[hpsdr] another newbie question, this time with a lot of red blinking lights...

[Phil Harman]

Hi Eric,

Let's start with getting Metis working first. 

1. How is Metis connected to your PC - direct connection, via a switch etc?
2. Can you 'ping' Metis on the static IP address that you set?
3. What are the LEDs on Metis indicating - see the User Guide as to the meaning for each LED.

73 Phil...VK6APH 
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  From: Erik Anderson 
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  Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2011 1:39 PM
  Subject: [hpsdr] another newbie question,this time with a lot of red blinking lights...


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  Okay, finally got Mercury in the mail yesterday, which was the last piece for me to actually try to start using this thing.


  My setup currently includes a Metis (currently J1) + Mercury (currently J3), both currently with the same jumpers that they originally came with.


  I was able earlier to flash both cards with HPSDR programmer (metis: v1.3 w/J1 set, mercury: v2.9 w/LAST_JTAG set), and have set Metis (and my PC) to a static IP address.  At this point HPSDR programmer can detect the Metis card within a fraction of a second in "Metis Programmer" mode (even with the wrong setting of "Interface").


  I have downloaded both KK (v1.0.4 ethernet) and PowerSDR (v1.19.3.4 W5WC 5/14/11) (not familiar enough to know the strengths of each yet) along with libusb (didn't/can't install, just moved libusb0.dll into powersdr, it seems happy) and skins (which installed into a weird directory under "Documents and Settings").


  Please note that there is nothing connected to Mercury, I don't even have a dummy load connected, hoping no one cares for mercury (would like to know though if the not-yet-purchased Penny has any SWR protection on it)


  Current issues:
  (*) PowerSDR:
  - detection failure.  "Metis Address" is all zeroes and hitting the invisible [Start] button results in "Error starting HPSDR hardware, is it connected and powered?"
  - no skins?  I'm not getting a "no skins" error message on startup anymore, but I didn't know there was a [Start] button until I read about it in the QuickStart guide
  (*) KK
  - detection failure.  "Code Version" is all zeroes, "Ethernet tab" has no info other than a list of four interfaces, the selected one being a disabled VPN.  Attempts to switch the network adapter to the LAN results in "Restart KISS Konsloe to select new Network Adapter".  Unfortunately I haven't found the "save settings" button yet, it comes up pointing to the same VPN.


  I'm half guessing that most of these questions would just go away if I looked harder for the right documentation.


  Thanks for letting me try this out :-)
  Erik KE7YOA


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