[hpsdr] New Metis and Hermes code.

[John]

Hi Phil,

I may have temporarily excommunicated myself from Hermes by improperly 
using the new programmer. What should I do to reprogram my Hermes with 
the new programmer (v 2.0.3.0)?  No jumpers have been changed on Hermes.

I think the problem is just in my procedure and not the hardware.  I 
successfully upgraded the firmware once before with the earlier 
programmer. When I first tried today I was able to discover the device 
information (which I wrote down).  Then I tried to program the chip, but 
I realized I had not downloaded the firmware yet (Just the new OpenHPSR 
program), so I shut down the programmer and downloaded the new firmware 
to a directory on my PC.

With everything back up, I tried again.  The program indicated it was 
erasing the chip, but couln't go farther.  I shut down the programmer 
and recycled the power to Hermes again and tried again, but it still 
didn't work.  I then tried the old version of OpenHPSDR and but it did 
not read the discovery type info from Hermes.  So I shut down OpenHPSDR.

I then tried various combinations, but was unable to get Hermes to work.

What does seem to me to work is that after about a minute the PC shows 
the Ethernet connection speed is 100.0 Mbps, so it perhaps the PC finds 
Hermes.

Also, I'm not clear what address I should use to program the Hermes IP 
address.  There seem to be two, one for the Ethernet at the PC and one 
for Hermes itself.  I just want to start Hermes more quickly (so the PC 
won't have to spent so long finding it) and upgrade the firmware.

Can you tell me how I should start over?

73,  John WoGN


On 2/16/2013 9:50 PM, Phil Harman wrote:
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>
> All,
>
> There is new Metis (V2.5) and Hermes (V2.3) code available at 
> www.openHPSDR.org  \Downloads.
>
> Both new versions remove the need to set a jumper in order to 
> set/reset an IP address.  The latest Hermes code increases the 
> sampling rate to 384ksps and also fixes a problem that some users 
> reported with occasional audio drop outs.  We are currently working on 
> increasing the sampling rate for Mercury.
>
> An announcement regarding the availability of PC software support for 
> the faster sampling rate will be made by the respective developers.
>
> We have also split the previous HPSDRProgrammer application into two 
> programs - HPSDRProgrammer V2.0 and HPSDRBootloader V2.0.
>
> This will simplify the uploading of new FPGA code to the hardware and 
> also setting an IP address. For most Hermes users HPSDRProgrammer V2  
> is the only program they will need to use.
>
> The second program, HPSDRBootloader V2.0,  provides the bootloader 
> recovery and JTAG programming of other HPSDR boards functions.  The 
> user interface has been modified to simplify the use of the software.
>
> Both these programs are available at www.openHPSDR.org  \Downloads.
>
> You can still use the previous version of HPSDRProgrammer to load the 
> latest versions of FPGA code but the new features (e.g. setting the IP 
> address) will not be available.
>
> New User Guides (Hermes V1.16 and Metis V1.4) that explain how to use 
> the new programmer software is available from  www.openHPSDR.org 
> \Documents.
>
> Thanks to Dave, KV0S, for developing the new programmer software and 
> the team of  FPGA code beta testers.
>
> 73 Phil....VK6APH


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