[hpsdr] Metis - what am I doing wrong?!

Chris Smith chris at vspl.co.uk
Fri Mar 11 06:50:10 PST 2011 

Hi Berndt

No, the PC's NIC connects to one port on the switch and Metis to another port. A further port on the switch connects to a wireless access point but that is not in the loop as far as discovery is concerned.

Cheers

Chris


On 11 Mar 2011, at 14:42, Berndt Josef Wulf wrote:

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> G'day Chris,
> 
> are you trying to access Metis using WiFi? I'm asking, because I see this 
> behavior when trying to access Metis through a wireless access point. In this 
> case HPSDRProgrammer discovery works, but PowerSDR can't connect to it.
> 
> 73, Berndt
> VK5ABN
> 
> 
> On 12/03/11 Chris Smith wrote:
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> Hi Berndt
> 
> OK - I think that is simply a different branch but it doesn't cure my problem 
> as V1.19.3 displays exactly the same symptoms.
> 
> Back to the drawing board!
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Chris
> 
> On 11 Mar 2011, at 14:02, Berndt Josef Wulf wrote:
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>> 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:
>>> 
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>>>> 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:
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>>>>> 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:
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>>>>>>> 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:
>>>>>>> 
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>>>>>>>> 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:
>>>>>>>> 
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>>>>>>>>> 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 *****
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>>>>>>>>>> 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
>>>>>>>>>> 
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>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 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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