Can You Use a Trigger to Begin Signal Generation in RFmx Waveform Creator?

Updated Sep 13, 2024

Reported In

Software

  • RFmx
  • RFmx Waveform Creator

Driver

  • NI-RFSG

Programming Language

  • LabVIEW G

Issue Details

I am using the RFmx Waveform Generator to generate my signal, and I want it to begin when it receives an external trigger from another device. Is this possible?

Solution

Unfortunately, the RFmx Waveform Creator doesn’t support the use of triggers to begin signal generation.

However, there is an alternative using a LabVIEW example. Open LabVIEW, go to the Help menu, and select Find Examples… There, look for the example “RFsg Scripting with Triggers.vi”. This example will show you how to use triggers to control signal generation.

In the next picture, you can see a modification made to use one trigger to generate a specific signal (in this case the signal is generated programmatically but it could be imported from a File generated using the RFmx Waveform Generator)
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