Problem downloading firmware to USRP

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1

Hello all,

I am using a USRP Rev. 4.5 that has been working perfectly for a while
with gnuradio trunk rev. 10786. Suddenly I started getting the error:
usrp: failed to find usrp[0] when I try to run any gnuradio code. For
example, the output of usrp_test_loopback.py:

$> usrp_test_loopback.py
usrp: failed to find usrp[0]
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/local/bin/usrp_test_loopback.py”, line 65, in
main ()
File “/usr/local/bin/usrp_test_loopback.py”, line 58, in main
tb = build_graph ()
File “/usr/local/bin/usrp_test_loopback.py”, line 45, in build_graph
usrp_tx = usrp.sink_s (0, tx_interp)
File
“/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/gnuradio/usrp/usrp_swig.py”,
line 2776, in sink_s
return _usrp_swig.sink_s(*args, **kwargs)
RuntimeError: can’t open usrp

I have noticed that the LED of the USB controller is always blinking
at 3 Hz and never slows down. If I understand right from the FAQ, this
must mean the regular firmware is not properly downloaded. Could
anyone help me solve this?

Thanks in advance

Natalia Olano

2

Natalia

Maybe you should have a look at /usr/local/share/usrp where the .rbf
files that get downloaded to the USRP are? Try specifying a .rbf file
when you initialise the USRP in your script.

I’m just guessing a bit here.

Sebastiaan

Hello Sebastiaan,

Thanks a lot for your prompt answer. Yes I am using Ubuntu and I
execute the scripts as root. However, I also configured once the
access for another user in the system called default. So the commands
you suggested look like:

$ cat /etc/group|grep usrp
usrp:x:1002:default
$ cat /etc/udev/rules.d/10-usrp.rules
ACTION==“add”, BUS==“usb”, SYSFS{idVendor}==“fffe”,
SYSFS{idProduct}==“0002”, GROUP:=“usrp”, MODE:=“0660”

The thing is that I can use the same gnuradio installation with a
different USRP and it works, so I would say this is a USRP problem
rather than a permissions problem.

There is also this issue with the LED only blinking at higher speed
and never slowing down that I mentioned in my email to the list. What
could be happening?

Best regards
Natalia Olano

2009/5/20 Sebastiaan H. [email protected]:

3

Hello again,

Thanks a lot for the help. I managed to get it to work again with the
help of the usrper function as in:

http://gnuradio.org/trac/wiki/UsrpFAQ/Bitstream

Best regards
Natalia Olano

2009/5/20 Sebastiaan H. [email protected]: