From 6b20707534ba3ae5ab46abab8e7118970a7740eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nicholas Corgan Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 09:57:58 -0700 Subject: docs: added information on recovering X3x0 EEPROM --- host/docs/usrp_x3x0.dox | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/host/docs/usrp_x3x0.dox b/host/docs/usrp_x3x0.dox index da5b3b91a..625048da1 100644 --- a/host/docs/usrp_x3x0.dox +++ b/host/docs/usrp_x3x0.dox @@ -547,6 +547,18 @@ When there is network traffic arriving at the Ethernet port, LEDs will light up. You can use this to make sure the network connection is correctly set up, e.g. by pinging the USRP and making sure the LEDs start to blink. +\section x3x0_usage_problems Usage Problems + +\subsection x3x0_corrupt_eeprom Corrupt EEPROM + +This is a rare bug in which the X-Series device's on-board EEPROM becomes corrupt and reports an incorrect +firmware and FPGA version. In this situation, UHD cannot properly use the device. To fix this bug, use +the **usrp_burn_mb_eeprom** utility as follows: + + usrp_burn_mb_eeprom --args="type=x300,recover_mb_eeprom,disable_adc_self_test" --values="revision=(NUM HERE)" + +Afterward, power-cycle your X-Series device for the changes to take effect. + \section x3x0_hw_notes Hardware Notes \subsection x3x0_hw_fpanel Front Panel -- cgit v1.2.3