Creates an RFmx session to the device you specify through the resourceName parameter, and returns a handleOut that identifies this device in all subsequent RFmx functions.

Syntax

int32 __stdcall RFmxPulse_Initialize(char resourceName[], char optionString[], niRFmxInstrHandle *handleOut, int32 *isNewSession)

Remarks

This function is a wrapper over the RFmx Instruments API, and calls the RFmxInstr_Initialize function.

Note

Enabling the SFP (Soft Front Panel) debug has a performance impact. For best performance, NI recommends disabling SFP debug. SFP debug can be enabled/disabled from either the RF Signal Analyzer panel in InstrumentStudio, the RFSA Soft Front Panel, or the RFmx Debug Configuration Utility.

Parameters

NameDirectionTypeDescription
resourceName[in]char

Specifies the resource name of the device to initialize.

The following table shows examples of how to specify the resource name.

Example #

Device Type

Syntax

1

myRFmxDevice

RFmx device, device name is "myRFmxDevice"

2

myLogicalName

IVI logical name or virtual instrument, name is "myLogicalName"

For NI-DAQmx devices, the syntax is the device name specified in MAX, as shown in Example 1. Typical default names for NI-DAQmx devices in MAX are Dev1 or PXI1Slot2. You can rename an NI-DAQmx device by right-clicking the name in MAX, selecting Rename from the pull-down menu, and entering a new name. You can also pass the name of an IVI logical name configured with the IVI Configuration utility. For additional information about IVI, refer to the IVI section of the Measurement & Automation Explorer Help.

optionString[in]char

Sets the initial value of certain attributes for the session.

The following attributes are used in this parameter:

  • RFmxSetup

  • Simulate

  • AnalysisOnly

For more information about attributes used in this parameter, refer to the NI RF Vector Signal Analyzers Help.

The format of this string is "AttributeName=Value", where AttributeName is the name of the attribute and Value is the value to which the attribute is set. For example, you can simulate an PXIe-5663E using either of the following strings:

"Simulate=1, RFmxSetup=Model:5663E"

"Simulate=1, RFmxSetup=Model:5601; Digitizer:5622; LO:5652; LOBoardType:PXIe"

To set multiple attributes, separate their assignments with a comma.

To use FPGA extensions, specify the custom LabVIEW FPGA bitfile to use with the bitfile specifier within the RFmxSetup string. For example, "RFmxSetup=bitfile:yourbitfile.lvbitx" specifies that RFmx uses yourbitfile.lvbitx as the LabVIEW FPGA bitfile for the session.

To use AnalysisOnly mode, specify the string as "AnalysisOnly=1". In this mode, user is responsible for waveform acquisition and RFmx driver will perform analysis on user specified IQ waveform or Spectrum. Use personality specific Analyze functions to perform measurements.

Note

To simulate a device using the PXIe-5622 (25 MHz) digitizer, set the Digitizer field to 5622_25MHz_DDC and the Simulate field to 1. You can set the Digitizer field to 5622_25MHz_DDC only when using the PXIe-5665.

To use external NI Source Measure Units (SMU) as the noise source power supply for the noise figure (NF) measurement, use the "NoiseSourcePowerSupply" specifier within the RFmxSetup string. For example, "RFmxSetup= NoiseSourcePowerSupply:myDCPower[0]" configures RFmx to use channel 0 on myDCPower SMU device for powering the noise source. You should allocate a dedicated SMU channel for RFmx.

Note

RFmx supports PXIe-4138, PXIe-4139, and PXIe-4139 (40 W) SMUs.

handleOut[out]niRFmxInstrHandle *

Identifies your instrument session.

isNewSession[out]int32 *

Returns RFMXPULSE_VAL_TRUE if the function created a new session, or RFMXPULSE_VAL_FALSE if the function returned a reference to an existing session.

Returns

Returns the status code of this operation. The status code either indicates success or describes an error or warning condition. Examine the status code from each call to an RFmx function to determine if an error has occurred.

To obtain a text description of the status code and additional information about the error condition, call the RFmxPulse_GetError function.

The general meaning of the status code is as follows:

Value

Meaning

0

Success

Positive Values

Warnings

Negative Values

Errors