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DCA1000EVM: Timeout Error! System disconnected

DCA1000EVM: AWR1843AOPEVM connection

Andrea Vella
Prodigy 10 points
Part Number: DCA1000EVM
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: AWR1843AOPEVM, AWR1843, AWR1843BOOST, AWR1843AOP, AWR1642BOOST

I have an issue of communication with AWR1843AOPEVM through DCA1000EVM over LVDS with mmWave Studio 2.1.1.0.

The following screenshots show that a valid connection has been established with the AWR1843 and the DCA1000 board, and the configuration settings for the RF system was also correct as shown through the logs provided. However, once I try to use the "DCA1000 ARM" command, no response is provided by the acquisition board and the LVDS_PATH_ERR_LED3 is turned on, from which I assume there is an issue with the LVDS bus.

A picture of the switches configuration, is also provided. I followed the AWR1843AOPEVM user guide for DCA1000EVM connections.

LOG:

[15:25:14] [RadarAPI]: ar1.ChanNAdcConfig(1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 0)
[15:25:14] [RadarAPI]: Status: Passed
[15:25:17] [RadarAPI]: ar1.LPModConfig(0, 0)
[15:25:17] [RadarAPI]: Status: Passed
[15:25:17] [RadarAPI]: ar1.RfInit()
[15:25:18] RF Init async event received!
[15:25:18] [RadarAPI]: Time stamp, Temperture: 708139,48; APLL Status, Update: 1, 0; SynthVCO1 Status, Update: 1, 1; SynthVCO2 Status, Update: 1, 1; LODist Status, Update: 1, 1; RxADCDC Status, Update: 1, 1; HPFcutoff Status, Update: 1, 1; LPFcutoff Status, Update: 1, 1; PeakDetector Status, Update: 1, 1; TxPower Status, Update: 1, 1; RxGain Status, Update: 1, 1; TxPhase Status, Update: 1, 1; RxIQMM Status, Update: 1, 1;
[15:25:18] [RadarAPI]: Status: Passed
[15:25:22] [RadarAPI]: ar1.DataPathConfig(513, 1216644097, 0)
[15:25:22] [RadarAPI]: Status: Passed
[15:25:24] [RadarAPI]: ar1.LvdsClkConfig(1, 1)
[15:25:24] [RadarAPI]: Status: Passed
[15:25:26] [RadarAPI]: ar1.LVDSLaneConfig(0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0)
[15:25:26] [RadarAPI]: Status: Passed
[15:25:31] [RadarAPI]: ar1.ProfileConfig(0, 77, 100, 6, 60, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 29.982, 0, 256, 10000, 0, 0, 30)
[15:25:31] [RadarAPI]: Status: Passed
[15:25:31] [RadarAPI]: ar1.ChirpConfig(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0)
[15:25:32] [RadarAPI]: Status: Passed
[15:25:33] Test Source Already Disabled...!!!
[15:25:33] [RadarAPI]: ar1.DisableTestSource(0)
[15:25:33] [RadarAPI]: Status: Passed
[15:25:33] [RadarAPI]: ar1.FrameConfig(0, 0, 8, 128, 40, 0, 0, 1)
[15:25:33] [RadarAPI]: Status: Passed
[15:25:39] [RadarAPI]: ar1.GetCaptureCardDllVersion()
[15:25:39] [RadarAPI]: Sending dll_version command to DCA1000
[15:25:40] [RadarAPI]:
[15:25:40] DLL Version : 1.0
[15:25:40] [RadarAPI]: ar1.SelectCaptureDevice("DCA1000")
[15:25:40] [RadarAPI]: Status: Passed
[15:25:43] [RadarAPI]: ar1.CaptureCardConfig_ResetFPGA()
[15:25:43] [RadarAPI]: ar1.CaptureCardConfig_Mode(1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 30)
[15:25:43] [RadarAPI]: ar1.CaptureCardConfig_PacketDelay(25)
[15:25:43] [RadarAPI]: Sending reset_fpga command to DCA1000
[15:25:43] [RadarAPI]:
[15:25:43] Reset FPGA command : Success
[15:25:43] [RadarAPI]: Sending fpga command to DCA1000
[15:25:43] [RadarAPI]:
[15:25:43] FPGA Configuration command : Success
[15:25:43] [RadarAPI]: Sending record command to DCA1000
[15:25:43] [RadarAPI]:
[15:25:43] Configure Record command : Success
[15:25:43] [RadarAPI]: Sending fpga_version command to DCA1000
[15:25:43] [RadarAPI]:
[15:25:43]
[15:25:43] FPGA Version : 2.8 [Record]
[15:25:43]
[15:26:08] [RadarAPI]: ar1.CaptureCardConfig_StartRecord("C:\\ti\\mmwave_studio_02_01_01_00\\mmWaveStudio\\PostProc\\adc_data.bin", 1)
[15:26:08] [RadarAPI]: Sending start_record command to DCA1000
[15:26:18] [RadarAPI]:
[15:26:18] Start Record :
[15:26:18] Timeout Error! System disconnected

If you have any advice or suggestion on how to test it further, it would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

  • 0
    TI__Guru*** 149164 points

    When debugging this type of issue it helps if you have a second board.

    Do you have an AWR1843BOOST board available?

    In this way you can validate if there is an issue with the configuration of DCA1000 or with the AWR1843AOP board.

    thank you
    Cesar

  • 0 in reply to Cesar
    TI__Guru*** 149164 points

    Hi,

    Is it possible that you have a firewall like in the thread below?

    thank you

    Cesar

    https://e2e.ti.com/support/sensors-group/sensors/f/sensors-forum/877975/dca1000evm-timeout-error-system-disconnected

  • 0
    Prodigy 10 points

    Hi Cesar,

    With regards to the firewall, I already allowed a number of connections for the dca1000evm and the mmwavestudio, and that seemed to work as that allowed to connect and get the FPGA version. 

    I have an AWR1642BOOST board which is not compatible, and a second DCA1000EVM. I will try the second capture card with the AWR1843AOP, since that is the target IC I need to work with.

    Apart from the already provided suggestions, do you see any other form of issues with the switch settings, since the link you provided had this issue rather than a firewall settings?

  • 0
    Prodigy 10 points

    Hi Cesar,

    I connected the second DCA1000EVM board and was able to get an acquisition frame using the same configurations. However, to accomplish this I noticed that a new firewall rule was added termed "dca1000evm_cli_record" which was not available when I tested initially the previous board. (Reference image provided)

    I re-tested the first board with this new rule allowed, and this system is now also able to acquire data.

    If you have an understanding of why did this occur and how to go around with 1 board, I suggest that you add it as a revision for the DCA1000 Debugging Handbook. Since other users that do not have 2 data acquisition boards would not be able to resolve this issue.

    Hope this helps someone else.

    Regards.