Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GRC problems

[Johannes Demel]

Hi Nathan,

My guess is that the problem is a bit more tricky.

The XML block definition works fine as long as the message port is not
present. I can use nports as shown in stream_to_streams.

It also works fine as long as the nports statement is not used and a
message port is defined. This means copy and paste the stream port
definition for every port. Assign a port name manually etc.

Nevertheless the combination using nports and message ports in one XML
definition fails. I hope that clarifies my problem description.

Johannes

On 12.10.2013 13:43, West, Nathan wrote:
> Re: #1, if the block's xml is malformed then GRC will basically show
> nothing (that grey flowgraph page you describe). Are you defining $ports
> in the make node? Compare to a similar block to make sure everything is
> defined properly.
> https://github.com/gnuradio/gnuradio/blob/master/gr-blocks/grc/blocks_streams_to_stream.xml
> 
> I'm not sure of a way to debug what section might be wrong, so compare
> against other blocks with message ports too.
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 12:58 PM, Jared Clements
> <address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden>> wrote:
> 
>     I'll confirm that #2 is either a bug or merely unexpected behavior. 
>     I work around it by prototyping hier blocks as custom GRC blocks,
>     then using that to build an OOT module block that actually works. 
>     Being unable to enter parameters at run time is severely limiting.
> 
>     I've not experienced #1, that functionality seems to work once I get
>     the python file and the GRC file matching.  I was getting the same
>     errors for a while until I found the right idiom.
> 
>     Jared
> 
>     On Oct 12, 2013 11:18 AM, "Johannes Demel" <address@hidden
>     <mailto:address@hidden>> wrote:
> 
>         Hi list,
> 
>         I discovered 2 problems with GRC recently.
> 
>         1. I have a custom block with a message port (with a fixed port
>         name)
>         and some stream ports which include a <nports>...</nports>
>         definition.
>         The whole thing works fine as long as I have a fixed number of
>         ports.
>         Each declared separately. But as soon as I use a nport statement GRC
>         won't display this block correctly [1]. Even worse if I enter values
>         which affect the number of ports, the whole flowgraph will
>         disappear.
>         Just a grey flowgraph page.
> 
>         2. To make things easier for me (and to not create a well known
>         kind of
>         artwork) I use hier blocks. This works fine as long as I have
>         fixed size
>         vector ports. But adding a parameter block, say vlen, for vector
>         size to
>         dynamically change the hier block doesn't work. The python generator
>         does not generate the hier block python file with vlen as vector
>         size.
>         Instead it puts in the default value. A parameter block without
>         default
>         value results in an error. A hard coded vector size is not exactly
>         helpful in this case.
> 
>         I didn't have time to dig into it yet. Thus I thought I share my
>         experience with you. Maybe I am not the only one with this
>         problem and
>         someone already knows how to fix it.
> 
>         Happy hacking
>         Johannes
> 
>         [1]
>         <sink>
>           <name>msg</name>
>           <type>message</type>
>           <optional>1</optional>
>         </sink>
> 
>         <sink>
>           <name>in</name>
>           <type>complex</type>
>           <vlen>$vlen</vlen>
>           <nports>$ports</nports>
>         </sink>
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