NI-RFSA simulation

[bienieck]

Hi,

I have a test system with PXIe-5841 (VST). According to documentation, I should be able to use RFmx or NI-RFSA with NI-RFSG drivers to use this card.

I decided to use NI-RFSA with NI-RFSG because of out of the box soft front panels and simulation capabilities (http://zone.ni.com/reference/en-XX/help/372058U-01/maxrfsa/mi_rf_simulating/, http://zone.ni.com/reference/en-XX/help/371025V-01/maxrfsg/rfsg_simulating/).

According to LabVIEW help for these drivers, simulation is supported for:

RFSA:

PXIe-5601/5603/5605/5606,
PXIe-5644/5645/5646,
PXI-5661,
PXIe-5663/5663E/5665/5667/5668,
PXIe-5693/5694/5698,
PXIe-5820/5840

RFSG:

PXI-5610,
PXIe-5611,
PXIe-5644/5645/5646,
PXI/PXIe-5650/5651/5652,
PXIe-5653/5654/5654 with PXIe-5696,
PXI-5670/5671,
PXIe-5672/5673/5673E,
PXIe-5820/5840

As you can see my PXIe-5841 is not on the list. Ok, but there is PXIe-5840 which is pretty similar. I tried to use it but there is no possibility to add it as simulation in MAX (most of them aren't available). What's more NI-RFSA soft front panel will also not open without a hardware in MAX.

What can I do to have this device simulated (out of the box HAL)? Or in another words how can I have simulated VST? The thing is that I don't need any complex simulation - to be honest, all I want is to not see connection error when testing application logic without hardware. I know I can write wrappers or conditional case or whatever but according to the documentation it's already there, but I can't use it...

[richjoh]

What version of Labview/NI Max are you using? You may need a later version.

[bienieck]

MAX 20.0.0.49152-0+f0, LV 19.0.1f1 (32-bit), RFSA 19.0.0.49152-0+f0, RFSG 19.0.0.49155-0+f3

[richjoh]

Your link works when the suffix / is removed. 

On your link page, I think you overlooked the "Note" section that reads, "Simulation using MAX is available on only the PXIe-5611 and PXI/PXIe-5650/5651/5652, and PXIe-5653".  

Your using 5841. Looks like 56XX supports simulation and typically simulation are IVI drivers not VISA.

[bienieck]

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@richjoh wrote:

Your link works when the suffix / is removed. 

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Yes, you need to remove comma from the RFSA link, sorry.

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@richjoh wrote:

On your link page, I think you overlooked the "Note" section that reads, "Simulation using MAX is available on only the PXIe-5611 and PXI/PXIe-5650/5651/5652, and PXIe-5653".  

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What about the help file? 

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@richjoh wrote:

Your using 5841. Looks like 56XX supports simulation and typically simulation are IVI drivers not VISA.

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And was I mention VISA anywhere?