National Instruments USB-5683, Getting Started Manual

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Table 2.
NI 5683 Programming Options
Application
Programming
Interface (API)
Location Description
NI-568x Soft
Front Panel (SFP) Available from the Start
menu at
Start » All
Programs » National
Instruments » NI-568x »
NI-568x Soft Front Panel .
The SFP is a software representation of a
traditional benchtop power meter. Launch
the NI-568x SFP to use the NI RF power
meter interactively.
NI-568x
Instrument Driver LabVIEW—Available on
the LabVIEW Functions
palette at
Instrument I/O »
Instrument Drivers »
NI-568x .
NI-568x features a set of operations and
attributes that exercise all the functionality
of the NI 5683 including configuration,
control, and other device-specific
functions.
Tip You can modify an
NI-568x C example to create an
application with Microsoft
Visual C/C++, and all required
include and library files are
automatically added to the
project.
C or LabWindows/CVI—
Available at
Program
Files\IVI
Foundation\IVI
\Drivers\ni568x
and
Program Files
(x86)\IVI
Foundation\IVI
\Drivers\ni568x
.
Header Files—Available at
Program Files\IVI
Foundation\IVI
\Include
and
Program
Files (x86)\IVI
Foundation\IVI
\Include
.
Related Information
Refer to the Creating an Application with Microsoft Visual C and C++ topic of the NI RF
Power Meters Help if you prefer to manually add all required include files and library files to
the project.
NI-568x Examples
The instrument driver examples are instructional tools that demonstrate some of the
functionality of the NI RF power meter. You can use these examples separately or integrate
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