Is it possible to use LABVIEW to access tektronix RSA513A

[gilmaor1]

Hello ALL,

I need to connect to tektronix RSA513A (500 series spectrume analyzer)

I have found pictures over the internet of labview doing that but, not the drivers and VI's.

Can anyone please shed some light on this matter?

Thanks!

Gil,

[billko · Accepted solution]

Driver is here.  (The VIs are the driver.)

[mcduff]

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@billko wrote:

Driver is here.  (The VIs are the driver.)

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Actually those drivers are for different models. The best place to find drivers for the 500 series is https://github.com/tektronix/RSA_API

[billko]

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@mcduff wrote:

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@billko wrote:

Driver is here.  (The VIs are the driver.)

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Actually those drivers are for different models. The best place to find drivers for the 500 series is https://github.com/tektronix/RSA_API

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Holy cow - my link where the driver page redirected me.

[gilmaor1]

Thanks!

[gilmaor1]

Hi bilko.

For some reason those vi do not work.

And the project will not open. LV tells me it is corrupted.

[billko]

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@gilmaor1 wrote:

Hi bilko.

For some reason those vi do not work.

And the project will not open. LV tells me it is corrupted.

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The NI device driver selection page sent me to the wrong driver, and I failed to realize this.  Did you try mcduff's link?

[gilmaor1]

Hi,

I have found a way to make it work.

First,  I down loaded the DLL from https://www.tek.com/en/spectrum-analyzer/rsa306-manual/rsa306-rsa306b-and-rsa500a600a

and than I used the following instructions.

The thing is, I had to insert the path to the dll for each vi.

Otherwise I will get a brocken arrow.

Gil,

[gilmaor1]

the VI's in mcduff's  link do not open.

 

[rolfk]

That is because those VIs only are thin wrappers around the Tektronix shared library that is the driver for your device. You need to install that driver first on your system. A quick glance on the Tektronix site would indicate that you probably need to install this: 

https://www.tek.com/en/support/software/application/rsa-application-programming-interface-api-32-bit...

or this if you use 64-bit LabVIEW:

https://www.tek.com/en/support/software/application/rsa-application-programming-interface-api-64-bit...

And from what I saw on the github page, those VIs are EXTREMELY minimal. Calling that a LabVIEW driver is a blatant over exaggeration. It's at best a single example.