Selected Ports
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Specifies the instrument port to be configured to acquire a signal. Use RFmxInstr Get Available Ports VI to get the valid port names.
You do not need to use a selector string to configure or read this property for the default signal instance. Refer to the Selector Strings topic for information about the string syntax for named signals.
On a MIMO session, this property specifies one of the initialized devices. Use "port::<deviceName>/<channelNumber>" as the format for the selected port. To perform a MIMO measurement, you must configure the selected ports property for the configured number of receive chains.
For PXIe-5830/5831/5832 devices on a MIMO session, the selected port includes the instrument port in the format "port::<deviceName>/<channelNumber>/<instrPort>".
Example:
port::myrfsa1/0/if1
You can use the RFmxInstr Build Port String VI to build the selected port.
Use "chain<n>" as the selector string to configure or read this property. You can use the RFmxNR Build Chain String VI to build the selector string.
Valid values
| PXIe-5830 | if0, if1 |
| PXIe-5831/5832 | if0, if1, rf<0-1>/port<x>, where 0-1 indicates one (0) or two (1) mmRH-5582 connections and x is the port number on the mmRH-5582 front panel |
| Other devices | "" (empty string) |
Default values
| PXIe-5830/5831/5832 | if1 |
| Other devices | "" (empty string) |
Remarks
The following table lists the characteristics of this property.
| Short Name | Selected Ports |
| Data type | ![]() |
| Permissions | Read/Write |
| High-level VIs | N/A |
| Resettable | Yes |
