Hello
I purchased my LIMESDR MINI in April 2018 from crowd supply and received after 2 months.
Initially, I tested the SDR in LimeSuiteGUI_20171115_9c6611.exe, it was able to detect, load the default file, tx, Rx calibration was fine(green led). I was able to hear FM broadband reception using RTL SDR Console V3(version 3).
I thought to explore LTE base station software srsLTE and Osmocom BTS this month. To my amazement, the new LimeSuite though able to recognize unable to load default, Rx and tx calibration were failing(yellow and red led).
Rx calibration error message
[13:41:25] ERROR: Rx calibration: MCU error 3 (SXR tune failed)
Tx calibration error message
[13:42:14] ERROR: Tx Calibration: MCU error 2 (CGEN tune failed)
Default loading error message
[13:42:33] ERROR: SetFrequencyCGEN(61.44 MHz) failed
In Lime quicktest output
RF Loopback Test ]
->Configure LMS
SetFrequencySXT(1250 MHz) - cannot deliver frequency
TuneVCO(CGEN) - failed to lock (cmphl!=0)
SetFrequencyCGEN(122.88 MHz) failed
Failed to set sample rate
->RF Loopback Test FAILED
=> Board tests FAILED <=
Rest tests clock,FPGA, and LMS7002 are passing.
Needless to say, the same issues are coming when I try to run srsLTE.
I could not receive FM using the latest SDR Console software(3.0.10).
When I revert back to the older SDR Console(3.0), I am able to listen to FM station(the TX option is not active in this version so I can’t check transmission). It appears to me the firmware issue and when I try to update the firmware using latest Limesuite, the status says updates are successful but the SDR does not pass tx, Rx calibration, unable to load default settings.
I presume my SDR is working fine(at least Rx part which I could verify) but there is a firmware mismatch.
I request the members to help me to find out how I could update the firmware and will be able to use SDR Console first then perhaps I could use in LTE.
after updating the firmware LimeSDR-Mini_HW_1.1_r1.24.rpd , LimeSuiteGUI (LimeSuiteGUI_20171115_9c6611 and LimeSuiteGUI_20190513_b534e74) both are working fine.
I am unable to update the firmware LimeSDR-Mini_HW_1.2_r1.30.rpd properly , once the latest firmware gets loaded by LimeSuiteGUI_20190513_b534e74, default and other settings fails.
I received mine about 10 days ago.
Out of the box, the only thing that actually seem to work is the self test. Haven’t had the time to do some deep research yet.
I observed osmocom bts, srslte package works with my limesdr mini when it is loaded with firmware 1.24, the latest firmware 1.30 does not work with these packages
@skymos , Paul I envy you , The limesdr-mini works good with sdr console program(latest version) with firmware 1.30, but somehow it did not work with srsLTE and osmcombts.
But it does work only with firmware 1.24. However, even if the transmission is there in srsLTE , i could not see the network.
with osmocombts(NITB), i am unable to compile osmo-bts-trx due to strange reason. You could refer
Probably i am that not that good in Linux/Unix OS, could you help
I use debian 9 64bit. I compile everything transceiver related from sources (limesuite, libosmocore and osmo-trx) and just apt the rest (nitb and osmo-bts-trx).
I even running this on Armbian stretch on a SBC (not PI4! pi4 is full of bugs. i use H5 based SBC. too popular to name a name)
You obviously need to renice/chrt the transceiver process! It needs RT (or near RT) priority to run properly, especially lte.
You also must configure/compile osmo-trx with proper flags to enable full LMS support. Dig.
, The limesdr-mini works good with sdr console program(latest version) with firmware 1.30, but somehow it did not work with srsLTE and osmcombts.