[hpsdr] New Software and Firmware available

[dmb at lightstream.net]

Follow-up to my previous message:

Per the instructions in Appendix A of the Metis manual, I removed Mercury
and Penelope, and installed jumper JP1 on Metis, but then the
HPSDRProgrammer V2 application cannot find Metis at all. If I remove the
jumper and retry, it finds Metis again (though it still times out while
erasing).

73,
Dale, WA8SRA


> Thank you Phil, Joe, and Doug!
>
> I'm currently running:
> Metis v2.5
> Mercury v3.3
> Penelope v1.7
>
> ... and they are working fine w/ PowerSDRmRX and cuSDR. However when I try
> to update the Metis firmware using HPSDRProgrammer_V2 v2.0.3.2 to the new
> version (leaving all cards in place exactly as they are when everything is
> working), I get the following results:
>
> reading file...
> file read successfully
> Erasing device ... (takes several seconds)
> Error: erase timeout
> Power cycle and try again
>
> I then removed both Mercury and Penelope, leaving only Metis, but obtain
> the same results.
>
> FWIW, I had upgraded all three boards back in March without any problems
> using the previous version of HPSDRProgrammer_V2
>
> I can't seem to get beyond this point. Am I missing an important step (or
> more)?
>
> Thanks & 73,
> Dale, WA8SRA
>
>
>> ***** High Performance Software Defined Radio Discussion List *****
>>
>> All,
>>
>> The following new software is available:
>>
>> 1. HPSDRProgrammer V2.0.3.0 -  This fixes a problem with the programing
>> of
>> Angelia boards.   The latest code can be downloaded from
>> www.openHPSDR.org under Downloads.  This latest version should be use by
>> ALL
>> openHPSDR and Apache Labs users.  Thanks to Dave, KV0S, for the
>> software.
>>
>> 2. New FPGA code is available for  Mercury (V3.4),  Penelope/PennyLane
>> (V1.8), Metis (V2.6) and Ozy/Magister(V2.5).  The latest code can be
>> downloaded from
>> www.openHPSDR.org under Downloads.   You must update ALL boards to the
>> latest version before using with the latest version of PowerSDRmRX.
>>
>> For Ozy/Magister users you can either:
>>
>> 1.  Place Ozy_Janus_V2.5 in the directory where you have the latest
>> PowerSDRmRX.  Then edit initozy11.bat to use this file  OR
>> 2. Wait for Doug, W5WC, to announce a new version of PowerSDRmRX that
>> has
>> this edit made.
>>
>> The new versions of FPGA code allow Mercury to run at 384k samples per
>> second with multiple receivers.   The changes involved using the i2c
>> protocol for passing non-time-critical parameters that were previously
>> passed via independent Atlas bus lines.  The new code  allows
>> Atlas-based
>> systems, in most cases, to perform at a level that is similar to the
>> recent
>> performance upgrades that have been made as part of the OpenHPSDR
>> single-transceiver-boards, in as much as the Atlas-based hardware
>> permits
>> at
>> least.
>>
>> We are indebted to Joe, K5SO, for taking on the challenge of adding this
>> facility  and the many hours he spent developing theses great new
>> versions
>> of code.
>>
>> Thanks also to Doug, W5WC, for providing the support necessary in
>> PowerSDRmRX  to allow us to use these new features.
>>
>> Feedback as per usual via the reflector.
>>
>> 73 Phil....VK6APH
>>
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