler at gmx.de>
> >> To: <hpsdr at hpsdr.org>
> >> Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 7:06 AM
> >> Subject: Re: [hpsdr] Call for HELP - New HPSDR-Setup / nothing works
> >>
> >>
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> >>
> >> Hello Kirk,
> >>
> >> Ozy and Mercury are working perfectly at 192k until I add Penny!
> >> I think it hast sometihng to do with Penny...
> >>
> >> Alexander
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Kirk Weedman schrieb:
> >>> One suggestion (not a fix) - keep your sampling rate at 48KHz until it
> >>> starts working so as to eliminate any USB/PowerSDR/OS speed issues.
> >>> Also remove Penny until you get Ozy & Mercury running
> >>>
> >>> Alexander Geckeler wrote:
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> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Hello Graham and all other HPSDR friends!
> >>>>
> >>>> Primilary I will thank all of you who gave me feedback and thought
> >>>> impulses to experiment with the hardware setup of my HPSDR.
> >>>> To start: My setup with Ozy, Mercury and Penelope (Production by Gerd
> >>>> Lorch) ist still not working.
> >>>> This evening I had the time to test several setups – overall I made 7
> >>>> different which I will list below to give you an overview.
> >>>> It would be great to get your thougths and help to find a way to run
> >>>> my setup...
> >>>>
> >>>> General setup:
> >>>> - PC: MacBookPro, 2.4. Ghz, 2 GB RAM
> >>>> - OS: Win XP Home, SPII
> >>>> - PowerSDR: Version January 10 2009, V 1.10.4+BaseSVN2025
> >>>> - Mercury: TAPR production (Ordered December 2008) – factory firmware
> >>>> - Ozy: TAPR production
> >>>> - Penny: Gerd Loch production (Feb 2009) – factory firmware
> >>>>
> >>>> Setup 1:
> >>>> - Order of boards: Ozy J2, Penny J3, Mercury J5
> >>>> - Sampling rate: 192k = Panorama showed few amplitudes, sometimes
> >>>> indication of ADC overload
> >>>> - Sampling rate changed to 96k = „normal“ frequency spectrum visible
> >>>> - In both cases no audio, just clicking noises
> >>>> - After closing PowerSDR I heard still clicking noises
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Setup 2:
> >>>> - Removing Penny
> >>>> - Order of boards: Ozy J2, Mercury J5
> >>>> - Sampling Rate 192k
> >>>> - Result: Perfect audio, no ADC overload
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Setup 3:
> >>>> - Order of boards: Penny J1, Ozy J2, Mercury J5
> >>>> - Sampling rate: 192k
> >>>> - Result: Increased clicking noises, ADC overload indication,
> >>>> panorama showed a few amplitues
> >>>> - Changed sampling rate to 96k = panoram view showed „normal“
> >>>> frequency spectrum, no audio
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Setup 4:
> >>>> - Order of boards: Penny J1, Ozy J2, Mercury J5
> >>>> - 10Mhz clock active at Mercury
> >>>> - Sampling rate 192k = hang-up of PowerSDR
> >>>> - Lowering sampling rate to 96k = no audio just clicking noises
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Setup 5:
> >>>> - Order of boards: Ozy J2, Penny J3, Mercury J5
> >>>> - 10Mhz clock active at Mercury
> >>>> - Sampling rate 96k
> >>>> - Result: After running PowerSDR audio for 3 seconds
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Setup 6:
> >>>> - Order of boards: Ozy J2, Penny J4, Mercury J5
> >>>> - Sampling rate 96k
> >>>> - Result: After running PowerSDR audio for 5 seconds, even frequency
> >>>> change in panorma is possible
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Setup 7:
> >>>> - Order of boards: Ozy J2, Penny J4, Mercury J5
> >>>> - 10Mhz clock active at Mercury
> >>>> - Sampling rate 96k
> >>>> - Result: After running PowerSDR audio for 2 seconds
> >>>> -
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> I’m looking forward to your feedback.
> >>>>
> >>>> 73, Alexander
> >>>>
> 
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-- 
73,
John, W9DDD


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