© National Instruments Corporation 3 NI PXI-5660 Getting Started Guide
3. Verifying Kit Contents
You need the following items to set up and use the RF vector signal analyzer. Listboxes represent
physical kit items.
❑ Driver software disc—Installs the NI-RFSA and ni5660 instrument driver software and electronic
documentation, including the following documents:
– NI RF Signal Analyzers Readme—This HTML document includes information about the
minimal and recommended system requirements, new features, installed file locations, and
uninstalling/modifying the NI-RFSA instrument driver software.
– NI PXI-5660 Help—Use this online help file, located at Start»All Programs»
National Instruments»NI-RFSA»Documentation, to learn how to operate NI 5660 RF
vector signal analyzers.
– NI High-Speed Digitizers Help—Use this online help document, located at Start»All
Programs»National Instruments»NI-SCOPE»Documentation, to learn more information
about the IF digitizer module included as part of your RF vector signal analyzer.
– NI-Tuner Help—Use this online help document, located in the Program Files»National
Instruments»<LabVIEW>»Help directory, for full access to the functionality of the
instrument drivers for the RF downconverter and IF digitizer modules.
❑ NI Spectral Measurement Toolkit CD—Installs the Spectral Measurements Toolkit (SMT)
software components, which includes SMT VIs and functions, examples, and documentation.
❑ 1/8 in. combination Phillips/flathead screwdriver
❑ The following printed documentation:
– NI 5660 Getting Started Guide (this document)
– Specifications documents for your device
– Read Me First: Safety and Electromagnetic Compatibility
– Maintain Forced-Air Cooling Note to Users
❑ Two hardware modules:
– NI 5600 RF downconverter module
– NI 5620 IF digitizer module
❑ Short cables for interconnecting modules
– One short, semi-rigid SMA-to-SMA coaxial cable
– One long, semi-rigid SMA-to-SMA coaxial cable
– One semi-flexible SMA-to-SMA coaxial cable
❑ Plastic collars (cable wrenches) for gripping the coaxial cable hex connectors
Other Required Items
❑
One of the following configurations:
– (PXI system) A PXI chassis, PXI embedded or MXI controller system that meets the system
requirements specified in this guide, and chassis documentation.
–
(PXI Express system) A PXI Express chassis, PXI Express embedded or MXI Express
controller, and chassis documentation.
❑ A 1 N · m standard SMA torque wrench (part number 187106-01), for use with included SMA
driver bit