NI RF Power Meter Programming Options

You can acquire data with the USB-5683 by using the NI-568x soft front panel (SFP), or you can control the NI RF power meter programmatically using the NI-568x instrument driver.

Table 2. USB-5683 Programming Options
Application Programming Interface (API) Location Description
NI-568x Soft Front Panel (SFP) Available from the Start menu at Start » All Programs » National Instruments » NI-568x » NI-568x Soft Front Panel. The SFP is a software representation of a traditional benchtop power meter. Launch the NI-568x SFP to use the NI RF power meter interactively.
NI-568x Instrument Driver LabVIEW—Available on the LabVIEW Functions palette at Instrument I/O » Instrument Drivers » NI-568x. NI-568x features a set of operations and attributes that exercise all the functionality of the USB-5683 including configuration, control, and other device-specific functions.
Tip You can modify an NI-568x C example to create an application with Microsoft Visual C/C++, and all required include and library files are automatically added to the project.
C or LabWindows/CVI—Available at Program Files\IVI Foundation\IVI\Drivers\ni568x and Program Files (x86)\IVI Foundation\IVI\Drivers\ni568x.

Header Files—Available at Program Files\IVI Foundation\IVI\Include and Program Files (x86)\IVI Foundation\IVI\Include.