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Digital BaseBand Converter 3

Remote Connection

Remote connection to dBBC3 can be done via (addr: dbbc3[hb].*):

  • VNC connection with standard pwd
  • remote desktop with Windows XP user/pwd

Start DBBC3 Control

Select dBBC3 ops mode and version control. Initial options:

  1. Select N Configure and N Initialise for a quick start and load of the pre-settings (1 min).
  2. Select N Configure and Y Initialise for loading (5-10 min).
  3. Select Y Configure to flash the firmware into the FPGA's and initialisation of the system (20 min).

Launch DBBC Client v4. exe to communicate and launch the dBBC3 commands.

Calibration of the DBBC3

  1. Calibrate offset
  2. Calibrate delay
  3. Calibrate gain

Calibrate offset

  • dbbcif{a,b,c,d,e,f}=2,60 - Set a strong attenuation for each of the IF
  • dbbcif{a,b,c,d,e,f} - Check that each TPI value is in the order between 1000 to 8000
  • cal_offset={1,2,3,4,5,6} - Launch the cal_offset program for each the Core boards

One offset calibration per board, so in total it is needed to conduct the offset calibration 6 times.

/home/www/auscope/opswiki/data/attic/hardware/dbbc3.1550545223.txt.gz · Last modified: 2019/02/19 03:00 by Guifre