3.
Navigate to
Hardware Input and Output
»
Modular Instruments
.
4.
Open the example that best matches your application requirements.
Using Microsoft Visual C/C++
If you are using RFmx or NI-RFSA with Microsoft Visual C/C++, locate examples in the
following directories.
Table 6. Location of Microsoft Visual C/C++ Programming Examples
Software Option
Examples Location
RFmx
<NIDocDir>
\RFmx\Demod\Examples
<NIDocDir>
\RFmx\SpecAn\Examples
where
<NIDocDir>
is the
Users\Public\Public Documents
\National Instruments
directory.
NI-RFSA
<NIDocDir>
\NI-RFSA\examples
where
<NIDocDir>
is the
Users\Public\Public Documents
\National Instruments
directory.
Making a First Measurement
You can verify proper installation and configuration of your instrument by making a
measurement using the NI-RFSG and NI-RFSA Examples in LabVIEW.
1.
Connect the PXIe-5831 as appropriate for your application.
2.
Launch LabVIEW.
3.
Complete the following steps to open the Getting Started Examples:
a)
Select
LabVIEW
»
Help
»
Find Examples
.
b)
Select
Hardware Input and Output
»
Modular Instruments
»
NI-RFSA
»
Getting
Started
»
RFSA Getting Started Spectrum (5830 and 5831).vi
.
c)
Select
Hardware Input and Output
»
Modular Instruments
»
NI-RFSG
»
Getting
Started
»
RFSG Getting Started Single Tone Generation (5830 and 5831).vi
.
4.
Select the device identifier assigned to the PXIe-5831 in MAX in the
Resource Name
control within each example.
5.
Select the ports you want to generate and acquire a CW tone using the
Selected Ports
control within each example.
6.
Start the NI-RFSG example to generate the CW tone at the port you specified.
7.
Start the NI-RFSA example to acquire the CW tone at the port you specified.
Related Information
Interconnecting the PXIe-5831 Modules
on page 9
PXIe-5831 Getting Started Guide
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