You can acquire data interactively using the NI-RFSA Soft Front Panel (SFP) or use NI-RFSA to program your device in the ADE of your choice.

Table 16. PXIe-5667 Programming Options
Application Programming Interface (API) Location Description
NI-RFSA SFP Available from the Start menu at Start » All Programs » National Instruments » NI-RFSA » NI-RFSA Soft Front Panel. NI-RFSA SFP controls, analyzes, and presents data similar to stand-alone RF vector signal analyzers. The NI-RFSA SFP operates on the PC, so it provides processing, storage, and display capabilities.
NI-RFSA Instrument Driver

LabVIEW—Available on the LabVIEW Functions palette at Measurement I/O » NI-RFSA.

C or LabWindows/CVI—Available at Program Files » IVI Foundation » IVI » Drivers » niRFSA.

NI-RFSA configures and operates the device hardware and acquires and analyzes data using LabVIEW VIs or LabWindows/CVI functions. After you associate the modules of the PXIe-5667 in MAX, NI-RFSA operates the modules as a single instrument.
Microsoft Visual C/C++—Use examples located in the <NIDocDir>\NI-RFSA\examples directory, where <NIDocDir> is one of the following directories:
  • Windows 8/7/Vista—Users\Public\Public Documents\National Instruments
  • Windows XP—Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\National Instruments
 You can modify an NI-RFSA example to create an application with Microsoft Visual C/C++, and all required include and library files are automatically added to the project.