National Instruments PXIe-5630, Getting Started Manual

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Programming the NI 5630
You can acquire data interactively with the NI 5630 using the NI-VNA soft front panel (SFP),
or you can control the device programmatically using the NI-VNA instrument driver. You can
then use NI-VNA to program the device in the ADE of your choice.
Table 5. NI 5630 Programming Options
Application
Programming
Interface (API)
Location Description
NI-VNA SFP Available from the Start menu at Start »
All Programs » National Instruments »
NI-VNA » NI-VNA Soft Front Panel .
A software representation of
a traditional benchtop vector
network analyzer.
NI-VNA
Instrument Driver LabVIEW—Available on the LabVIEW
Functions palette at
Measurement I/O »
NI-VNA .
Features a set of functions
and attributes that exercise
all the functionality of the
NI 5630, including
configuration, control, and
other device-specific
functions.
C or LabWindows/CVI—Available at
Program Files\IVI Foundation
\IVI\Drivers\niVNA
.
Microsoft Visual C/C++—Use
examples located in the
<NIDocDir>
\NI-VNA\examples
directory, where
<NIDocDir>
is one of the following
directories:
•
Windows XP—
Documents and
Settings\All Users\Shared
Documents\National
Instruments
• Windows 7/Vista—
Users
\Public\Documents
\National Instruments
You can modify an NI-VNA
C example to create an
application with Microsoft
Visual C/C++.
Related Information
Refer to the Getting Started section of the NI Vector Network Analyzers Help for detailed
instructions about how to acquire data in a specific ADE.
Refer to the Creating an Application with Microsoft Visual C/C++ topic of the NI Vector
Network Analyzers Help to manually add all required include and library files to the project.
NI-VNA Examples
Examples demonstrate the functionality of the device and serve as programming models and
building blocks for your own applications. The NI Example Finder is a utility available for
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