[Discuss-gnuradio] USRP2 MATLAB

[Kaleem Rana]

Hello everyone, 

I am using USRP2 with XCVR2450 daughter card with Windows XP and MATLAB
R2011a in 2.4GHz ISM band. 

I am trying to implement a simple spectrum analyzer (based on energy
detection) with MATLAB's SDRu package (NOT Simulink!!!). I started with a
demo provided with the SDRu package (sdruFRSGMRSReceiver.m) and changed it
to implement a simple fftplot. I am using fftplot.m given on following link: 

http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/repository/revisions/master/show/gnuradio-core/src/utils

Here is my code: 

---------USRP2 parameters--------------- 

USRP_SAMPLE_RATE            = 100e6;   
params.USRPDecimationFactor = 4;     
params.USRPGain             = 5;       

params.FrontEndSampleRate   = USRP_SAMPLE_RATE/params.USRPDecimationFactor; 
params.USRPFrameLength      = 1024; 

------------SDRu initilization------------- 

if strcmp(findsdru, 'No devices found') 
  hSDRu = comm.SDRuReceiver( ... 
    'CenterFrequencySource', 'Input port', ... 
    'Gain',                  frsRx.USRPGain, ... 
    'DecimationFactor',      frsRx.USRPDecimationFactor, ... 
    'SampleRate',            frsRx.FrontEndSampleRate, ... 
    'FrameLength',           frsRx.USRPFrameLength, ... 
    'OutputDataType',        'single') 
  usrpAvailable = false; 
else 
  hSDRu = comm.SDRuReceiver('192.168.10.2', ... 
    'CenterFrequencySource', 'Input port', ... 
    'Gain',                  frsRx.USRPGain, ... 
    'DecimationFactor',      frsRx.USRPDecimationFactor, ... 
    'SampleRate',            frsRx.FrontEndSampleRate, ... 
    'FrameLength',           frsRx.USRPFrameLength, ... 
    'OutputDataType',        'single') 
  usrpAvailable = true; 
end 

% Get the carrier frequency for the selected channel 
fc = convertChan2Freq(channel); 


------------main loop of my program----------------- 

  % Loop until it reaches the target stop time. 
  timeCounter = 0; 
  StopTime = 10 
  
   while timeCounter < StopTime 

    [data, len] = step(hSDRu, fc); 
    
    figure 
    plotfft (data, frsRx.FrontEndSampleRate) 

    timeCounter = timeCounter + 1; 
    
  end 

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Using this code, I never see any signals in my plots, which are actually
there as I can see from a spectrum analyzer which I have at my desk. In my
plot I see only one peak at center frequency. 

My USRP2/MATLAB setup, SD card, UHD etc are all properly configured and
working fine since I have tested with MATLAB's demos. 

My first question, is it correct way to configure the USRP2 using MATLAB. I
mean I am only setting gain, decimation, samplerate, and frame length- Is
anything else is required. 

Otherwise, should I do something between reading data from USRP2 (i.e.[data,
len] = step(hSDRu, fc); 
) and fftplot().  I mean I am directly computing FFT using data read from
USRP2, Is it correct OR should something else be done to prepare this
data??? 

In [data, len] = step(hSDRu, fc), 'len' is always 0 even though I am getting
some complex numbers in 'data', can you please comment why this is so. 

Best Regards 


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