Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Installation of GNU Radio/UHD on Windows

[Dave]

Thanks Derek,

 

I tried using Admin privileges and that did not make a difference.  I believe all the ports on my machine are USB3 however I’m not sure they use exactly the same hardware.  In any event I tried another one and it did make a difference.  I now get the message below regarding the need to run uhd_images_downloader.  I ran it (also below) and it indicates it needs me to specify a device however I have not figured out the correct way to do that.  Note:  All the images appear to be already on the machine in the share/uhd/images directory.  Also as you see below the message states to run C:\ProgramFiles\UHD\lib\utils\uhd_images_dowloader.py.  My installation is on the D: drive not the C: drive and the downloader appears to be an .exe file in the GNURadio-3.7\bin file.  I don’t know if something is looking for code in the wrong places or not.

 

D:\Program Files\GNURadio-3.7\bin>uhd_find_devices

Win32; Microsoft Visual C++ version 14.0; Boost_106000; UHD_003.009.003-0-unknown

 

 

UHD Warning:

    Could not locate B100 firmware. As an Administrator, please run:

    "C:\Program Files\UHD\lib\uhd\utils\uhd_images_downloader.py"

No UHD Devices Found

 

D:\Program Files\GNURadio-3.7\bin>uhd_image_loader.exe

Win32; Microsoft Visual C++ version 14.0; Boost_106000; UHD_003.009.003-0-unknown

 

Error: RuntimeError: You must specify a device type.

 

Thanks again,

 

Dave

 

 

From: Derek Kozel [mailto:address@hidden
Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2016 3:06 PM
To: Dave
Cc: GNURadio Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Installation of GNU Radio/UHD on Windows

 

Hello Dave,

Thanks for posting again. I don't know if anyone else has tried the B100 using the Windows UHD+GNU Radio binaries. Are you connected to a USB 2 only port or to a USB 3 port? I would try a dedicated USB 2 port if possible.

Also, I don't believe that permissions issues exist to the same degree on Windows, but can you try running uhd_find_devices in an administrator prompt?

Regards,

Derek

 

On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 2:58 PM, Dave <address@hidden> wrote:

I am trying to install GNURadio on a Windows 7,  64 bit  machine for use with a Ettus B100 usrp.   I used the gnuradio_3.7.9.2_win64 installer referenced on the GNURadio installation guide.

 

When I run uhd_find_devices I get the following:

 

D:\Program Files\GNURadio-3.7\bin>uhd_find_devices

Win32; Microsoft Visual C++ version 14.0; Boost_106000; UHD_003.009.003-0-unknown

 

No UHD Devices Found

 

When I look in my device manager I do see a USRPs device show as “Ettus Research LCC B100”

 

I posted this issue last week on the USRP discussion list and was advised to make sure I had only one instance of UHD.  I discovered I had incorrectly installed gnuradio using the installer mentioned above and also installed UHD using the installer on the ETTUS website not realizing the GNU radio installer took care of both.  I uninstalled GNU radio and uhd and removed everything I could find for both.  I then re-ran the gnuradio_3.7.9.2_win64 installer.  I still have exactly the same problem shown above with the inability to find the device.

 

Note:  I can successfully use gnuradio and the USRP device on this same computer using the LiveUSB image thus I don’t believe there are any hardware issues.

 

Can anyone provide me more tips on how to troubleshoot my installation?

 

Thanks,

 

Dave

 

 

 

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