12. For NI 292x/293x devices only—verify that the D LED is lit on the device front panel to
confirm that the firmware and FPGA images loaded successfully.
Related Information
Refer to the Load the images onto the on-board flash (USRP-N Series only) section of the
UHD - USRP2 and N Series Application Notes
Installing NI 29xx Devices
on page 7
Updating USRP2 Firmware and FPGA Images
The firmware and FPGA images for the USRP2 device are stored on a secure digital (SD)
card. After you power on the USRP2, the device loads firmware and FPGA images from the
SD card plugged into the SD card slot.
Note
NI recommends you use the SD card that shipped with the USRP2 device.
Compatibility issues may result if you use a third-party SD card. However, the
following SD cards are compatible:
•
Patriot Signature 2 GB SD Flash Card Model PSF2G40SD
•
Kingston 2 GB SD Flash Card W/E Tail Clamshell Model SD/2GBET
Note
To update the USRP2 device firmware and FPGA images, you must use an
SD card interface with read/write capability, such as the IOGEAR GFR281.
Caution
If the SD card interface prompts you to format the disk, click
Cancel
. Do
not format the disk.
1.
Verify that the host Ethernet interface is configured correctly.
2.
Insert the SD card from your device in the SD card interface connected to your system.
3.
Select
Start
»
All Programs
»
National Instruments
»
NI-USRP
»
NI-USRP
Configuration Utility
to open the NI-USRP Configuration Utility.
4.
Select the
USRP2 SD Card Burner
tab.
The utility should automatically populate the
Firmware Image
and
FPGA Image
fields
with the paths to the default firmware and FPGA image files.
5.
Optionally, if you want to use different files, click the
Browse
button next to the file you
want to change, and navigate to the file you want to use.
6.
Verify that the firmware and FPGA image paths are entered correctly because the utility
updates both files in the same operation.
The utility should appear similar to the following figure.
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