Re: correlation estimator causing flowgraph to hang: Return Code -15

[Cameron Matson]

Hi all,

An update: I've noticed that when the flowgraph hangs it's usually because the correlation estimator block is outputting a relatively larger 'amp_est' tag (in my case this is normally a value < 1 but sometimes up to around 10.  When it freezes it is usually > 50).  If I then close the GUI tab the flowgraph doesn't actually finish until I hit the 'Kill' button in GRC.  Only after that the terminal will print ">>>Done (return code -15)"  I can't find anything on what that code might mean.  Does anyone have any idea?

Thanks,

Cameron

On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 5:31 PM Cameron Matson <ncmatson95@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi all,

I'm trying to send packet data from between two USRPs wirelessly using the slightly modified uhd_packet_tx/rx examples (attached).  It appears that whenever the packet_rx block "finds" a correlation the entire flow graph hangs.  I say "find" because in order to get any output from the correlation estimator block within packet_rx I have to set the threshold very low, so I'm not very confident that it's finding what it needs.  I've tried playing around with the different encodings and header formats that are part of the example, but it doesn't seem to change anything.

First question: what could be causing the rx flowgraph to hang?  I know some of the downstream blocks in the packet_rx hier block use the tags the correlation estimator outputs.

Second question: what are some things I can try to improve the detection in the first place?

Thanks,

Cameron