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

Henry Vredegoor henry.vredegoor at gmail.com
Fri Mar 20 17:04:57 PDT 2009


Joe,

Thanks Joe for filling in on this.
I looked for something similar like the file you mentioned.
I suppose it's somewhere in the svn but couldn't find it.
Can you give pointer to this file?

Thanks,

Henry.

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:hpsdr-bounces at lists.hpsdr.org] On Behalf Of Joe Martin K5SO
> Sent: zaterdag 21 maart 2009 0:41
> To: hpsdr at hpsdr.org
> Subject: Re: [hpsdr] Call for HELP - New HPSDR-Setup / nothing works
> 
> 
> ***** High Performance Software Defined Radio Discussion List *****
> 
> Penelope updates in an analogous way to Mercury (no 
> ByteBlaster cable  
> is necessary if you use the ByteBlaster simulation code as described  
> in the Read Me file describing how to update the firmware in Mercury  
> and Penelope).  Simply execute the Program-Penelope-EPCS4.bat file  
> instead of Program-Mercury-EPCS16.bat file to update Penelope.   
> There's only one choice in Program-Penelope-EPCS4.bat at the present  
> time, version 1.1 (selection A when you run the .bat code) so it's  
> straightforward to do it.
> 
> Make sure that Penny is in slot 6 (nearest the power connector) and  
> Ozy is in slot 5 next to it when you do the firmware.  Also ensure  
> that the "Last JTAG" jumper is installed on Penny when you do the  
> update.  I usually have only Ozy and the board being updated on the  
> Atlas bus when updating.  It might also work with other 
> boards on the  
> bus during the update but I've never tried that.
> 
> When you're done updating (you have to power off the Atlas buss and  
> then power it back on for it run the newly updated firmware) you can  
> move Penny and Ozy (and Mercury) to any other slot configuration you  
> desire (that is stable on your system) but make sure the "Last JTAG"  
> jumper is installed only on one board, Mercury or Penelope; 
> it doesn't  
> matter which one (Mercury or Penny) has the jumper on it but 
> put it on  
> only one of them when you have Ozy, Mercury, and Penny all on the  
> Atlas bus simultaneously.
> 
> Hope this info helps.
> 
> 73, Joe K5SO
> 
> On Mar 20, 2009, at 5:17 PM, Henry Vredegoor wrote:
> > If you get an indication of the firmware version, what is it?
> > Compare this with the latest version of the firmware for Penny and  
> > if this
> > is not the latest, upgrade to the latest version and test again.
> > (I don't know if and how you can do this using Ozy like 
> with upgrading
> > Mercury though, or if you have to have a physical ByteBlaster or - 
> > clone)
> > Maybe someone else could fill in on this?
> 
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