Adding A While Loop - National Instruments PXIe-5696 Getting Started

10. Display the VI front panel by clicking it or by selecting Window » Show Front
Panel.
11. In the VI front panel power level (dBm) control, enter 0. In the frequency
(Hz) control, enter 100M (100 MHz).
12. In the VI front panel resource name control, enter the NI 5654 device name
that you specified in MAX.

Adding a While Loop

Add a While Loop to continuously generate the signal and check the generation
status until you click the Stop button.
1. Display the VI block diagram, and select the While Loop on the Structures
palette.
Tip
the Structures palette.
2. Enclose the niRFSG Check Generation Status VI in the While Loop, as shown in
the following figure.
Figure 8. The niRFSG Check Generation Status VI Enclosed in the While Loop
3. Right-click the While Loop tunnels, and select Replace with Shift Register.
4. Select the Or function on the Boolean palette. Place the function inside the
While Loop.
5. Wire the output of the Or function to the conditional terminal of the While
Loop.
6. Select the Unbundle by Name function on the Cluster, Class, & Variant palette.
Place the function inside the While Loop.
You can use the Search button on the Functions palette to find
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