Can I connect to a PXI-5663 using National Instruments "niRFSA" IVI driver?

Working on PXI chassis with controller running Win7

Running MATLAB 2011a and LabView 2011 is installed on PXI

"niRFSA" is an installed IVI driver according to both "tmtool" and "instrwinfo". LabView MAX and "tmtool" both indicate that it should support the PXI-5663 in Slot 7. The NI "Soft Panel" runs the instrument just fine. NI MAX reports the VISA resource as "PXI2::0::INSTR"

Here's what happens when I try to connect:

>> x = instrhwinfo('ivi');
>> y = x.Modules;
>> disp(y)
  Columns 1 through 6

      'nidcpower'    'nidmm'    'niFgen'    'niRFSA'    'niRFSG'    'nisACPwr'

    Columns 7 through 11

      'niScope'    'nisCounter'    'nisDCPwr'    'nisDigitizer'    'nisDmm'

    Columns 12 through 16

      'nisDownconverter'    'nisFGen'    'nisPwrMeter'    'nisRFSigGen'    'nisScope'

    Columns 17 through 21

      'nisSpecAn'    'nisSwtch'    'nisUpconverter'    'niSwitch'    'niVNA'

>> makemid('niRFSA','mikesRFSA.mdd')
Warning: Can not retrieve attribute : NIRFSA_ATTR_RECONFIGURATION_TRIGGER_SOURCE's ID
value 
> In makemid>localConvertFromIviC at 228
  In makemid at 132
>>

<Creates file "mikesRFSA.mdd">

>> cc = icdevice('mikesRFSA','PXI2::0::INSTR')

     Instrument Device Object Using Driver : niRFSA

     Instrument Information
        Type:               IVIInstrument
        Manufacturer:       National Instruments Corp.
        Model:              National Instruments RF Signal Analyzer

     Driver Information
        DriverType:         MATLAB IVI
        DriverName:         niRFSA
        DriverVersion:      1.0

     Communication State
        Status:             closed

>> 
>> connect(cc)
??? Error using ==> icdevice.connect at 117
The VXIplug&play driver could not connect to the instrument using the specified
resource.
If this error is not an instrument error, use MIDEDIT to inspect the driver.

>>

Answer 1

[Shawn Mason]

Hello,

I'm just starting my project but I was able to connect to a NI PXIe-5665 through MATLAB. I created a IVI-C driver. One issue may be the resource string. I would use the string placed next the the instrument in NI-MAX. It normally has the format "PXI1Slot2".

sig_an = icdevice('niRFSA.mdd', 'PXI1Slot4');
try
    connect(sig_an);
catch ME1
    disp(ME1.message)
end

idn = sig_an.Inherentiviattributesinstrumentidentification.Model;
disp(idn);

if ~isempty(instrfindall('Type','IVIInstrument'))
    disconnect(instrfindall('Type','IVIInstrument'));
end
delete(instrfindall);

>> test
NI PXIe-5665 (14GHz)
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