[hpsdr] Call for HELP - New HPSDR-Setup / it works!!!

[Alexander Geckeler]

Dear HPSDR friends!

To make one point clear:
The malfunction of my setup was NOT the fault of Gerd Loch and the board 
he produced - his Penny board works!


73, Alexander

Willi Reppel schrieb:
> Hallo Alexander,
>
> Bei Lesern Deiner "Call for Help" Einlagen konnte der Eindruck erweckt 
> werden, dass etwas an Gerds Leiter-platten nicht in Ordnung ist. 
> Deinem "Thank you all" sollte vielleicht ein "Sorry Gerd...." 
> beigefügt werden. Habe ihn als Fachmann schätzen gelernt, der 
> Lötfehler an meinen, von TAPR gelieferten Leiterplatten, ausfindig 
> machte und reparierte.
>
> vy 73 es gl
>
> SM6OMH
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alexander Geckeler" 
> <alexander.geckeler at gmx.de>
> To: <hpsdr at hpsdr.org>
> Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 9:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [hpsdr] Call for HELP - New HPSDR-Setup / it works!!!
>
>
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>>
>> Good evening!
>>
>> I had time to update Mercury to firmware version 2.6.  and I have to 
>> say THANK YOU ALL - HPSDR RX-works well!!!!
>>
>> The current setup is:
>> - Order of boards: Mercury (v2.6) J5, Penny (from Gerd Loch) J3, Ozy J2
>> - Mercury 122.88 Mhz clock source
>> - Penny 10 Mhz clock source
>> - Sampling Rate 192k
>> - level calibration was successfull
>> - PowerSDR version Jan 10th, 2009
>>
>> The audio is beautifull - it is nice to run this piece of technology.
>>
>> The next step is to connect a proper mic and test TX...
>>
>> 73, Alexander
>>
>>
>> -
>> Henry Vredegoor schrieb:
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>>> 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-----
>>>> From: hpsdr-bounces at lists.hpsdr.org 
>>>> [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
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> 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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