Miloslav Macko August 28, 2013 How to use R&S NRPZ instrument drivers Table of Contents 2 NRP-Z Powersensors system drivers installation ............... 3 2.1 NRP-Toolkit installation .............................................................................. 4 2.2 Powersensor connection verification ........................................................ 5 3 NRP-Z Powersensors instrument drivers installation ......... 7 3.1 LabVIEW Instrument driver installation .................................................... 7 3.1.1 Location of installed files............................................................................ 7 3.1.1.1 32bit driver version ...................................................................................... 7 3.1.1.2 64bit driver version ...................................................................................... 8 3.2 LabWindows/CVI Instrument driver installation ....................................... 9 3.3 VXIplug&play Instrument driver installation ............................................. 9 3.3.1 Location of installed files............................................................................ 9 3.3.1.1 32bit driver version ...................................................................................... 9 3.3.1.2 64bit driver version ...................................................................................... 9 4 Usage of NRP-Z Powersensor Instrument drivers ............. 11 4.1 Instrument driver structure....................................................................... 11 4.2 Powersensor connection initialization .................................................. 13 4.2.1 Resource name .......................................................................................... 13 4.2.1.1 Resource name Examples ........................................................................ 14 4.2.2 Working with more than 1 powersensor ................................................. 14 4.2.2.1 1 VISA session, distinction by Channel .................................................. 14 2 NRP-Z Powersensors system drivers installation Before using any instrument driver, the NRP-Z powersensor USB driver must be installed, since the NRP-Z sensors are not USB TMC class devices. For that, Rohde & Schwarz provides free software package called NRP-Toolkit. To download it, please follow the link: http://www.rohde-schwarz.com/en/software/nrpz/ Figure 1: Rohde & Schwarz web-page NRP-Z related software NRP-Toolkit includes NRP-Z powersensors USB driver and Power Viewer software that provides graphical interface to use NRP-Z powersensors with just the computer. Power Viewer software manual is also available for download through the link above. 2.1 NRP-Toolkit installation - - Download and run NRP-Toolkit_x_x_x_x.exe Connect the powersensor to you PC USB port. PowersensorвЂ™s power supply comes from USB hub. Therefore, use only self-powered USB Hubs. All USB cables and hubs should have the logo: DonвЂ™t cascade USB hubs unnecessarily or extend USB cable lengths beyond total length of 5 meters. Open Device Manager to see if powersensor is available: Figure 2: Windows Device Manager with NRP-Z91 properly installed Depending on NRP-Toolkit version, the device R&S NRP-Zxx can appear also in the group Universal Serial Bus controllers. In case the NRP-Z USB driver is missing or not installed correctly, the Device Manager will show NRP-Z in Other devices group: Figure 3: Windows Device Manager with missing NRP-Z91 system drivers 2.1.1 Powersensor connection verification After successful installation, run Power Viewer (c:\Program Files (x86)\Rohde-Schwarz\NRPToolkit\NrpFlashup.exe, select Power Viewer) The Powersensor type and serial number are displayed in bottom right corner. In case more than 1 sensor is connected, you can switch between them through menu item Options -> Select Sensor. Figure 4: Power View with NRP-Z91 SN100025 connected Power Viewer Plus (c:\Program Files (x86)\Rohde-Schwarz\NRP-Toolkit\PowerViewerPlus.exe) offers much more functionalities, but for detecting the presence and proper connection of the powersensor simple Power Viewer is sufficient. This is how Power Viewer Plus User interface looks like with NRP-Z91 connected: Figure 5: Power Viewer Plus with NRP-Z91 SN100025 connected After succesfull connection verification, NRP-Z powersensor system drivers have been installed and working correctly and NRP-Z powersensors are ready to work in all instrument drivers programming environments. 3 NRP-Z Powersensors instrument drivers installation 3.1 LabVIEW Instrument driver installation Follow the link: http://www.rohdeschwarz.com/en/driver/nrpz/?&facet=facet.DriverTechnologie&facet.DriverTechnologie=LabVIEW LabVIEW 2009 or higher is required to use this driver. Windows version doesnвЂ™t play a role in selection whether to chose x64 or x86 version of the driver. For 32bit version of LabVIEW download LabVIEW x86 Windows Driver rsnrpz For 64bit version of LabVIEW download LabVIEW x64 Windows Driver rsnrpz Run the installer. Since the LabVIEW driver is only a wrapper over VXIplug&play driver, VXIplug&play driver will be installed along with it. 3.1.1 Location of installed files Paths described in this chapter are default installation paths using Windows 7 64bit version. For Windows 32bit version use Program Files instead of Program Files (x86) directory. 3.1.1.1 32bit driver version VXIplug&play driver: c:\Program Files (x86)\IVI Foundation\VISA\WinNT\rsnrpz c:\Program Files (x86)\IVI Foundation\VISA\WinNT\include\rsnrpz.h c:\Program Files (x86)\IVI Foundation\VISA\WinNT\Bin\rsnrpz_32.dll LabVIEW driver (wrapper over rsnrpz_32.dll): c:\Program Files (x86)\IVI Foundation\VISA\GWinNT\rsnrpz c:\Program Files (x86)\IVI Foundation\VISA\GWinNT\rsnrpz LabVIEW help file: c:\Program Files (x86)\\IVI Foundation\VISA\GWinNT\rsnrpz\RSNRPZ.chm In order to use this driver as a standard LabVIEW driver, please copy the contents of c:\Program Files (x86)\IVI Foundation\VISA\GWinNT\rsnrpz directory into your LabVIEW directory c:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\LabVIEW x.x\instr.lib. The driver will then be directly accessible from the LabVIEW Instrument Driver function palette menu: Figure 6: Accessing NRP-Z Instrument driver from LabVIEW palette 3.1.1.2 64bit driver version VXIplug&play driver: c:\Program Files\IVI Foundation\VISA\WinNT\rsnrpz c:\Program Files\IVI Foundation\VISA\WinNT\include\rsnrpz.h c:\Program Files\IVI Foundation\VISA\WinNT\Bin\rsnrpz_64.dll LabVIEW driver (wrapper over rsnrpz_64.dll): c:\Program Files\IVI Foundation\VISA\GWinNT\rsnrpz LabVIEW help file: c:\Program Files\IVI Foundation\VISA\GWinNT\rsnrpz\RSNRPZ.chm In order to use this driver as a standard LabVIEW driver, please copy the contents of c:\Program Files\IVI Foundation\VISA\GWinNT\rsnrpz directory into your LabVIEW directory c:\Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW x.x\instr.lib. The driver will then be directly accessible from the LabVIEW Instrument Driver function palette menu (see Figure 6) 3.2 LabWindows/CVI Instrument driver installation Follow the link: http://www.rohdeschwarz.com/en/driver/nrpz/?&facet=facet.DriverTechnologie&facet.DriverTechnologie=LabWindows %2FCVI%20Plug%26Play The LabWindows/CVI NRP-Powersensors instrument driver consists of a ZIP archive containing the driver sources. In addition, the instrument driver documentation rsnrpz_vxi.chm. Copy driver source to your CVI project and load instrument by selecting rsnrpz.fp. Header file NrpControl2.h is a header file for dynamic link library NrpControl2.dll / NrpControl2_64.dll that is placed in c:\Windows\System32 directory. 3.3 VXIplug&play Instrument driver installation This driver is the most universal of all and can be used in all environments that support calling dynamic link library functions. To download it, follow the link: http://www.rohdeschwarz.com/en/driver/nrpz/?&facet=facet.DriverTechnologie&facet.DriverTechnologie=VXIplug%26pl ay 3.3.1 Location of installed files Paths described in this chapter are default installation paths using Windows 7 64bit version. For Windows 32bit version use Program Files instead of Program Files (x86) directory. 3.3.1.1 32bit driver version Additional driver files directory: c:\Program Files (x86)\IVI Foundation\VISA\WinNT\rsnrpz Help file: c:\Program Files (x86)\IVI Foundation\VISA\WinNT\rsnrpz\rsnrpz_vxi.chm Driver DLL: c:\Program Files (x86)\IVI Foundation\VISA\WinNT\Bin\rsnrpz_32.dll Header file: c:\Program Files (x86)\IVI Foundation\VISA\WinNT\include\rsnrpz.h C# wrapper: c:\Program Files (x86)\IVI Foundation\VISA\WinNT\include\rsnrpz.cs Visual Basic .NET wrapper: c:\Program Files (x86)\IVI Foundation\VISA\WinNT\include\rsnrpz.vb 3.3.1.2 64bit driver version Additional driver files directory: c:\Program Files\IVI Foundation\VISA\WinNT\rsnrpz Help file: c:\Program Files\IVI Foundation\VISA\WinNT\rsnrpz\rsnrpz_vxi.chm Driver DLL: c:\Program Files\IVI Foundation\VISA\WinNT\Bin\rsnrpz_64.dll Header file: c:\Program Files\IVI Foundation\VISA\WinNT\include\rsnrpz.h C# wrapper: c:\Program Files\IVI Foundation\VISA\WinNT\include\rsnrpz64.cs Visual Basic .NET wrapper: c:\Program Files\IVI Foundation\VISA\WinNT\include\rsnrpz64.vb 4 Usage of NRP-Z Powersensor Instrument drivers 4.1 Instrument driver structure Here, only VXIplug&play driver usage will be explained. LabWindows/CVI uses exactly the same API as VXIplug&play driver. For LabVIEW, wrapper VI names are different from function names. For example function rsnrpz_init() is in LabVIEW represented by RSNRPZ Initialize.vi. However, the structure of both instrument drivers is the same. To find corresponding function, refer to help files rsnrpz_vxi.chm and RSNRPZ.chm (see chapter 3 for location of help files) Example of finding corresponding function rsnrpz_meass_readBufferMeasurement in LabVIEW: Figure 7: Function rsnrpz_meass_readBufferMeasurement in VXPplug&play help file Figure 8: Function вЂњRSNRPZ Read Buffer Data.viвЂќ in LabVIEW help file LabVIEW driver location of VIs in folders directly corresponds to tree structure described in LabVIEW help file: Figure 9: LabVIEW driver folder structure For backwards compatibility the following functions are still available, although not recommended to be used anymore (see chapter 4.2.2 for more details): rsnrpz_AddSensor / RSNRPZ Add Sensor.vi rsnrpz_CloseSensor / RSNRPZ Close Sensor.vi In LabVIEW, the VIs RSNRPZ One Sensor Connection.vi and RSNRPZ Two Sensor Connection.vi are examples of how to connect one or more sensors using the Channel as identifier. This is one of two methods how to work with more than one sensor. The other one is to use different VISA session for each sensor (see chapter 4.2.2 for more details): 4.2 Powersensor connection initialization Usage of the instrument driver always starts with Initializing of one or more powersensors. Function prototype: ViStatus rsnrpz_init ( ViRsrc resourceName, ViBoolean idQuery, ViBoolean resetDevice, ViSession* instrumentHandle ); 4.2.1 Resource name Resource name is the string with the following format: USB::<VendorID>::<ProductID>::<SerialNumber> VendorID is 0xAAD for all Rohde & Schwarz instrument ProductID depends on powersensor model: Powersensor model ProductID Powersensor model ProductID NRP-Z21 NRP-FU FSH-Z1 NRP-Z11 NRP-Z22 NRP-Z23 NRP-Z24 NRP-Z51 NRP-Z52 NRP-Z55 NRP-Z56 FSH-Z18 NRP-Z91 NRP-Z81 NRP-Z31 NRP-Z37 0x0003 0x0004 0x000b 0x000c 0x0013 0x0014 0x0015 0x0016 0x0017 0x0018 0x0019 0x001a 0x0021 0x0023 0x002c 0x002d NRP-Z96 NRP-Z27 NRP-Z28 NRP-Z98 NRP-Z92 NRP-Z57 NRP-Z85 NRPC40 NRPC50 NRP-Z86 NRP-Z211 NRP-Z221 NRP-Z58 NRPC33 NRPC18 0x002e 0x002f 0x0051 0x0052 0x0062 0x0070 0x0083 0x008f 0x0090 0x0095 0x00a6 0x00a7 0x00a8 0x00b6 0x00bf In case the device is not listed in table above, Product ID can be read out from Device Manager Properties Window. Right-click on device you want to find more details about and chose Properties from context menu. Then, click on tab Details. In Property selector chose Hardware Ids: Or including device serial number in Device Instance Path: 4.2.1.1 Resource name Examples USB::0x0aad::0x000c::100001 вЂ“ NRP-Z11 with Serial Number 100001 USB::0x0aad::0x021::* - first available NRP-Z91 Powersensor USB::0xaad::* - first available Powersensor 4.2.2 Working with more than 1 powersensor For legacy reasons, there are 2 ways how to work with more than 1 powersensor: 4.2.2.1 One session, powersensors addressed by Channel This was the original way how to communicate with more than 1 powersensor in instrument driver. ThatвЂ™s why almost all functions have parameter Channel still as their input parameter. The biggest down-side of this solution is the dependency of n-th powersensor on using all n-1 ones. If user wants to open powersensor in channel 5, he has to open 4 powersensors before that. In addition, opening st the very 1 one is done with different function than the rest of them. Although this solution is still supported by the instrument driver, it is not recommended for development of new applications. HereвЂ™s the example how to open, access and close powersensors in this manner: ViStatus iStatus; ViSession iHandle; //opening of 3 powersensors iStatus = rsnrpz_init (вЂњUSB::0xAAD::0x000C::100001вЂќ, VI_TRUE, VI_TRUE, &iHandle); iStatus = rsnrpz_AddSensor (iHandle, вЂњUSB::0xAAD::0x0021::100011вЂќ, 2, VI_TRUE, VI_TRUE); iStatus = rsnrpz_AddSensor (iHandle, вЂњUSB::0xAAD::0x0003::100010вЂќ, 3, VI_TRUE, VI_TRUE); //Usage of powersensors (zeroing all of them) st iStatus = rsnrpz_chan_zero (iHandle, 1); //zeroing the 1 powersensor nd iStatus = rsnrpz_chan_zero (iHandle, 2); //zeroing the 2 powersensor rd iStatus = rsnrpz_chan_zero (iHandle, 3); //zeroing the 3 powersensor //Closing of all 3 powersensors iStatus = rsnrpz_CloseSensor (iHandle, 1); iStatus = rsnrpz_CloseSensor (iHandle, 2); iStatus = rsnrpz_CloseSensor (iHandle, 3); 4.2.2.2 Unique session for each powersensor With this approach every powersensor has its unique handle and they can be operated independently. The parameter Channel is always set to 1 (or in LabVIEW not connected). This is the recommended way of working with more than one powersensor Same example as in previous chapter using unique sessions approach: ViStatus iStatus; ViSession iHandle1, iHandle2, iHandle3; //opening of 3 powersensors iStatus = rsnrpz_init (вЂњUSB::0xAAD::0x000C::100001вЂќ, VI_TRUE, VI_TRUE, &iHandle1); iStatus = rsnrpz_init (вЂњUSB::0xAAD::0x0021::100011вЂќ, VI_TRUE, VI_TRUE, &iHandle2); iStatus = rsnrpz_init (вЂњUSB::0xAAD::0x0003::100010вЂќ, VI_TRUE, VI_TRUE, &iHandle3); //Usage of powersensors (zeroing all of them) st iStatus = rsnrpz_chan_zero (iHandle1, 1); //zeroing the 1 powersensor nd iStatus = rsnrpz_chan_zero (iHandle2, 1); //zeroing the 2 powersensor rd iStatus = rsnrpz_chan_zero (iHandle3, 1); //zeroing the 3 powersensor //Closing of all 3 powersensors iStatus = rsnrpz_Close (iHandle1); //or iStatus = rsnrpz_CloseSensor (iHandle1, 1); iStatus = rsnrpz_Close (iHandle2); //or iStatus = rsnrpz_CloseSensor (iHandle2, 1); iStatus = rsnrpz_Close (iHandle3); //or iStatus = rsnrpz_CloseSensor (iHandle3, 1); Please notice that the function rsnrpz_Close closes all channels if more than one was added, while rsnrpz_CloseSensor only closes the specified channel. ThatвЂ™s why for only one powersensor per session both functions perform identical operation. 4.3 Examples All examples are written in LabWindows/CVI with the intention to give user template about steps and order of function calls to perform similar measurement tasks in his own programming language. 4.3.1 Simple non-triggered average mode In this mode powersensor measures immediately for certain time (set by rsnrpz_avg_configureAvgManual) and returns the result: ViSession iHandle; ViBoolean meas_complete = VI_FALSE; ViReal64 dResultArray[1]; ViReal dMeasValue = 0.0; ViInt32 iReadCount; //initialization rsnrpz_init (вЂќUSB::0x0aad::0x0021::100001вЂќ, 1, 1, & iHandle); //configuration of the measurement rsnrpz_chan_mode (iHandle, 1, 0); //continue average mode rsnrpz_chan_setCorrectionFrequency (iHandle, 1, 1E9)); //setting corr. frequency to 1GHz rsnrpz_trigger_setSource (iHandle, 1, 3); //immediate trigger rsnrpz_avg_configureAvgManual (iHandle, 1, 5); //manual averaging of 5 values //measurement вЂ“ this section can be repeated to get more measurements rsnrpz_chans_initiate (iHandle); //start the measurement вЂ“ from this moment instrument reacts on trigger event. In case of immediate trigger, it starts measuring immediately //waiting for measurement to finish do { rsnrpz_chan_isMeasurementComplete(io, 1, &meas_complete)); //check if measurement is complete Delay (0.1); //wait 100ms } while (meas_complete == VI_FALSE); //wait until measurement is completed. Include timeout for this loop to prevent deadlock rsnrpz_meass_fetchBufferMeasurement(io, 1, 1, &dResultArray, &iReadCount); dMeasValue = dResultArray[0]; alternatively, for //measurement section the following code is functionally identical (see the difference between functions rsnrpz_meass_readBufferMeasurement and rsnrpz_meass_fetchBufferMeasurement rsnrpz_meass_readBufferMeasurement (iHandle, 1, 5000, 1, &dResultArray, &iReadCount); //initialize the measurement with timeout of 5000ms, wait for measurement to finish and read the result; dMeasValue = dResultArray[0]; 4.3.2 Externally triggered average mode In this mode powersensor measurement is triggered by external signal on connector pin, measures for certain time (set by rsnrpz_avg_configureAvgManual) and returns the result. The only difference to the previous Simple non-triggered average mode is the following line: rsnrpz_trigger_setSource (iHandle, 1, 1); //external trigger Setting of the Trigger delay in this case is possible with rsnrpz_trigger_configureExternal 4.3.3 Internally triggered average mode In this mode powersensor is triggered internally based on incoming signal and configured trigger conditions. After that, it measures for certain time (set by rsnrpz_avg_configureAvgManual) and returns the result. ViSession iHandle; ViBoolean meas_complete = VI_FALSE; ViReal64 dResultArray[1]; ViReal dMeasValue = 0.0; ViInt32 iReadCount; //initialization rsnrpz_init (вЂќUSB::0x0aad::0x0021::100001вЂќ, 1, 1, & iHandle); //configuration of the measurement rsnrpz_chan_mode (iHandle, 1, 0); //continue average mode rsnrpz_chan_setCorrectionFrequency (iHandle, 1, 1E9)); //setting corr. frequency to 1GHz rsnrpz_trigger_setSource (iHandle, 1, 4); //internal trigger rsnrpz_trigger_configureInternal (iHandle, 1, 1.0e-6, 0); //trigger level 1uW, positive slope rsnrpz_avg_configureAvgManual (iHandle, 1, 5); //manual averaging of 5 values //measurement вЂ“ this section can be repeated to get more measurements rsnrpz_chans_initiate (iHandle); //start the measurement вЂ“ from this moment instrument reacts on trigger event. //waiting for measurement to finish do { rsnrpz_chan_isMeasurementComplete(io, 1, &meas_complete)); //check if measurement is complete Delay (0.1); //wait 100ms } while (meas_complete == VI_FALSE); //wait until measurement is completed. Include timeout for this loop to prevent deadlock rsnrpz_meass_fetchBufferMeasurement(io, 1, 1, &dResultArray, &iReadCount); dMeasValue = dResultArray[0]; 4.3.4 Internally triggered timeslot mode In this mode powersensor is triggered internally based on incoming signal and configured trigger conditions. After that, it measures integrated power over defined number of timeslots (set by rsnrpz_tslot_configureTimeSlot) and returns the result. ViSession iHandle; ViBoolean meas_complete = VI_FALSE; ViReal64 dResultArray[1]; ViReal dMeasValue = 0.0; ViInt32 iReadCount; //initialization rsnrpz_init (вЂќUSB::0x0aad::0x0021::100001вЂќ, 1, 1, & iHandle); //configuration of the measurement rsnrpz_chan_mode (iHandle, 1, 2); //timeslot measurement mode rsnrpz_chan_setCorrectionFrequency (iHandle, 1, 1E9)); //setting corr. frequency to 1GHz rsnrpz_trigger_setSource (iHandle, 1, 4); //internal trigger rsnrpz_trigger_configureInternal (iHandle, 1, 1.0e-6, 0); //trigger level 1uW, positive slope rsnrpz_tslot_configureTimeSlot (io, 1, 3, 2e-3)); //measurement of 3 timeslots, each of 2ms width //measurement вЂ“ this section can be repeated to get more measurements rsnrpz_chans_initiate (iHandle); //start the measurement вЂ“ from this moment instrument reacts on trigger event. //waiting for measurement to finish do { rsnrpz_chan_isMeasurementComplete(io, 1, &meas_complete)); //check if measurement is complete Delay (0.1); //wait 100ms } while (meas_complete == VI_FALSE); //wait until measurement is completed. 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