Beginner Question: python script error when doing connect()

Hello,

I am trying to create a python equivalent of tx_samples.cc – to
transmit samples captured with usrp2_rx_cfile.py. When running my
program, I receive the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File “./usrp2_tx_cfile.py”, line 151, in
tb = tx_cfile_block(options, filename)
File “./usrp2_tx_cfile.py”, line 80, in init
self.connect(self._src, self._u);
File “/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gnuradio/gr/top_block.py”, line
124, in connect
self._connect(points[i-1], points[i])
File “/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gnuradio/gr/top_block.py”, line
130, in _connect
dst_block.basic_block(), dst_port)
File
“/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gnuradio/gr/gnuradio_swig_py_runtime.py”,
line 1443, in connect
return _gnuradio_swig_py_runtime.gr_top_block_sptr_connect(*args)
ValueError: itemsize mismatch: file_source(2):0 using 2,
usrp2_sink_16sc(1):0 using 4

From the error, it appears that the connect() call is failing, but I am
not sure why.

This is what my usrp2_tx_cfile.py looks like.

Thank you for your help.
Ilya

#!/usr/bin/env python

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“”"
Read samples from the USRP2 and write to file formatted as binary
outputs single precision complex float values or complex short values
(interleaved 16 bit signed short integers).
“”"

from gnuradio import gr, eng_notation
from gnuradio import usrp2
from gnuradio.eng_option import eng_option
from optparse import OptionParser
import sys

n2s = eng_notation.num_to_str

class tx_cfile_block(gr.top_block):

            def __init__(self, options, filename):
                            gr.top_block.__init__(self)

                            # Create a USRP2 source
                            if options.input_shorts:
                                            self._u = 

usrp2.sink_16sc(options.interface, options.mac_addr)
#the last True is to
restart the file when it is done
self._src =
gr.file_source(gr.sizeof_short,filename,True)
else:
self._u =
usrp2.sink_32fc(options.interface, options.mac_addr)
#the last True is to
restart the file when it is done
self._src =
gr.file_source(gr.sizeof_gr_complex, filename, True)

                            # Set transmitter interpolation rate
                            self._u.set_interp(options.interp)

                            # Set transmit daughterboard gain
                            if options.gain is None:
                                            g = self._u.gain_range()
                                            options.gain = 

float(g[0]+g[1])/2
print “Using mid-point
gain of”, options.gain, “(”, g[0], “-”, g[1], “)”
#set the gain
self.amp = 10 ** (options.gain / 20 )
self._u.set_gain(self.amp)

                            # Set transmit frequency
                            if options.lo_offset is not None:
                                            self._u.set_lo_offset(options.lo_offset)

                            tr = 

self._u.set_center_freq(options.freq)
if tr == None:
sys.stderr.write(‘Failed
to set center frequency\n’)
raise SystemExit, 1

                            #set output rate
                            output_rate = self._u.dac_rate() / 

self._u.interp()

                            #Filter if bandwidth was specified
                            if options.bandwidth is None:
                                            #self.connect(self._src, 

self.amp, self._u);
self.connect(self._src,
self._u);
else:
lp_coeffs =
gr.firdes.lowpass(
1,
#gain
output_rate,
#sampling frequency
options.bandwidth/2,
#cutoff frequency
options.bandwidth/2)
#transition width
#if samples are shorts,
convert to floats to do filtering
if options.input_shorts:
self.s2c
= gr.interleaved_short_to_complex();
self.lp
= gr.fir_filter_ccf(1,lp_coeffs)
self.c2s
= gr.complex_to_interleaved_short()
self.connect(self._src,
self.s2c, self.lp, self.amp, self.c2s,
self._u)
else:
self.lp
= gr.fir_filter_ccf(1,lp_coeffs)
self.connect(self._src,
self.lp, self.amp, self._u)

                            if options.verbose:
                                            print "Network 

interface:", options.interface
print “USRP2 address:”,
self._u.mac_addr()
print “Using TX d’board
id 0x%04X” % (self._u.daughterboard_id(),)
print “Tx gain:”,
options.gain
print “Tx baseband
frequency:”, n2s(tr.baseband_freq)
print “Tx DDC
frequency:”, n2s(tr.dxc_freq)
print “Tx residual
frequency:”, n2s(tr.residual_freq)
print “Tx interpolation
rate:”, options.interp
print “Tx sample rate:”,
n2s(output_rate)
if options.input_shorts:
print
“Writing 16-bit complex shorts”
else:
print
“Writing 32-bit complex floats”
print “Output
filename:”, filename

def get_options():
usage="%prog: [options] input_filename"
parser = OptionParser(option_class=eng_option,
usage=usage)
parser.add_option("-e", “–interface”, type=“string”,
default=“eth0”,
help=“use specified
Ethernet interface [default=%default]”)
parser.add_option("-m", “–mac-addr”, type=“string”,
default="",
help=“use USRP2 at
specified MAC address [default=None]”)
parser.add_option("-i", “–interp”, type=“int”,
default=32,
help=“set fgpa
interpolation rate to INTERP [default=%default]”)
parser.add_option("-f", “–freq”, type=“eng_float”,
default=None,
help=“set frequency to
FREQ”, metavar=“FREQ”)
parser.add_option("-g", “–gain”, type=“eng_float”,
default=None,
help=“set gain in dB
(default is midpoint)”)
parser.add_option( “-s”,"–input-shorts",
action=“store_true”, default=False,
help=“input interleaved
shorts instead of complex floats”)
parser.add_option( “-b”,"–bandwidth", type=“eng_float”,
default=None,
help=“bandwidth of
signal to transmit [default=no filtering]”)
parser.add_option("-v", “–verbose”,
action=“store_true”, default=False,
help=“verbose output”)
parser.add_option("", “–lo-offset”, type=“eng_float”,
default=None,
help=“set daughterboard
LO offset to OFFSET [default=hw default]”)

            (options, args) = parser.parse_args ()
            if len(args) != 1:
                            parser.print_help()
                            raise SystemExit, 1

            if options.freq is None:
                            parser.print_help()
                            sys.stderr.write('You must specify the 

frequency with -f FREQ\n’);
raise SystemExit, 1

            return (options, args[0])

if name == ‘main’:
(options, filename) = get_options()
tb = tx_cfile_block(options, filename)

            try:
                            tb.run()
            except KeyboardInterrupt:
                            pass

On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 03:09:54PM -0400, Chukhman, Ilya A. wrote:

self._connect(points[i-1], points[i])

Thank you for your help.
Ilya

You’re sending 2-byte wide data into a input that expects 4-byte wide
data.

Eric