XCVR2450 issues

Hi,

we received two new XCVR2450 boards today (serial ~1390), and it seems
they refuse to work out of the box. I tested the boards both with UHD
and raw ethernet firmware+FPGA, the board both are unable to tune to
different frequencies, or any frequency for that matter. The
usrp2_fft.py script complains that it failed to set the frequency, an
older board works with the same code (serial ~700).

For UHD, it identifies the boards correctly, but it looks like the
attached picture everywhere, with or without antenna :wink:

Did something change in the way to handle the boards?

Matthias

On 08/05/2010 10:29 AM, Matthias W. wrote:

Hi,

we received two new XCVR2450 boards today (serial ~1390), and it seems they refuse to work out of the box. I tested the boards both with UHD and raw ethernet firmware+FPGA, the board both are unable to tune to different frequencies, or any frequency for that matter. The usrp2_fft.py script complains that it failed to set the frequency, an older board works with the same code (serial ~700).

Due to size issues, the xcvr handling had to be moved into its own image
for the gnuradio usrp2 drivers. Did you use the xcvr-specfic firmware
image?

http://ettus-apps.sourcerepo.com/redmine/ettus/projects/public/wiki/U2binaries#Firmware-Images

For UHD, it identifies the boards correctly, but it looks like the attached picture everywhere, with or without antenna :wink:

usrp2_fft.py will not work when the uhd images on the sd card. But im
not sure what you were running. :slight_smile:

-Josh