Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] control of noutput_items by the user

[Martin Braun (CEL)]

Hi Zing Yu,

to be fair, this problem is not what you asked for in your initial post.

A couple of notes:
- The output buffer does not have to be "full" in order for the scheduler
  to call the following downstream block.
- Undeterministic latency is one inherent problem of GNU Radio
- 200 ms seems a bit much, though. Have you tried decreasing the buffer
  sizes between blocks? (Try set_max_output_buffer()).
- How many blocks are between your custom block and the UHD sink? Lots
  of blocks == lots of latency.

MB

On Mon, Dec 03, 2012 at 11:21:29AM -0800, Zing Yu wrote:
> Hi Tom,
> 
> What you have suggested is absolutely fine but it does not solve my problem.
> Actually, my custom block sends a burst of N samples whenever a condition in
> its code is met. Since that conditon is met pretty much regularly, I can say
> that the custom block sends a burst after every ~30 mS. Now, whenever
> noutput_items=2N are assigned to work() of my custom block, I observe that
> particular (to be transmitted) burst somehow does not get sent asap, rather it
> is sent after ~200mS. I have verified this by two ways:
> i) I receive the transmitted bursts at another node and measure the delay
> between successive bursts.
> ii) On the other hand, I time each bursts by means of tx_time_tag. Then, I do
> see that whenever noutput_items=2N, I see "L" printed in the console (which
> means packet is late and is discarded by the FPGA).
> 
> So, in summary, I would like to send my bursts asap no matter what value
> noutput_items takes. Or, I want the scheduler to assign me exactly
> noutput_items=N items everytime. What do you suggest?
> 
> Thanks,
> Yu.
> 
> p.s.
> 
> Alex,
> 
> 
> Could you explain a bit more how to accomplish what you have said? Thanks.
> 
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> From: Tom Rondeau <address@hidden>
> To: Zing Yu <address@hidden>
> Cc: "discu address@hidden" <address@hidden>
> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 7:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] control of noutput_items by the user
> 
> 
> 
> Yu,
> 
> 
> You don't always have to consume everything that's handed to you. So if you 
> get
> kN items, just process N of them, return N, then the scheduler will pass you
> the next N items in the buffer next time.
> 
> 
> Tom
> 
> 
> 
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