
© Copyright 2013 Zephyr Engineering, Inc
UDPSDR-
HF1 User’s Manual
18
Version 1.1
– 16 September 2013
4 Troubleshooting
Some of the more common problems and their solutions are outlined in the following
sections. If you are still stuck after reading through this chapter, please log onto the
SDRstick
TM
Yahoo group and ask for help.
To subscribe to the group, go to
http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/SDRstick
4.1 PATH variable incorrectly set
Symptom
: SDRstick
TM
Programmer appears to run, but the several windows just
momentarily flash up on the screen and the BeMicroSDK does not get programmed.
Cause
: SDRstick
TM
Programmer cannot find the software components it needs to
program the BeMicroSDK files.
Solution
: If Quartus II Web Edition is not installed, you must install it. If Quartus II Web
Edition is already installed, you need to add a string to your PATH variable that points to
the installed directory, typically
C:\altera\13.0\quartus\bin
, where
13.0
is replaced by
whatever version number you have installed.
4.2 Java not installed
Symptom
: SDRstick
TM
Programmer does not create a FLASH file when you click the
Generate
button.
Cause
: Java is not installed.
Solution
: Install a current version of Java.
4.3 Network cable not plugged in
Symptom
: SDRstick
TM
discovery fails.
Cause
: Ethernet cable not connected between SDRstick
TM
and PC or network switch.
Solution
: Make sure that there is an Ethernet connection between the SDRstick
TM
and
the PC. Verify the connection by Pinging the SDRstick
TM
from the PC. Remember that
the data flows through the Ethernet port, not the USB port.
4.4 Incorrect network address assignments
Symptom
: SDRstick
TM
discovery may or may not succeed, but communication fails and
the receiver is unresponsive.
Cause
: The PC and the SDRstick
TM
are on different subnets.
Solution
: Either reprogram the SDRstick
TM
to an IP address within the same subnet as
the PC, or change the IP address of the PC so that it is within the same subnet as the
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