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

[Erik Anderson]

Thank you for the quick response.  I'm not sure how much detail you want
with the LEDs.

Metis is currently directly connected to the PC.  I am able to ping Metis by
the IP I assigned it (192.168.10.1, PC is 192.168.10.2).

D14 - slow flash (100baseT)
D15/16/17/22/12/13 - I've gotten all of these to blink with traffic (the
pings)
D11 - slow/fast (static IP)
D21/20 - blinks when hitting "discover" on HPSDR programmer, nothing on
launching either KK or PowerSDR
D19/18 - i don't know how to trigger these
D23 - flashing

>From the user guide this seems... normal.

I don't see an explicit setting for discovery of Metis in PowerSDR.

KK reports the following interfaces:
(1/selected) TAP-Win32 Adapter V8 (virtual)
(2) Broadcom 802.11g (WiFi)
(3) PCI Fast Ethernet (LAN - metis)
(4) VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet (virtual)

On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 1:20 AM, Phil Harman <phil at pharman.org> wrote:

> **
> 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
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Erik Anderson <erikba at odysseus.anderson.name>
> *To:* HPSDR list <hpsdr at lists.openhpsdr.org>
> *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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