Picoscope Error 0x07 (PICO_NOT_RESPONDING)

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Bernhard
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Picoscope Error 0x07 (PICO_NOT_RESPONDING)

Post by Bernhard »

Hi,

I use four (identical) setups consisting of a PicoScope 5444B with a Linux-Laptop. The PicoScope is externally supplied with 5V. I'm doing some 24/7 measurements and "sometimes" (in the last 5 days it happened about 1 to 5 times on the different machines) I get an error 0x07 from the library (PICO_NOT_RESPONDING).

I have used the same setup (same PicoScope and self written software, but different Laptops and "older" Linux software / PicoScope driver) about two years ago and I did measurements over months without a single failure...

I've also seen some entries in the kernel log, maybe they are related to my problem:

from the "journalctl":

Oct 10 07:25:50 plc2 kernel: usb 1-4: USB disconnect, device number 12
Oct 10 07:25:51 plc2 kernel: usb 1-4: new high-speed USB device number 13 using xhci_hcd
Oct 10 07:25:51 plc2 kernel: usb 1-4: New USB device found, idVendor=0ce9, idProduct=1019
Oct 10 07:25:51 plc2 kernel: usb 1-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
Oct 10 07:25:51 plc2 kernel: usb 1-4: Product: PicoScope 5000
Oct 10 07:25:51 plc2 kernel: usb 1-4: Manufacturer: Pico Technology

My program told me at 07:25:52 - two seconds after the initial kernel-log entry - that the error occurred:

ERROR Mon Oct 10 07:25:52 CEST 2016 in picoscope_thread.tcl(25): Background Error: 'picoScope: couldn't program AWG - got error: 0x7'

So maybe, the PicoScope got a "USB-reset" and therefore the library got the timeout...?

My problem is - even if the above written is correct - WHY did the "USB-reset" occur in the first place? Any clues?

Has anybody seen something similar?

kind regards
Bernhard

Hitesh

Re: Picoscope Error 0x07 (PICO_NOT_RESPONDING)

Post by Hitesh »

Hello Bernhard,

Which version of the PS5000A Linux Driver is your application using?

Which programming language are you using and is your PicoScope connected to a USB 2.0 or USB 3.0 port on the PC?

It might be useful to see your code for testing purposes - you can e-mail it to support@picotech.com if you do not wish to post it here.

Regards,

Bernhard
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Re: Picoscope Error 0x07 (PICO_NOT_RESPONDING)

Post by Bernhard »

My program always had this problem on line 399 (see attached source code), i.e. when I try to program the AWG with ps5000aSetSigGenArbitrary (which was called about 2000 times over the last 5 days)...

I hope this info helps.

kind regards
Bernhard
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Hi,

regarding your questions:

An "rpm -qa" gives me (I have a Sabayon-Distro, so those two packages are the only rpm's I've installed...):
libps5000a-1.1.6-5r10.x86_64
libpicoipp-1.1.2-4r56.x86_64

I'm programming in Tcl/Tk, whereas I've written a wrapper library in C (see attached zip-file) to connect to the PicoScope, which is connected to an USB 2.0 Port as can be seen from "lsusb":

Bus 003 Device 002: ID 8087:8000 Intel Corp.
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0bda:8153 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 8087:07dc Intel Corp.
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:572a Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0cd5:0003 LabJack Corporation U3
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0ce9:1019 Pico Technology
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Bus 2 / Device 2 is an USB-Ethernet interface, whereas Bus 1 / Device 2 is the integrated Video Camera of the Lenovo U330P notebook. Shall I try to connect the PicoScope to the USB 3.0 port (instead of the network interface), so that it is the only device on an USB root hub?

Today I also took a closer look into the error message logs of my program - in total I had this error about 15 times during the last 5 days - and it was always the SAME error message --> My program always had this problem on line 399 (see attached source code), i.e. when I try to program the AWG with ps5000aSetSigGenArbitrary (which was called about 2000 times over the last 5 days)...

I hope this info helps.

kind regards
Bernhard
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