[hpsdr] one Metis down...

[Phil Harman]

Hi Joe,

Have you tried putting Metis in Bootloader mode? If you insert J1 then power 
the board the LEDs should indicate boot mode.

If not then I suggest using your USB Blaster on the JTAG port to see if you 
can find/load the FPGA.

73 Phil....VK6APH


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Martin K5SO" <k5so at valornet.com>
To: <hpsdr at lists.openhpsdr.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2011 3:03 AM
Subject: [hpsdr] one Metis down...


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> FYI
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> I purchased two Metis boards and both operated normally upon receipt 
> yesterday.  However, after loading new FPGA code into one of the  boards 
> several times today using the HPSDRProgrammer without incident,  all of a 
> sudden the HPSDR Programmer program can no longer detect the  Metis board. 
> Upon examination I find that no status LEDs are lit on  the Metis board at 
> all.  The four power supply indicator LEDs on the  board are lit normally. 
> Power cycling does nothing to light any of  the status LEDs.
>
> Thankfully, the second Metis board is presently working and accepts  FPGA 
> code via the HPSDR Programmer program.
>
> Of course, I will further examine the dead Metis board carefully to  see 
> if I can determine the fault and cure it but any suggestions as to  how to 
> proceed with the troubleshooting would be much appreciated.
>
> 73,  Joe K5SO
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