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

Alexander Geckeler alexander.geckeler at gmx.de
Sat Mar 21 07:01:43 PDT 2009 

Hello Henry,

yes, I have a Penny board which is from Gerd Loch.

This evening I will update Mercury to firmware version 2.6 (Is this the 
newest?) and hope that this will help to solve the problem.

Alexander

Henry Vredegoor schrieb:
> Hello Alexander,
>
> I followed this discussion and I think it is not clear to a lot of people
> that you seem to have a Penelope from Gerd Loch instead of one from TAPR.
> Is this really the situation that you have a Penny from Gerd?
> This would be good to know and could be a next step in the isolation of the
> problem.
>
> I don't have a Penelope (_yet_) so I can't check this here, but isn't it so
> that you should be able to see the firmware version of Penny in
> "Setup/HPSDR" of PowerSDR? (with the latest version of PowerSDR)
> This should be an indication if PowerSDR "sees" Penny, if at all.
>
> Maybe if this doesn't work because of problems with the combination of your
> Penny and Mercury, trying this without Mercury, as a test and if at all
> possible, could be another clue to isolate the problem.
>
> 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?
>
> Also interesting to know if you run PowerSDR and if you have these problems,
> is there an abnormal high CPU load of PowerSDR?
> Can you still stop and start PowerSDR in a normal way or do you have to
> "kill" it?
>
> Success!
>
> Henry.
>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: hpsdr-bounces at lists.hpsdr.org 
>> [mailto:hpsdr-bounces at lists.hpsdr.org] On Behalf Of Alexander Geckeler
>> Sent: donderdag 19 maart 2009 23:07
>> To: hpsdr at hpsdr.org
>> Subject: Re: [hpsdr] Call for HELP - New HPSDR-Setup / nothing works
>>
>>
>> ***** High Performance Software Defined Radio Discussion List *****
>>
>> 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:
>>>       
>>>> ***** High Performance Software Defined Radio Discussion List *****
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Graham / KE9H schrieb:
>>>>         
>>>>> ***** High Performance Software Defined Radio Discussion 
>>>>>           
>> List *****
>>     
>>>>> Alexander:
>>>>>
>>>>> What is different about this new setup, compared to before?
>>>>> Did you just change the order of the boards, or did you change
>>>>> something else?
>>>>> Or is this the first time that you are running this system?
>>>>>
>>>>> What versions of software are you running in the boards?
>>>>> The original factory loads, or have you updated them?
>>>>>
>>>>> If you take Penelope off the bus, and just run Mercury and Ozy,
>>>>> can you get any sound out of the Mercury card?
>>>>>
>>>>> --- Graham / KE9H
>>>>>
>>>>> ==
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Alexander Geckeler wrote:
>>>>>           
>>>>>> ***** High Performance Software Defined Radio Discussion 
>>>>>>             
>> List *****
>>     
>>>>>> Hello together,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> maybe my last mail disappeared re. my HPSDR problem.
>>>>>> I'm a bit desperate...
>>>>>> Today I tried to start my new HPSDR setup (Mercury, 
>>>>>>             
>> Penny, Ozy) - 
>>     
>>>>>> but unfort. I didn't get any audio out of Mercury!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Here a small overview what I did in detail:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - I extended my older setup (it worked fine) which consisted of 
>>>>>> Mercury and Ozy with Penelope. I placed Mercury in slot 
>>>>>>             
>> 5, Penny in 
>>     
>>>>>> Slot 3 and Ozy in Slot 2. I removed JP8 on Mercury and 
>>>>>>             
>> swiched the 
>>     
>>>>>> 10 MHz clock within PowerSDR to Penny.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - Then I ran a level calibration with my Elecraft XG-2 
>>>>>>             
>> (the earlier 
>>     
>>>>>> setup ran without calibration) at -73Dbm / 50uV.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - After this I connected the headphones to Mercury
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - But I heard no sound out of the headphones - only, in large 
>>>>>> periodes some scratches/klick sounds.
>>>>>> - From time to time PowerSDR (Januar 10th Version - 
>>>>>> V1.10.4+BaseSVN2025) also indicated an ADC overload
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What I'm doing wrong?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It would be great to get your feedback.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 73, Alexander
>>>>>>             
>>>>>
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