[hpsdr] Mercury Problem

[Joe Martin K5SO]

Hi Stephen, 

As you probably know, the diagnostic LEDs on Mercury are arranged as follows; these will have the following “normal” powered-up indication before any PC program is run; that is, after a fresh power up of the Mercury board before any PC program is run: 

D3 = DONE_LED = ON
D4 = DEBUG_LED7 = OFF
D5 = DEBUG_LED6 = OFF
D6 = DEBUG_LED5 = ON 
D7 = DEBUG_LED4 = ON
D8 = DEBUG _LED3 = FLASHING
D9 = DEBUG_LED2 = FLASHING
D10 = DEBUG_LED1 = OFF
D11 = DEBUG_LED0 = OFF

If your clock is bad (or, for example, if jumper JP9 is missing or there is no jumper on CLKSEL) then only D3 = DONE_LED will be ON; all the others I mentioned will be OFF. 

73,  Joe K5SO

On Jan 27, 2013, at 3:53 PM, Stephen West-Fisher wrote:

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> Now that I have the ADC oriented correctly, it's time to move on.
> According to the LEDs, the code is loaded but not running - would that point
> me in the direction of a bad clock?
> 
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> Stephen West-Fisher
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> I have found that the ADC is 90 degrees off, mine has marks on two corners
> but under a magnifying glass it's obvious I picked the wrong one. I didn't
> even see the other.
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> Stephen West-Fisher
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> I've just finished building Mercury, and while I didn't expect it to work
> right off I don't know where to start the troubleshooting.
> 
> I loaded V3.2 firmware with no errors.
> I uninstalled my old PowerSDR and installed 2Rx v2.2.9 even though I have
> only the one Mercury.
> When I hit the power button with Mercury selected in setup PowerSDR locks
> up. If I de-select Mercury it runs fine.
> 
> I recall some discussion recently about software/firmware version issues but
> I cannot find it searching the list or on the openhpsdr site. Could someone
> point me to some current documentation about it?
> 
> While I didn't really expect the board to work first time, I did not expect
> it to lock up PoswerSDR, just to not work. Could this be from a hardware
> issue? If so, where should I start looking for errors on the board?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
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> N4IK
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