Setting up the RSA306 to talk to work with LabVIEW is relatively simple. This guide assumes you are working from a clean computer (No T&M software installed yet).
- Install SignalVu-PC. This will install Tek VISA as well.
- Install LabVIEW along with NI-VISA. (Don't worry, NI-VISA and Tek VISA can be installed at the same time. Just be sure to install NI-VISA second)
- Plug in the RSA306 and let Windows install the driver.
- Launch SignalVU-PC.
- Go to the notification area of the taskbar and find the item Tek VISA Control LAN Server. Right-click it and select Start VXI-11 Server.
- Start LabVIEW.
- From the LabVIEW start screen go to Help -> Find Instrument Drivers…
- Log in with your NI.com account if you aren’t already. If you don’t have one you will need to create one.
- In the Manufacturer drop down select Tektronix
- In the additional keywords type RSA6120A
a. You need to search on a specific model number. The driver will not come up in the search results if you only enter the Series number. - Select the tkras6100 Instrument Driver from the result then click Install >
- After it downloads and installs it will ask you if you want to start using the driver now. Click yes and a list of examples will show up.
- Open the example tkrsa6100 Acquire and Fetch SA Display Example.vi
- On the front panel of the VI, in the VISA Resource Name control select or enter TCPIP0::127.0.0.1::inst0::INSTR. This is the local loopback address and tells VISA to try to connect to the VXI-11 server that is running on your PC. (Remember when you Started the VXI-11 Server from the Tek VISA Control LAN Server notification tray icon? You did that right?)
- Adjust any additional parameters then click the run button. The VI runs and displays the spectrum.