[hpsdr] Metis - what am I doing wrong?!
Berndt Josef Wulf
wulf at ping.net.au
Fri Mar 11 06:02:55 PST 2011
G'day Chris,
I've downloaded the binaries from the OpenHPSDR.org website, which are more
recent than the one you mentioned in the original email.
cheerio Berndt
On 12/03/11 Chris Smith wrote:
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> Hi Berndt
>
> Now you have me worried. I just did an SVN update on the PowerSDR folder and
nothing newer than the version I'm running was downloaded. So where are the
versions you mention?
>
> Cheers
>
> Chris
>
> On 11 Mar 2011, at 13:09, Berndt Josef Wulf wrote:
>
> > ***** High Performance Software Defined Radio Discussion List *****
> >
> > G'day Chris,
> >
> > have you tried with a later version of PowerSDR? I've been successful in
using
> > PowerSDR 1.16.3 and PowerSDR 1.19.3 and Metis V1.1
> >
> > cheerio Berndt
> >
> > On 11/03/11 Chris Smith wrote:
> >> ***** High Performance Software Defined Radio Discussion List *****
> >>
> >> Hi John
> >>
> >> I haven't downloaded WireShark yet but in answer to your question: there
is
> > only one NIC on the PC and the port on the switch that this connects to
shows
> > a 10Base1000 connection.
> >>
> >> A clarification: D20 LED(9) only comes on when Metis responds to a
discovery
> > packet from either HPSDRProgrammer or PowerSDR otherwise it remains OFF
after
> > a power cycle.
> >>
> >> I'm off to the shack again to run WireShark though I feel that the
behaviour
> > of D20 indicates that PowerSDR and Metis are talking to each other at
least in
> > the discovery phase. It appears to be after that that things go wrong.
> >>
> >> Cheers & 73
> >>
> >> Chris G4NUX
> >>
> >>
> >> On 11 Mar 2011, at 12:44, John Melton wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi Chris,
> >>>
> >>> everything sounds OK with Metis and DHCP and HPSDRProgrammer.
> >>>
> >>> I do not use PowerSDR so cannot comment on it, but you could try running
> >>> WireShark to capture the packets. You should see PowerSDR send a
> >>> discovery packet (to address 255.255.255.255) and then see a response
> >>> from Metis. As HPSDRProgrammer is working you could also watch this
> >>> with WireShark as well.
> >>>
> >>> Do you have more than 1 network interface on the PC?
> >>>
> >>> -- John g0orx/n6lyt
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, 2011-03-11 at 12:07 +0000, Chris Smith wrote:
> >>>> ***** High Performance Software Defined Radio Discussion List *****
> >>>>
> >>>> Hmmm...
> >>>>
> >>>> Having shaken off Montezuma, at least to the extent that I feel safe
> > disappearing down the garden to my shack, I installed Metis and a new
Netgear
> > GS105 5 port gigabit switch. Installation is as per Figure 2 on page 5 of
> > Metis user manual.
> >>>>
> >>>> On power up of the hardware Metis appears to get an IP address from my
> > DHCP server and the LEDs settle down to:
> >>>>
> >>>> 14 Slow flash
> >>>> 15 Occasional/random flash
> >>>> 16 -
> >>>> 17 Occasional/random flash
> >>>> 22 -
> >>>> 12 -
> >>>> 11 ON
> >>>> 13 -
> >>>> 21 -
> >>>> 20 ON
> >>>> 19 -
> >>>> 18 -
> >>>> 23 2Hz flash (heart-beat?)
> >>>>
> >>>> John's HPSDRProgrammer is able to discover Metis and shows me a MAC
> > address and the IP address supplied by my DHCP server - IP is in the
correct
> > range.
> >>>>
> >>>> So far so good. I ran PowerSDR (KD5TFD 2Feb2011b) and selected
Connection
> > Type Metis (Ethernet) in Setup and Apply but the Metis Address IP & MAC
> > addresses both remain steadfastly at all zeros.
> >>>>
> >>>> I dismissed PowerSDR and cycled power on the hardware (later I even
> > restarted WinXP) but on starting up PowerSDR again the Metis Address still
> > shows all zeros and trying to Start PowerSDR gets me, after a several
second
> > delay, a message to the effect that HPSDR hardware was not detected and
was it
> > connected and powered on? PowerSDR also shows all the installed boards as
> > having version zero installed.
> >>>>
> >>>> Wondering if I needed Metis_V1.1 I successfully ran HPSDRProgrammer and
> > installed V1.1 though I haven't been able to verify that that is what is
> > loaded on Metis.
> >>>>
> >>>> I've read and re-read the Metis user manual until I can almost recite
it
> > verbatim but can't see what I might be doing wrong.
> >>>>
> >>>> It appears that although HPSDRProgrammer can see Metis PowerSDR can't.
> >>>>
> >>>> Help - please!
> >>>>
> >>>> Cheers & 73
> >>>>
> >>>> Chris G4NUX
> >>>>
> >>>> On 11 Mar 2011, at 08:05, Chris Smith wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> ***** High Performance Software Defined Radio Discussion List *****
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Parcelforce were as good as their word and Metis arrived safely
> > yesterday. Unfortunately I've been struck down with Montezuma's Revenge
for
> > the past couple of days so have be able to do nothing but look longingly
at
> > the unopened anti-static bag. :-)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Cheers & 73
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Chris G4NUX
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On 10 Mar 2011, at 23:26, Paul Fletcher wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> ***** High Performance Software Defined Radio Discussion List *****
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Mine is awaiting payment of duty so it's in the UK somewhere.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven Doyle"
> > <steve_doyle at o2.co.uk>
> >>>>>> To: <hpsdr at lists.openhpsdr.org>
> >>>>>> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 9:24 PM
> >>>>>> Subject: Re: [hpsdr] Metis
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> ***** High Performance Software Defined Radio Discussion List *****
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Hi,
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Metis arrived safely today in Blighty.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> After installing it, I then used HPSDRProgrammer to update to the
> > latest firmware(Metis V1.1) and then proceeded to update the firmware on
> > Mercury to v6.4(Diversity) & Penelope to v1.3.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Everything worked first time :)
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Many thanks to everyone involved.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> 73s
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Steve
> >>>>>>> G1YLB
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> -----Original Message----- From: Chris Smith
> >>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 1:21 PM
> >>>>>>> To: hpsdr at lists.openhpsdr.org
> >>>>>>> Subject: Re: [hpsdr] Metis
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> ***** High Performance Software Defined Radio Discussion List *****
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Ah-ha! I've just paid the import VAT on Metis and Parcelforce are
> > promising delivery tomorrow (Thur 10th Mar). Not bad - payment was taken
26th
> > Feb so 12 days from payment to delivery.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Many thanks TAPR and everyone involved.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Cheers & 73
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Chris G4NUX
> >>>>
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