Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Problem downloading firmware to USRP

[Natalia Olano]

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 Heunis <address@hidden>:
> 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 Heunis <address@hidden>:
>> Natalia
>>
>> I don't know which Linux you're using.  I'm guessing Ubuntu.  I'll try to 
>> help.
>>
>> When you sudo gedit /etc/group, do you get a line similar to this somewhere?
>>
>> usrp:x:1001:user
>>
>> where user is your username on your system?
>>
>> Also, when you sudo gedit /etc/udev/rules.d/10-usrp.rules, do you get
>> something similar to the following?
>>
>> ACTION=="add", BUS=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="fffe",
>> SYSFS{idProduct}=="0002", GROUP:="usrp", MODE:="0660"
>>
>> Sebastiaan
>>
>> --
>> Sebastiaan Heunis
>> Radar and Remote Sensing Group, University of Cape Town, South Africa
>> Tel:  +27 83 305 5667
>>
>



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Natalia Olano Agüero