Re: GPIO lines on RPi4

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To complete this demonstration of running a TCP server from within the 
GNU Radio Companion flowchart without modifying the generated Python code,
and correcting a mistake in the post below so that I can also update the Signal
Source frequency, I have uploaded
 
http://jmfriedt.org/2020-07-17-140636_2704x1050_scrot_ann.png 

(and removed the erroneous screenshots cited in the previous messages).

Gwenhael Goavec explained to me the mistake I was doing: when calling tt=t.t()
(since t is the Id of the flowchart) from the thread, I was creating a new 
instance of the whole flowchart, whose frequency variable did not match the 
one defining the frequency source signal that was being displayed.
Instead of creating a new instance of the flowchart in the thread, the argument 
"self"
must be provided when creating the thread. Then, the variables and methods from 
the
calling class can be accessed and indeed, changing the signal source frequency 
does
lead to a change in the displayed spectrum.

JM

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JM Friedt, FEMTO-ST Time & Frequency/SENSeOR, 26 rue de l'Epitaphe,
25000 Besancon, France

June 30, 2020 10:10 AM, jean-michel.friedt@femto-st.fr wrote:

> Thanks to this comment, I ended up finding a solution to call a thread
> running a TCP/IP server able to control the variables from the main
> processing flowchart, without modifying manually the generated Python for a Qt
> application.
> A screenshot, which I hope is self-explanatory, illustrating this process is 
> at
> http://jmfriedt.org/2020-06-30-083722_2704x1050_scrot.png
> 
> However I am facing a surprising result.
> I initially (see above) created a signal source, set its frequency to a 
> variable flo, 
> checked with a slider that changing flo did change the output frequency, 
> removed the 
> slider and set the signal source flo from my server. No change in the 
> frequency output.
> 
> So I went back to my initial setup in which I change not only the source 
> signal
> frequency but also the receiver hardware LO frequency of the B210, keeping 
> the TX LO
> fixed. And surely enough both a spectrum analyzer and the coupled output from 
> the
> B210 TX to the RX show the signal shifting.
> 
> Screenshots at
> http://jmfriedt.org/2020-06-30-095336_2704x1050_scrot.png show that the 
> callback function
> for the source frequency or LO frequency are exactly the same and so are the 
> server handling
> functions, while
> http://jmfriedt.org/2020-06-30-095712_2704x1050_scrot.png shows that the B210 
> TX frequency
> only changes when tuning the hardware LO, not the signal source LO.
> 
> Is there some signal that needs to be sent to the signal source beyond
> self.analog_sig_source_x_0.set_frequency(self.flo)
> to tell it to change frequency ?
> 
> Thanks, JM
> 
> --
> JM Friedt, FEMTO-ST Time & Frequency/SENSeOR, 26 rue de l'Epitaphe,
> 25000 Besancon, France
> 
> June 22, 2020 1:25 PM, "Marcus Müller" <mueller@kit.edu> wrote:
> 
>> It gets even better:
>> 
>> We've launched a feature in 3.8.1.0 (and on master before that, as we do
>> with any feature that ends up in a maintenance release) that we hope
>> doesn't come back to bite us due to enabling unclean design. But, we
>> must build best practices so that it doesn't go unused, either, so:
>> 
>> Assuming you're using GNU Radio 3.8.1.0 (or later, once we release
>> something), you can make use of the "Python Snippets" in GRC.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Marcus
>> 
>> On 18/06/2020 23.17, Marcus D. Leech wrote:
>> 
>>> On 06/18/2020 03:54 PM, jean-michel.friedt@femto-st.fr wrote:
>> 
>> My approach:
>> * build your grc chart from GNU Radio Companion and generate the .py file
>> * edit the py file and import pygpio
>> * play with the RPi4 GPIO in your python script.
>> 
>> See attached script, with a python server included in the Python script
>> to control an RF switch from a GNU Octave TCP/IP client talking to the
>> Python
>> TCP/IP server.
>> 
>> I am presenting this approach to hardware control at
>> http://jmfriedt.free.fr/sdra_radar.pdf
>> 
>> JM
>>> If you use "Python Module" block, you can write a lot of
>>> non-GnuRadio-esque python, import anything you want, etc, etc. No editing
>>> of the output python required, necessarily.
>> 
>> --
>> JM Friedt, FEMTO-ST Time & Frequency/SENSeOR, 26 rue de l'Epitaphe,
>> 25000 Besancon, France
>> 
>> June 18, 2020 9:40 PM, "Da Fy" <diver863uk@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi All, does anyone have an example of how to control GOIO lines on
>>> the RPi4 from within a GRC
>>> flowgraph. I’m guessing it’s an OOT module.
>>> 
>>> I need to generate a signal of a few 100Hz & control GPIO lines at
>>> various points though the cycle.
>>> 
>>> Alternatively, I could generate the signal & lines with external
>>> hardware & read them with
>>> GnuRadio.
>>> 
>>> Tnx, Dave