There appears to be an error in the LimeSuite Libraries. The call to “LMS_StopStream” should stop the transmission - it doesn’t. Even after the call to “LMS_DestroyStream” - the LimeSDR mini continues to transmit. It is not until the call to “LMS_Close” completely shuts things down that the transmission stop. I have include a version of basicTX.cpp that waits after the calls to LMS_StopStream and LMS_DestroyStream. The video
shows the problem - the LimeSDR mini continues to transmit after the calls to shut the stream down. It happens on MacOS, Ubuntu 18.04, Windows 10 and the Raspberry PI.
/**
@file basicTX.cpp
@author Lime Microsystems (www.limemicro.com)
@brief minimal TX example
*/
#include
#include
#include <math.h>
#include “lime/LimeSuite.h”
using namespace std;
//Device structure, should be initialize to NULL
lms_device_t* device = NULL;
int error()
{
if (device != NULL)
LMS_Close(device);
exit(-1);
}
int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
const double frequency = 500e6; //center frequency to 500 MHz
const double sample_rate = 5e6; //sample rate to 5 MHz
const double tone_freq = 1e6; //tone frequency
//Find devices
int n;
lms_info_str_t list[8]; //should be large enough to hold all detected devices
if ((n = LMS_GetDeviceList(list)) < 0) //NULL can be passed to only get number of devices
error();
cout << "Devices found: " << n << endl; //print number of devices
if (n < 1)
return -1;
//open the first device
if (LMS_Open(&device, list[0], NULL))
error();
//Initialize device with default configuration
//Do not use if you want to keep existing configuration
//Use LMS_LoadConfig(device, "/path/to/file.ini") to load config from INI
if (LMS_Init(device)!=0)
error();
//Enable TX channel,Channels are numbered starting at 0
if (LMS_EnableChannel(device, LMS_CH_TX, 0, true)!=0)
error();
//Set sample rate
if (LMS_SetSampleRate(device, sample_rate, 0)!=0)
error();
cout << "Sample rate: " << sample_rate/1e6 << " MHz" << endl;
//Set center frequency
if (LMS_SetLOFrequency(device,LMS_CH_TX, 0, frequency)!=0)
error();
cout << "Center frequency: " << frequency/1e6 << " MHz" << endl;
//select TX1_1 antenna
if (LMS_SetAntenna(device, LMS_CH_TX, 0, LMS_PATH_TX1)!=0)
error();
//set TX gain
if (LMS_SetNormalizedGain(device, LMS_CH_TX, 0, 0.7) != 0)
error();
//Streaming Setup
lms_stream_t tx_stream; //stream structure
tx_stream.channel = 0; //channel number
tx_stream.fifoSize = 256*1024; //fifo size in samples
tx_stream.throughputVsLatency = 0.5; //0 min latency, 1 max throughput
tx_stream.dataFmt = lms_stream_t::LMS_FMT_F32; //floating point samples
tx_stream.isTx = true; //TX channel
LMS_SetupStream(device, &tx_stream);
//Initialize data buffers
const int tx_size = 1024*8;
float tx_buffer[2*tx_size]; //buffer to hold complex values (2*samples))
for (int i = 0; i <tx_size; i++) { //generate TX tone
const double pi = acos(-1);
double w = 2*pi*i*tone_freq/sample_rate;
tx_buffer[2*i] = cos(w);
tx_buffer[2*i+1] = sin(w);
}
cout << "Tx tone frequency: " << tone_freq/1e6 << " MHz" << endl;
LMS_StartStream(&tx_stream); //Start streaming
//Streaming
auto t1 = chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
auto t2 = t1;
while (chrono::high_resolution_clock::now() - t1 < chrono::seconds(10)) //run for 10 seconds
{
//Transmit samples
int ret = LMS_SendStream(&tx_stream, tx_buffer, tx_size, nullptr, 1000);
if (ret != tx_size)
cout << "error: samples sent: " << ret << "/" << tx_size << endl;
//Print data rate (once per second)
if (chrono::high_resolution_clock::now() - t2 > chrono::seconds(1))
{
t2 = chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
lms_stream_status_t status;
LMS_GetStreamStatus(&tx_stream, &status); //Get stream status
// cout << “TX data rate: " << status.linkRate / 1e6 << " MB/s\n”; //link data rate
cout << “active " << status.active << " TX data rate: " << status.linkRate / 1e6 << " MB/s\n”; //link data rate
}
}
//Stop streaming
LMS_StopStream(&tx_stream);
LMS_DestroyStream(device, &tx_stream);
cout << " Wait After LMS_StopStream and LMS_DestroyStream" << endl;
t1 = chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
while (chrono::high_resolution_clock::now() - t1 < chrono::seconds(10)) //run for 10 seconds
{
if (chrono::high_resolution_clock::now() - t2 > chrono::seconds(1))
{
t2 = chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
lms_stream_status_t status;
LMS_GetStreamStatus(&tx_stream, &status); //Get stream status
cout << "active " << status.active << " TX data rate: " << status.linkRate / 1e6 << " MB/s\n"; //link data rate
}
}
//Disable TX channel
if (LMS_EnableChannel(device, LMS_CH_TX, 0, false)!=0)
error();
//Close device
if (LMS_Close(device)==0)
cout << "Closed" << endl;
return 0;
}