Synthesizing and Generating I/Q Signals
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Synthesizing and Generating I/Q Signals
Learn about the workflow for using Multi-Emitter Generation Software.
- Select number of VSTs.
- Select independent LO or shared common LO (time aligned or phase coherent).
- Install your hardware components.
- Cable and configure your components.
- Cable the VSTs for acquisition RF system compensation and generation RF system compensation.
- The Instrument Controller System Component (ICsc) runs on the PXIe controller.
- Run the RF System Compensation InstrumentStudio Plugin.
- Re-cable the VSTs for generation.
- Run the MEG Application. The MEG Application must be running for some operations on Multi-Emitter Generation InstrumentStudio Plugin.
- Connect to the server (Multi-Emitter Generation Application).
- Configure the system.
- Define user waveform files to load with the User Waveform File Manager. You must provide binary files of the waveform data.
- Reference the user waveform files in I/Q from memory
- Format of Multi-Emitter Generation CMD TDMS file
- One Multi-Emitter Generation CMD TDMS file per RF channel (PXIe-5842/PXIe-7903 pair)
- Copy CMD TDMS files to RAID.
- Select Multi-Emitter Generation CMD TDMS files for each RF channel.
- Initialize the Multi-Emitter Generation system.
- Play the MEG command files through the MEG system.
- Review the error messages.
- Stop the generation.
Related Information
- Selecting a Generation Configuration
Multi-Emitter Generation Software supports the following channel counts and configurations.
- Setting up the Multi-Emitter Generation Software System
Refer to the following topics to set up the Multi-Emitter Generation Software system.
- Optimizing RF Performance
The Multi-Emitter Generation Software system requires up to two steps depending on the configuration of your system.
- Launching the Multi-Emitter Generation Application
Launch and configure the Multi-Emitter Generation Application.
- Using the Multi-Emitter Generation InstrumentStudio Panel
Configure your instruments and run your test through an InstrumentStudio large panel.
- Writing a MEG Command File
Create a TDMS file containing a sequence of MEG commands and specific properties related to the generation of those commands.