RFmx WCDMA 19.1 ReadmeOctober 2019
This file contains important information about the RFmx WCDMA, including system requirements and installation instructions.
Overview
New Features
Supported Hardware
System Requirements
Supported Operating Systems
Application Software Support
Installation Instructions
Installed Software
File Locations
Executable
Accessing the API
Accessing the Help
Finding Examples
Product Security and Critical Updates
Behavior Changes
Known Issues
Bug Fixes
Automating the Installation of NI Products
Using NI Software with Microsoft Windows 10
Using NI Software with Microsoft Windows 8.1
RFmx WCDMA Drops Support for Windows 7 (64-Bit) and Windows Server 2008 R2 in 2021
Legal Information
OverviewRFmx WCDMA is an optimized API for performing physical layer measurements on WCDMA cellular standard signals. RFmx WCDMA is an application software that provides simple access to advanced optimization techniques such as multimeasurement parallelism and multi-DUT measurements.
New FeaturesRFmx WCDMA 19.1 includes the following new feature:
RFmx WCDMA 19.0 includes the following new features:
Support for LabVIEW 2019 (32-bit and 64-bit)
Support for De-embedding S-Parameter External Attenuation Tables
Addition of Reference Level Headroom property
Addition of RFmx WCDMA Soft Front Panel (SFP 64-bit) with debug support
RFmx WCDMA 3.0 includes the following new features:
Supported HardwareThe following hardware products are supported in all operating systems listed in the Supported Operating Systems section.
Vector Signal AnalyzersPXIe-5663
PXIe-5663E
PXIe-5665
PXIe-5668
PXIe-5668 with PXIe-5698
Device-specific information about these modules is included in the NI RF Vector Signal Analyzers Help .
Vector Signal TransceiversPXIe-5644
PXIe-5645
PXIe-5646
PXIe-5820
PXIe-5840
PXIe-5841
Device-specific information about these modules is included in the NI RF Vector Signal Transceivers Help .
System RequirementsRFmx WCDMA has the following requirements:
Processor—1 GHz 64-bit (x64) processor
4 GB RAM *
A screen resolution of 1,024 x 768
Windows 10/8.1/7, with all available critical updates and service packs
* Depending on the amount of data acquired and/or processed, a larger amount of memory may be required.
Supported Operating SystemsRFmx WCDMA 19.1 supports the following 64-bit operating systems:
1 NI software installs VC2015 Runtime and .NET 4.6.2. Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 require Microsoft updates to support these items. Refer to Microsoft KB2919442 and KB2919355 for more information about how to install these updates.
2 NI software is signed with a SHA-256 certificate. Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 require Microsoft updates to support SHA-256. Refer to Microsoft KB3033929 for more information about how to install this security update.
Note In 2019, RFmx WCDMA dropped support for all 32-bit Windows operating systems. RFmx WCDMA will not install or run on an unsupported OS. Refer to RFmx WCDMA Drops Support for Windows 7 (64-Bit) and Windows Server 2008 R2 in 2021 for information about future OS support.
Application Software SupportRFmx WCDMA supports the following application software versions, including service packs. You should install application software, such as LabVIEW, LabWindows/CVI or Microsoft Visual Studio®, before installing RFmx WCDMA. To add support for application software installed after installing RFmx WCDMA modify your RFmx WCDMA installation or launch the RFmx WCDMA installer again. If you are not using NI application software, refer to Microsoft Visual Studio Support .
| Application Software | Versions Supported by RFmx WCDMA |
| LabVIEW | 2016, 2017, 2018 SP1 f4 patch, or 2019 |
Required SoftwareMicrosoft Visual Studio SupportIf you are using the RFmx WCDMA .NET Class Library, .NET Framework 4.0 (minimum) is required. The RFmx WCDMA .NET Class Library can be used with Visual C# or Visual Basic .NET in any Visual Studio version that can target .NET Framework 4.0.
Installation InstructionsNI installs RFmx WCDMA using NI Package Manager. If you do not already have NI software installed, RFmx WCDMA installs NI Package Manager to handle the installation of your NI software. Visit ni.com/info and enter the Info Code NIPMDownload to download NI Package Manager. Refer to the NI Package Manager Manual for more information about installing, removing, and upgrading NI software using NI Package Manager.
Installed Software<MSTUDIOVS2010DIR> is an alias for the following National Instruments file folder location:
<NIDir> is an alias for the following National Instruments file folder location:
<SYSDIR> is an alias for the following file folder location:
File Locations| Item | Installed Location |
| Version Compatibility Checker | <NIDir>RFmx
iRFmxCompatibility_Checker.exe |
| Debug Configuration Utility | <NIDir>RFmx
iRFmxDebugConfigurationUtility.exe |
| DLLs | <SYSDIR> |
| Header files | <NIDir> SharedExternalCompilerSupportCinclude |
| Import Library files (64-bit) | |
| .NET Class Libraries |
| Assemblies | <MSTUDIOVS2010DIR> DotNETAssembliesCurrentNationalInstruments.RFmx.WcdmaMX.Fx40.dll
<MSTUDIOVS2010DIR> DotNETAssembliesCurrentNationalInstruments.RFmx.InstrMX.Fx40.dll
<MSTUDIOVS2010DIR> DotNETAssembliesCurrentNationalInstruments.Common.dll |
ExecutableSelect Start » All Programs » National Instruments» RFmx WCDMA» RFmx Soft Front Panel to launch the RFmx Soft Front Panel (64-bit).
Accessing the APIRFmx WCDMA palette VIs are available from the Functions » Measurement I/O » NI-RFmx » WCDMA palette.
Accessing the HelpDocumentation for RFmx WCDMA is located at Start»All Programs»National Instruments»RFmx WCDMA»RFmx WCDMA Documentation . The documentation set is composed of the following documents.
| Document | Format | Description |
| RFmx WCDMA Help | HTML/Windows Help | Contains primary help content for RFmx WCDMA. This help file is an HTML version of a traditional user manual that includes the following information:An introduction to RFmx WCDMA How to get started with application development A complete reference for all RFmx WCDMA programming functions and VIs
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| RFmx WCDMA 19.1 Readme | HTML (this document) | Contains information about supported hardware and operating systems, new features, fixed issues, and legal notices. |
Finding ExamplesYou can access all the installed RFmx WCDMA examples at Start»All Programs»National Instruments»RFmx WCDMA»RFmx WCDMA Examples.
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Product Security and Critical UpdatesVisit ni.com/security to view and subscribe to receive security notifications about National Instruments products. Visit ni.com/critical-updates for information about critical updates from National Instruments.
Behavior ChangesThe following are the behavior changes in RFmx WCDMA 19.1 from RFmx WCDMA 19.0.
The following are the behavior changes in RFmx WCDMA 19.0 from RFmx WCDMA 3.0.
Dropped support for LabVIEW 2015.
Deprecated the Recommended I/Q Measurement Bandwidth property in RFInstr.
Dropped support for RFmx WCDMA Measurement Interactive Panel.
Known IssuesYou can access the software and documentation known issues list online. Refer to the RFmx WCDMA Known Issues for an up-to-date list of known issues.
Bug FixesThe following are IDs and titles of a subset of issues fixed in RFmx WCDMA . This is not an exhaustive list of issues fixed in the current version of the RFmx WCDMA . If you have a Bug ID, you can search this list to validate that the issue has been fixed.
The following bugs are fixed in RFmx WCDMA 19.1 from RFmx WCDMA 19.0.
| ID | Fixed Issue |
| 249283 | Fixed an issue to report an error when the measurement bandwidth exceeds the instantaneous bandwidth on PXIe-5668 and PXIe-5665. |
| 237918 | Fixed an issue with multicarrier measurements when the Automatic SG SA Shared LO property is set to Enabled . |
| 234240 | Fixed an intermittent error occurring at Analyze IQ and Analyze Spectrum APIs when performing a composite measurement with different averaging count for each measurement. |
The following bug is fixed in RFmx WCDMA 19.0 from RFmx WCDMA 3.0.
| ID | Fixed Issue |
| 237913 | Fixed an issue where the user-configured values for ModAcc IQ Gain Imbalance Removal Enabled and ModAcc IQ Quadrature Error Removal Enabled properties were not being considered in a few scenarios. |
The following bugs are fixed in RFmx WCDMA 3.0 from RFmx WCDMA 2.5
| ID | Fixed Issue |
| 248862 | Fixed an occasional crash which might occur on closing LabVIEW 2017 IDE or LabVIEW 2017 built applications that use RFmx. |
| 244193 | Fixed an issue where a timeout error was thrown when the digital trigger was configured when Using breakpoints in C/C++/.NET application was selected in the PXIe-5840. |
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RFmx WCDMA Drops Support for Windows 7 (64-Bit) and Windows Server 2008 R2 in 2021RFmx WCDMA will drop support for Windows 7 (64-bit) and Windows Server 2008 R2 starting in 2021. Versions of this product that ship after May 1, 2021, may not install or execute correctly on these operating systems. For detailed information about NI operating system support, visit ni.com/r/win32bitsupport .
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| SignalExpress | selcp |
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