Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Different uhd behavior with two cloned computers

[Marcus D. Leech]

On 01/21/2019 06:48 PM, Achilleas Anastasopoulos wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have successfully installed from source gnuradio on an ubuntu 10.4.
>
> We are in the process of creating a communications lab with 10 hosts 
> and 10 X300
> and we thought the easiest way is to clone the original computer so 
> that we don't have to reinstall all the software.
>
> However, when I tried to the same command on the 2nd computer I get a 
> different result:
>
> FIRST (original) computer
>
> address@hidden:~$ uhd_usrp_probe
> [INFO] [UHD] linux; GNU C++ version 7.3.0; Boost_106501; 
> UHD_3.13.0.1-release
> [INFO] [X300] X300 initialization sequence...
> [INFO] [X300] Maximum frame size: 1472 bytes.
> [INFO] [X300] Radio 1x clock: 200 MHz
> [INFO] [GPS] No GPSDO found
> [INFO] [0/DmaFIFO_0] Initializing block control (NOC ID: 
> 0xF1F0D00000000000)
> [INFO] [0/DmaFIFO_0] BIST passed (Throughput: 1310 MB/s)
> [INFO] [0/DmaFIFO_0] BIST passed (Throughput: 1314 MB/s)
> [INFO] [0/Radio_0] Initializing block control (NOC ID: 0x12AD100000000001)
> [INFO] [0/Radio_1] Initializing block control (NOC ID: 0x12AD100000000001)
> [INFO] [0/DDC_0] Initializing block control (NOC ID: 0xDDC0000000000000)
> [INFO] [0/DDC_1] Initializing block control (NOC ID: 0xDDC0000000000000)
> [INFO] [0/DUC_0] Initializing block control (NOC ID: 0xD0C0000000000000)
> [INFO] [0/DUC_1] Initializing block control (NOC ID: 0xD0C0000000000000)
> _____________________________________________________
>  /
> |       Device: X-Series Device
> | _____________________________________________________
> |    /
> |   |       Mboard: X310
> |   |   revision: 11
> |   |   revision_compat: 7
> |   |   product: 30818
> |   |   mac-addr0: 00:80:2f:22:60:05
> |   |   mac-addr1: 00:80:2f:22:60:06
> |   |   gateway: 192.168.10.1
> |   |   ip-addr0: 192.168.10.2
> |   |   subnet0: 255.255.255.0
> |   |   ip-addr1: 192.168.20.2
> |   |   subnet1: 255.255.255.0
> |   |   ip-addr2: 192.168.30.2
> |   |   subnet2: 255.255.255.0
> |   |   ip-addr3: 192.168.40.2
> |   |   subnet3: 255.255.255.0
> |   |   serial: 311D131
> |   |   FW Version: 6.0
> |   |   FPGA Version: 35.1
> |   |   FPGA git hash: 1107862
> |   |   RFNoC capable: Yes
> |   |
> |   |   Time sources:  internal, external, gpsdo
> |   |   Clock sources: internal, external, gpsdo
> |   |   Sensors: ref_locked
> |   | _____________________________________________________
> |   |    /
> |   |   |       RX Dboard: A
> |   |   |   ID: UBX-160 v2 (0x007e)
> |   |   |   Serial: 315EA0D
> |   |   | _____________________________________________________
> |   |   |    /
> |   |   |   |       RX Frontend: 0
> |   |   |   |   Name: UBX RX
> |   |   |   |   Antennas: TX/RX, RX2, CAL
> |   |   |   |   Sensors: lo_locked
> |   |   |   |   Freq range: 10.000 to 6000.000 MHz
> |   |   |   |   Gain range PGA0: 0.0 to 31.5 step 0.5 dB
> |   |   |   |   Bandwidth range: 160000000.0 to 160000000.0 step 0.0 Hz
> |   |   |   |   Connection Type: IQ
> |   |   |   |   Uses LO offset: No
> |   |   | _____________________________________________________
> |   |   |    /
> |   |   |   |       RX Codec: A
> |   |   |   |   Name: ads62p48
> |   |   |   |   Gain range digital: 0.0 to 6.0 step 0.5 dB
> |   | _____________________________________________________
> |   |    /
> |   |   |       RX Dboard: B
> |   |   | _____________________________________________________
> |   |   |    /
> |   |   |   |       RX Frontend: 0
> |   |   |   |   Name: Unknown (0xffff) - 0
> |   |   |   |   Antennas:
> |   |   |   |   Sensors:
> |   |   |   |   Freq range: 0.000 to 0.000 MHz
> |   |   |   |   Gain Elements: None
> |   |   |   |   Bandwidth range: 0.0 to 0.0 step 0.0 Hz
> |   |   |   |   Connection Type: IQ
> |   |   |   |   Uses LO offset: No
> |   |   | _____________________________________________________
> |   |   |    /
> |   |   |   |       RX Codec: B
> |   |   |   |   Name: ads62p48
> |   |   |   |   Gain range digital: 0.0 to 6.0 step 0.5 dB
> |   | _____________________________________________________
> |   |    /
> |   |   |       TX Dboard: A
> |   |   |   ID: UBX-160 v2 (0x007d)
> |   |   |   Serial: 315EA0D
> |   |   | _____________________________________________________
> |   |   |    /
> |   |   |   |       TX Frontend: 0
> |   |   |   |   Name: UBX TX
> |   |   |   |   Antennas: TX/RX, CAL
> |   |   |   |   Sensors: lo_locked
> |   |   |   |   Freq range: 10.000 to 6000.000 MHz
> |   |   |   |   Gain range PGA0: 0.0 to 31.5 step 0.5 dB
> |   |   |   |   Bandwidth range: 160000000.0 to 160000000.0 step 0.0 Hz
> |   |   |   |   Connection Type: QI
> |   |   |   |   Uses LO offset: No
> |   |   | _____________________________________________________
> |   |   |    /
> |   |   |   |       TX Codec: A
> |   |   |   |   Name: ad9146
> |   |   |   |   Gain Elements: None
> |   | _____________________________________________________
> |   |    /
> |   |   |       TX Dboard: B
> |   |   | _____________________________________________________
> |   |   |    /
> |   |   |   |       TX Frontend: 0
> |   |   |   |   Name: Unknown (0xffff) - 0
> |   |   |   |   Antennas:
> |   |   |   |   Sensors:
> |   |   |   |   Freq range: 0.000 to 0.000 MHz
> |   |   |   |   Gain Elements: None
> |   |   |   |   Bandwidth range: 0.0 to 0.0 step 0.0 Hz
> |   |   |   |   Connection Type: IQ
> |   |   |   |   Uses LO offset: No
> |   |   | _____________________________________________________
> |   |   |    /
> |   |   |   |       TX Codec: B
> |   |   |   |   Name: ad9146
> |   |   |   |   Gain Elements: None
> |   | _____________________________________________________
> |   |    /
> |   |   |       RFNoC blocks on this device:
> |   |   |
> |   |   |   * DmaFIFO_0
> |   |   |   * Radio_0
> |   |   |   * Radio_1
> |   |   |   * DDC_0
> |   |   |   * DDC_1
> |   |   |   * DUC_0
> |   |   |   * DUC_1
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------
>
> SECOND (cloned) computer
>
> address@hidden:~$ uhd_usrp_probe
> [INFO] [UHD] linux; GNU C++ version 7.3.0; Boost_106501; 
> UHD_3.13.1.0-release
> [INFO] [X300] X300 initialization sequence...
> [INFO] [X300] Maximum frame size: 1472 bytes.
> [INFO] [X300] Radio 1x clock: 200 MHz
> [INFO] [GPS] No GPSDO found
> [INFO] [0/DmaFIFO_0] Initializing block control (NOC ID: 
> 0xF1F0D00000000000)
> [ERROR] [0/DmaFIFO_0] Major compat number mismatch for noc_shell: 
> Expecting 3, got 2.
> Error: RuntimeError: FPGA component `noc_shell' is revision 2 and UHD 
> supports revision 3. Please either upgrade the FPGA image 
> (recommended) or downgrade UHD.
>
>
> Interestingly enough, when I execute a grc flowgraph in the SECOND 
> computer everything works fine, eg:
>
> address@hidden:~/test$ ./usrp_source_control.py
> [INFO] [UHD] linux; GNU C++ version 7.3.0; Boost_106501; 
> UHD_3.13.0.1-release
> [INFO] [X300] X300 initialization sequence...
> [INFO] [X300] Maximum frame size: 1472 bytes.
> [INFO] [X300] Radio 1x clock: 200 MHz
> [INFO] [0/DmaFIFO_0] Initializing block control (NOC ID: 
> 0xF1F0D00000000000)
> [INFO] [0/DmaFIFO_0] BIST passed (Throughput: 1320 MB/s)
> [INFO] [0/DmaFIFO_0] BIST passed (Throughput: 1312 MB/s)
> [INFO] [0/Radio_0] Initializing block control (NOC ID: 0x12AD100000000001)
> [INFO] [0/Radio_1] Initializing block control (NOC ID: 0x12AD100000000001)
> [INFO] [0/DDC_0] Initializing block control (NOC ID: 0xDDC0000000000000)
> [INFO] [0/DDC_1] Initializing block control (NOC ID: 0xDDC0000000000000)
> [INFO] [0/DUC_0] Initializing block control (NOC ID: 0xD0C0000000000000)
> [INFO] [0/DUC_1] Initializing block control (NOC ID: 0xD0C0000000000000)
> INFO: Apache Thrift: -h AA-2 -p 9090
>
> and the program starts running
> ------------------------
>
> Any ideas as to why "uhd_usrp_probe" fails in the SECOND (cloned)
> computer (with the same X310)?
>
> thanks
> Achilleas
Note that on your second computer, Gnu Radio was built against a 
different UHD version--look carefully at the outputs.