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Completing the Setup
To tighten the SMA connectors and verify that you installed all modules successfully, complete the following steps: Using an appropriate torque wrench (not included) or torque screwdriver and SMA driver bit, tighten all SMA connectors. NI recommends use of 1
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Configuring the Devices in MAX
The NI-RFSA and NI-RFSG instrument drivers for the NI 5663E and NI 5673E use a single resource name to reference the devices in software. However, each device is composed of three modules, so you must configure the hardware in MAX
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Configuring the NI 5663E Master
The following figure shows the MAX configuration tree for all the modules present in a 2 × 2 MIMO setup, which can consist of two NI 5673E devices and two NI 5663E devices in a phase-coherent configuration. The two NI
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Configuring the NI 5673E Master
The following figure shows the MAX configuration tree for all the modules present in a 2 × 2 MIMO setup, which can consist of two NI 5673E devices and two NI 5663E devices in a phase-coherent configuration. The two NI
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Configuring the NI 5663E Slaves
The configuration of the slave NI 5663E devices is the same as the master, with one key difference. You must select External as the LO source for each slave NI 5601 module because the LO signal is shared by all
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Configuring the NI 5673E Slaves
The configuration of the slave NI 5673E devices is the same as the master, with one key difference. You must select External as the LO source for each slave NI 5611 module because the LO signal is shared by all
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Devices Used in the NI 6.6 GHz MIMO Platform
The NI 6.6 GHz MIMO platform is made up of the NI PXIe-5663E and the NI PXIe-5673E.
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Installing the NI 5663E Master
The master NI 5663E is the RF signal analyzer that receives the LO signal directly from the NI 5652 module. Tip Install the master NI 5663E modules in the chassis with enough room to install the slave NI 5663E devices
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Installing the NI 5663E Slaves
Slave NI 5663E devices, which consist of NI 5601 and NI 5622 modules, are the additional analyzer channels that receive daisy-chained LO and analog-to-digital converter (ADC) Sample Clock signals. Install the slave NI 5601 module immediately to the right of
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Installing the NI 5673E Master
The master NI 5673E is the RF vector signal generator that receives the LO signal directly from the NI 5652 module. Tip Install the master NI 5673E modules in the chassis with enough room to install the slave NI 5673E
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- Manual: PXIe-5663E/PXIe-5673E