[hpsdr] Penny FPGA Load

[Joe Martin K5SO]

Hi John,

I just tried it as stated below but get exactly the same results as  
before; namely, if I use HPSDR Programer v1.4 the program does not  
find a Mercury or Penny in the "Interrogate" mode but if I use HPSDR  
Programmer v1.0 it does find it, so apparently the slot positions I  
used before (Merc or Penny in J6, Metis in J5) make no difference on  
my particular system.

It's interesting to me that the target board (Mercury or Penny) is  
specified below as needing to be in J2 and the PC interface board  
(Metis in this case) in J1 whereas initially (before Metis came out)  
it was stated that the target board needed to be in J6 and the PC  
interface board in J5 (which is what I normally do when updating  
FPGAs).   Oh well, no matter.  On my particular system either way  
yields identical results for me.  I still need to keep both v1.0 and  
v1.4 of HPSDR Programmer around to cover all bases, hihi.  This  
situation is a nit as far as I'm concerned.  Perhaps one day I'll  
focus on why my system behaves this way but I think for now the  
situation is perfectly acceptable and workable for me.

Thanks for the note!  Sorry that my system is a bit weird with respect  
to the HPSDR Programmer; my particular computer system is apparently  
unique in this respect.   I hope I didn't alarm anyone with my  
observations; it's not much of a problem for me, to be sure.  I use  
both versions of HPSDR Programmer as necessary here and I like the  
program very much!

73,  Joe K5SO

On Jul 13, 2011, at 1:05 PM, John Melton wrote:

> Hi Joe,
>
> The Metis User Manual can be downloaded from
> http://openhpsdr.org/documents.php .
>
> It states:
>
> Remove power from the Atlas bus then connect a jumper to JP1 on the
> Metis board; this places the board in Bootloader mode.
> Place the ‘Last JTAG’ jumper on the target board e.g. JP7 for Mercury,
> Penelope and PennyLane. Remove all other boards from the Atlas bus.
> Place the target board and Metis in adjacent Atlas slots with Metis
> farthest from the Power connector.
>
> Using this setup it has always worked for me.
>
> -- John
>
>


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