Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Throttle Block Scenario

[Martin Braun]

On 11/13/2014 12:11 AM, Richard Bell wrote:
> I've created a flowgraph with two paths. One path allows me to transmit
> and receive over USRPs while the other path uses UDP loopback to bypass
> the USRPs if I don't have them connected and want to do some testing.
> 
> In the path that does not include the USRPs, I include a throttle block
> because I noticed the CPU usuage max out without it in this path. When I
> change the selector blocks to the USRP path, the throttle block is not
> part of the data pathway. I'm worried that the throttle block might
> still have an effect on the flowgraph by just existing.
> 
> Is this the correct way to handle this two path scenario?

If you're using GRC, most people would simply disable one path or the
other. You can disable and enable blocks using the 'd' and 'e' keys.

M