[hpsdr] Fw: Hermes/Metis Gnuradio update

[Phil Harman]

Hi Tom,

When first using Metis etc you need to select the clock sources before you
will receive any data. This is not a requirement with Hermes since there
are no software selectable clock options.

73 Phil...VK6APH


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> Hi John - the gnuradio software was tested with Hermes V2.0 on Ubuntu
> 12.04
> without Alex or any other boards. Perhaps there are settings specific to
> Metis/Penelope/Mercury/Alex needed to set relays or other things. Metis is
> initialized with the same register values that PSDR sends (with PSDR set
> in the Hermes mode).  I do not have an Atlas based system to test with,
> so any help is much appreciated.
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> The registers setup are:
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> C0 = 0x00 C1 = 0xE4 (for 48k)  C2 = zero C3 = zero C4 = 0x04 (for one Rx).
> C0 = 0x02 The Tx NCO frequency
> C0 = 0x04 The Rx1 NCO frequency - this corresponds to out0 in GRC
> C0 = 0x06 the Rx2 NCO frequency - this corresponds to out1 in GRC
> C0 = 0x08 zero (Rx3 NCO)
> C0 = 0x0A zero (Rx4 NCO)
> C0 = 0x0C zero (Rx5 NCO)
> C0 = 0x0E zero (Rx6 NCO)
> C0 = 0x10 zero (Rx7 NCO)
> C0 = 0x12  C1 = TxDrive  C2= zero  C3 = zero  C4 = zero
> C0 = 0x14  zero (the preamp on/off currently uses the V1.8 mode).
> C0 = 0x16  C1 = zero  C2 = 0x17  C3 = zero  C4 = zero
> C0 = 0x18  zero.  This register is undefined in the spec, but PwrSDR zeros
> it,
> so I did too.
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> The MOX bit is controlled via the GRC control panel with Off, Vox, and On
> modes.
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> -- Tom, N5EG
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>>
>> Also a special thanks to Tom for making gnuradio available. It built
>> fine,
>> but I am not getting any
>> output. I am using Linux Mint 64bit with Metis, Penelope, and Mercury.
>> It my be that I am using a different firmware from what he developed his
>> code with. I am using latest firmware.
>> Thanks for any help.
>> John N4HXL
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