How to get started using UHD

GNU Radio
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Hello:

I have a USRP2 with a WBX, and I’m using a raw Ethernet interface. I’m
running GNU Radio 3.3.0 with openSUSE 11.2 and Python 2.6.2

How can I get started using UHD?

I need to get a branch of GNU Radio that supports it, but I don’t know
Git at all. How can I pull the correct GNU Radio tree from the Git
repository? Then I build it, just as I built the 3.3.0 , right?

Then I need to burn a new UHD-compatible firmware image and FPGA image
onto the SD card. I think I can get it from here, right?
http://www.ettus.com/downloads/uhd_images/UHD-images-most-recent/

Is there anything else I would need to do?
Would I be done at this point?

Thanks for your help.

Steve McMahon

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On 12/18/2010 12:07 AM, Steve M. wrote:

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http://code.ettus.com/redmine/ettus/projects/uhd/wiki

Would be an excellent starting point.

Make sure to do the parts labelled “GnuRadio + UHD”

–
Principal Investigator
Shirleys Bay Radio Astronomy Consortium

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Hi,

I am trying to do the same thing and I realize exactly what his question
is,
since the results of the commands I am running do not seem to be leading
me
anywhere. Please read on :slight_smile:

I have uhd already compiled and installed. Next I want to do the gr-uhd
step
so I try:

git clone gnuradio.git - GNU Radio

then after that cd /gnuradio

then

git branch --track next origin/next
git checkout next

for which I get the following results:

[gnuradio@localhost gnuradio]$ git branch --track next origin/next
Branch next set up to track remote branch next from origin.

and

[gnuradio@localhost gnuradio]$ git checkout next
Switched to branch ‘next’

And that is all. It kind of leaves me doubting whether I have done the
correct thing or not because intuitively I am expecting to see a new
directory that reads something like gr-uhd.

What am I missing?

Nick

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Hi Jos,

Output of git describe

v3.3.1git-831-gbb438e7

However, I eventually saw gr-uhd. It did appear though I do not know
when
because I rerun the commands just to confirm.

Thanks!

Nick

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directory that reads something like gr-uhd.

You should see a directory named gr-uhd. Its odd that you dont?

Can you post the output of the command: git describe

-Jos