From e53662172430ba055f6b60d74c142995aa24deaf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Josh Blum Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 15:31:53 -0800 Subject: added docs for mimo cable usage --- host/docs/usrp2.rst | 14 +++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'host/docs') diff --git a/host/docs/usrp2.rst b/host/docs/usrp2.rst index 8e5743102..326943f59 100644 --- a/host/docs/usrp2.rst +++ b/host/docs/usrp2.rst @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ On some systems, the firewall will block UDP broadcast packets. It is recommended that you change or disable your firewall settings. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -Multiple device configuration +Multiple devices per host ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ For maximum throughput, one ethernet interface per USRP2 is recommended, although multiple devices may be connected via a gigabit ethernet switch. @@ -209,6 +209,18 @@ Example device address string representation for 2 USRP2s with IPv4 addresses 19 addr0=192.168.10.2, addr1=192.168.20.2 +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +MIMO cable configuration +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +Using the MIMO cable, two USRP devices can be grouped together in a multi-device configuration. +Only one device in the configuration can be attached to the ethernet. +This device will be referred to as the master, and the other device, the slave. + +* The master provides reference clock and time synchronization to the slave. +* All data passing between the host and the slave is router over the MIMO cable. +* Both master and slave must have different IPv4 addresses but in the same subnet. +* The master and slave may be used individually or in a multi-device configuration. + ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hardware setup notes ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- cgit v1.2.3