Refer to the following list for definitions of common terms related to RF hardware and software-configured settings for the PXIe-5860 and used throughout documentation.

Table 7. Common Terminology Definitions
Term Definition
Center Frequency

Refers to the IQ Carrier Frequency property in NI-RFSA, the Frequency property in NI-RFSG, and the Center Frequency property in RFmx.
Onboard

With respect to reference clocks, refers to the value of the NI-RFSG Reference Clock Source or NI-RFSA Ref Clock Source properties. A value of Onboard Clock configures the hardware to use the internal reference clock within the instrument.
dBr
  • For input—Power of an acquired signal with respect to the instrument's configured reference level. For example, if the reference level is set to -10 dBm and the acquired tone is -17 dBm, the signal is said to be at -7 dBr.
  • For output—Generated power of a CW with respect to the instrument's peak power setting. For example, with a peak power level setting of +5 dBm and a -3 dBr setting, the power of the generated CW is +2 dBm.