1 files changed, 6 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/gr-uhd/lib/uhd_simple_sink.cc b/gr-uhd/lib/uhd_simple_sink.cc
index 499ae4d6e..a22b52421 100644
--- a/gr-uhd/lib/uhd_simple_sink.cc
+++ b/gr-uhd/lib/uhd_simple_sink.cc
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
  **********************************************************************/
 boost::shared_ptr<uhd_simple_sink> uhd_make_simple_sink(
     const std::string &args,
-    const std::string &type
+    const uhd::io_type_t::tid_t &type
 ){
     return boost::shared_ptr<uhd_simple_sink>(
         new uhd_simple_sink(args, type)
@@ -43,15 +43,13 @@ boost::shared_ptr<uhd_simple_sink> uhd_make_simple_sink(
  **********************************************************************/
 uhd_simple_sink::uhd_simple_sink(
     const std::string &args,
-    const std::string &type
+    const uhd::io_type_t &type
 ) : gr_sync_block(
     "uhd sink",
-    gr_make_io_signature(1, 1, get_size(type)),
+    gr_make_io_signature(1, 1, type.size),
     gr_make_io_signature(0, 0, 0)
-){
-    _type = type;
+), _type(type){
     _dev = uhd::simple_device::make(args);
-    _sizeof_samp = get_size(type);
 }
 
 uhd_simple_sink::~uhd_simple_sink(void){
@@ -86,8 +84,8 @@ int uhd_simple_sink::work(
     while(total_items_sent < size_t(noutput_items)){
         size_t items_sent = _dev->get_device()->send(
             boost::asio::buffer(
-                (uint8_t *)input_items[0]+(total_items_sent*_sizeof_samp),
-                (noutput_items-total_items_sent)*_sizeof_samp
+                (uint8_t *)input_items[0]+(total_items_sent*_type.size),
+                (noutput_items-total_items_sent)*_type.size
             ), metadata, _type
         );
         total_items_sent += items_sent;