IWR6843AOPEVM: No LVDS data returned when recording raw data using MMWAVEICBOOST + DCA1000EVM with mmWaveStudio

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Best,

Zigang

Hi Zigang,

I looked at the other issue and tried:

1) increasing the packet delay ... didn't help

2) I disabled wifi and turned off firewalls ... didn't help

3) I had a IWR1642Boost so I tried to see if that works. I was able to follow DCA1000 Quick Start Guide () and get data off the IWR1642 boost by running the C:\ti\mmwave_studio_02_01_00_00\mmWaveStudio\Scripts\DataCaptureDemo_xWR.lua  script.

IWR6843AOP still doesn't get me any data even using C:\ti\mmwave_studio_02_01_00_00\mmWaveStudio\Scripts\DataCaptureDemo_xWR.lua

Anything else I can try?

Stepping through the DataCaptureDemo_xWR.lua script what I am seeing is that the RF Power Up is failing. 

-- RF Power UP
if (ar1.RfEnable() == 0) then
WriteToLog("RF Enable Success\n", "green")
else
WriteToLog("RF Enable failure\n", "red")
end

Figured out my problem the IWR6843AOPEVA is an ES:1 and I was using mmwave_studio_02_01_00_00 along with the firmware in it.  I switched to an older version of mmwave studio (mmwave_studio_02_00_00_02) and things look better. I see a adc_data_Raw_0.bin file with data but adc_data.bin file is empty and I get the following error.  Any idea why the post processing UI isn't working?

[22:26:36] [RadarAPI]: RECORD_START_CMD_CODE Async event recieved(5)
[22:26:37] [RadarAPI]: ar1.StartFrame()
[22:26:37] Frame start async event received!
[22:26:37] [RadarAPI]: Status: Passed
[22:26:38] [RadarAPI]: RECORD_PKT_OUT_OF_SEQ_ERROR_CODE Async event recieved(195)
[22:26:38] Frame End async event received!
[22:26:38] [RadarAPI]: Frame Ended
[22:26:40] [RadarAPI]: STS_RECORD_COMPLETED Async event recieved(8)
[22:26:40] [RadarAPI]: ar1.CaptureCardConfig_StopRecord()
[22:26:40] [RadarAPI]: Status: Passed
[22:26:40] [RadarAPI]: RECORD_STOP_CMD_CODE Async event recieved(6)
[22:26:59] [RadarAPI]: Packet Reorder Utility Started...please wait...
[22:26:59] [RadarAPI]: ar1.PacketReorderZeroFill("C:\\ti\\mmwave_studio_02_00_00_02\\mmWaveStudio\\PostProc\\adc_data_Raw_0.bin", "C:\\ti\\mmwave_studio_02_00_00_02\\mmWaveStudio\\PostProc\\adc_data.bin", "C:\\ti\\mmwave_studio_02_00_00_02\\mmWaveStudio\\PostProc\\pktlogfile.txt")
[22:27:04] [RadarAPI]: Packet Reorder Utility process completed!
[22:27:19] [RadarAPI]: ar1.StartMatlabPostProc("C:\\ti\\mmwave_studio_02_00_00_02\\mmWaveStudio\\PostProc\\adc_data.bin")
[22:27:19] [RadarAPI]: Error:
[22:27:19]
[22:27:19] ... MWMCR::EvaluateFunction error ...
[22:27:19] 11-Feb-2020 22:27:19: The file C:\ti\mmwave_studio_02_00_00_02\mmWaveStudio\PostProc\adc_data.bin is empty. Please capture more data.,1,
[22:27:19] Error in => process_adc_data.m at line 52.
[22:27:19]
[22:27:19] ... Matlab M-code Stack Trace ...
[22:27:19] at
[22:27:19] file C:\Users\psiva\AppData\Local\Temp\psiva\mcrCache8.5.1\Matlab1\Logging\log_status.m, name log_status, line 32.
[22:27:19] at
[22:27:19] file C:\Users\psiva\AppData\Local\Temp\psiva\mcrCache8.5.1\Matlab1\Processing_functions\read_adc_data.m, name read_adc_data, line 28.
[22:27:19] at
[22:27:19] file C:\Users\psiva\AppData\Local\Temp\psiva\mcrCache8.5.1\Matlab1\MatlabPostPr\process_adc_data.m, name process_adc_data, line 52.
[22:27:19]
[22:27:19]
[22:27:19] Trace:
[22:27:19] at MathWorks.MATLAB.NET.Utility.MWMCR.EvaluateFunction(String functionName, Int32 numArgsOut, Int32 numArgsIn, MWArray[] argsIn)
[22:27:19] at MathWorks.MATLAB.NET.Utility.MWMCR.EvaluateFunction(Int32 numArgsOut, String functionName, MWArray[] argsIn)
[22:27:19] at MatlabPostProcGui.MatlabPostProcGUIClass.process_adc_data(MWArray adc_file_name, MWArray force_cont_stream_mode)
[22:27:19] at AR1xController.frmAR1Main.iStartCaptureMtlabPostProc()