Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] USRP2 Sample 2.4 GHz Channel

[Matt Ettus]

Miklos Christine wrote:
> Yes, that is exactly what I'm looking for. However, when running 
> usrp2_rx_cfile.py with decimation = 4, I get a 'S' printing to stdout. 
> Is anyone else able to run usrp2_rx_cfile.py and not get that overrun 
> message?
> What could be the reason for 'S'? Is it a limitation on how fast we can 
> write the samples to the hard disk?
> I want to keep the maximum number of samples possible.


At a decimation rate of 4 you are generating 25 MS/s.  If those samples 
are complex shorts, that works out to 100 MB/s.  If those samples are 
complex floats, that is 200 MB/s.  In the former case, you really need a 
RAID array of at least two fast drives to keep up.  In the latter, 
you're going to need to do something more exotic.

Matt