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getRadioTime

Get current USRP radio time

Since R2023b

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    Add-On Required: This feature requires the Wireless Testbench™ Support Package for NI™ USRP™ Radios add-on.

    Syntax

    getRadioTime(radio)

    Description

    getRadioTime(radio) returns the current USRP™ radio time associated with the radio System object™ radio.

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    Examples

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    Create an SDRu receiver System object. Set the pulse per second (PPS) signal source to be the PPS signal from a GPSDO.

    rx = comm.SDRuReceiver( ...
    Platform="N320/N321", ...
    IPAddress="192.168.20.2", ...
    PPSSource="GPSDO", ...
    ClockSource="GPSDO", ...
    EnforceGPSTimeSync=true, ...
    SamplesPerFrame=20000);

    Get the current USRP radio time.

    GPSLockStatus = 0;
    while ~GPSLockStatus 
        disp("Trying to lock to GPS constellation ...");
        GPSLockStatus =  gpsLockedStatus(rx);
    end  
    Trying to lock to GPS constellation ...

    disp("GPS Locked");
    GPS Locked

    rx_data = rx();
    USRP time synchronized to GPS time

    radTime = getRadioTime(rx);
d = datetime(radTime, ...
    ConvertFrom='posixtime', ...
    Format='MM/dd/uuuu HH:mm:ss', ...
    TimeZone='Europe/London');
fprintf('The current USRP radio time is %s',d)
    The current USRP radio time is 07/27/2023 16:29:31

    release(rx);

    Input Arguments

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    USRP radio, specified as a comm.SDRuTransmitter or comm.SDRuReceiver System object. The associated radio must be connected to the host computer.

    Version History

    Introduced in R2023b

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