December 2016
Thank you for using the NI WLAN Generation Toolkit. This file contains important information about the NI WLAN Generation Toolkit and is organized into the following sections:
Installed Software, Documentation, and Examples
NI Software Support for Microsoft Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003
Product Security and Critical Updates
Toolkit Version Naming Changes
Uninstalling/Modifying NI WLAN Generation Toolkit
Automating the Installation of NI Products
Using NI Software with Microsoft Windows 10
Using NI Software with Microsoft Windows 8.1
The following list shows the supported hardware products:
NI WLAN Generation Toolkit 16.0 supports the following operating systems:
1 NI software installs VC2015 Runtime and .NET 4.6.1. 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, Windows Embedded Standard 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 The NI WLAN Generation Toolkit 16.0 and later does not support Windows Server non-R2 editions.
NI recommends that you have the most recent service pack for your operating system installed.
Note You should install ADEs, such as NI LabVIEW, NI LabWindows™/CVI™ or Microsoft Visual Studio®, before installing NI WLAN Generation Toolkit. To add support for ADEs installed after installing NI WLAN Generation Toolkit, modify your NI WLAN Generation Toolkit installation or launch the NI WLAN Generation Toolkit installer again.
| Item | Installed Location |
|---|---|
| WLAN Generation Soft Front Panel | <NIDIR>\WLAN Toolkit\WLAN Generation Soft Front Panel.exe |
| DLL | <SYSDIR> |
| LabVIEW | |
| VIs | <LabVIEW>\vi.lib\RF Toolkits\WLAN\ |
| Examples | <LabVIEW>\examples\RF Toolkits\WLAN\ |
| LabWindows/CVI | |
| Header Files | <NIDIR>\Shared\CVI\Include |
| Static Libraries | <NIDIR>\Shared\CVI\bin\msvc |
| .lfp/.sub Files | <NIDIR>\Shared\CVI\bin |
| Examples | <NIDocDir>\CVI\samples\WLAN |
| C | |
| Header Files | <NIDIR>\Shared\ExternalCompilerSupport\C\include |
| Import Library | <NIDIR>\Shared\ExternalCompilerSupport\C\lib32\msvc |
| Examples | <NIDocDir>\WLAN Toolkit\Examples\C\Samples\Generation |
| TestStand | |
| Examples | <NIDIR>\WLAN Toolkit\TestStand |
Select Start»All Programs»National Instruments»NI WLAN Generation Toolkit»WLAN Generation Soft Front Panel to launch the NI WLAN Generation Toolkit Soft Front Panel.
Documentation for the NI WLAN Generation Toolkit is located at Start»All Programs»National Instruments»NI WLAN Generation Toolkit»WLAN Generation Toolkit Documentation. The documentation set is composed of the following documents.
| Document | Format | Description |
|---|---|---|
| NI WLAN Generation Toolkit Help | HTML/Windows Help | Information about NI WLAN Generation Toolkit. The help file is an HTML version of a traditional user manual that includes the following information:
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| NI WLAN Generation Toolkit Readme | HTML (this document) | Information about supported hardware and operating systems, new features, fixed issues, and legal notices. |
For the most recent revisions of documentation and for newly released documentation, visit ni.com/manuals.
NI WLAN Generation palette VIs are available from the Functions»RF Communications»WLAN»Generation palette.
NI WLAN Generation functions are available in LabWindows/CVI from the Library menu.
You can also access all the installed NI WLAN Generation examples for LabVIEW and LabWindows/CVI at Start»All Programs»National Instruments»WLAN Generation Toolkit»WLAN Generation Toolkit Examples.
Examples also are available online that demonstrate integrating NI RF signal generators with NI RF signal analyzers and NI toolkit software including the Modulation Toolkit. Refer to ni.com/examples for these examples and for more information.
With this release, NI WLAN Generation Toolkit drops support for Microsoft Windows 7 RTM (with no service pack), Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003. NI WLAN Generation Toolkit 16.0 and later will not install or run on an unsupported OS. You cannot deploy or distribute applications that use NI WLAN Generation Toolkit 16.0 to an unsupported OS. Additionally, after installing NI WLAN Generation Toolkit 16.0, you cannot use any installers built on this computer with any version of LabVIEW, LabWindows™/CVI™, NI TestStand™, or Measurement Studio on an unsupported OS.
For more information about the changes to our OS support for 2016, refer to KB 79UC78LS, Why Does my LabVIEW, LabWindows/CVI, Measurement Studio, or TestStand Built Installer Fail on Windows XP/Vista and Server 2003?.
Visit 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.
NI WLAN Generation Toolkit versions are now aligned with the versions of major NI application software products. This alignment gives you information about the year the toolkit was released and the most recent software version the toolkit was designed to work with. Toolkit versions now start with a two-digit year indicator: <ProductName><Year-BasedVersion>. For example, NI WLAN Generation Toolkit 16.0 is the version released with LabVIEW 2016. The last version released under the old numbering scheme is NI WLAN Generation Toolkit 4.1. The first version released under the new numbering scheme is NI WLAN Generation Toolkit 14.0.
For Windows 7, complete the following steps:
For Windows 10/8.1, complete the following steps:
The following are the behavior changes in NI WLAN Generation Toolkit 15.0 from NI WLAN Generation Toolkit 14.5:
The following are the behavior changes in NI WLAN Generation Toolkit 14.5 from NI WLAN Generation Toolkit 14.0:
The following are the behavior changes in NI WLAN Generation Toolkit 3.0 from NI WLAN Generation Toolkit 2.0:
You can access the software and documentation known issues list online. Refer to the NI WLAN Generation Toolkit 16.0 Known Issues List at ni.com for an up-to-date list of known issues in NI WLAN Generation Toolkit 16.0.
The following items are changes in WLAN Toolkit 16.0 from WLAN Toolkit 15.5.
| Bug ID | Fixed Issue |
|---|---|
| 610307 | Fixed an issue where the niqpxi.dll 1.0.0 was getting installed and downgraded by the WLAN installer due to a different component GUID. |
The following items are changes in WLAN Toolkit 15.5 from WLAN Toolkit 15.0.
| Bug ID | Fixed Issue |
|---|---|
| 575479 | Fixed an issue where the value of the MU Coding bit was incorrect when the corresponding MU NSTS field value was 0 in the VHT-SIG-A field of the 802.11ac signal. |
| 549495 | Fixed an issue where there was a spelling error in the name of the niWLANG RFSG Create and Download Waveforms (Multiple Channel) VI. |
The following items are changes in WLAN Toolkit 14.5 from WLAN Toolkit 14.0.
| Bug ID | Fixed Issue |
|---|---|
| 516761 | Fixed an issue where enabling STBC All Streams Enabled property for 802.11ac multi-user PPDU gave memory full exception. |
| 513240 | Fixed an issue where the trigger synchronization configuration was incorrect for multi-segment case in Multiple Device Synchronization VI. |
| 511419 | Fixed an issue where ‘Invalid Input Seed’ error was returned when the number of frames was more than one for MU PPDU format. |
| 510067 | Fixed an issue where the Auto Route PXI Trigger Lines was returning an error on the NI PXIe-1078 and PXIe-1082 chassis in WLAN Generation Soft Front Panel. |
| 502841 | Fixed an issue where the RF blanking marker positions were invalid when the idle interval was 0. |
| 499378 | Fixed an issue where the LO and clock were exported when number of devices were 1 in the Multiple Device Synchronization VI. |
The following items are changes in WLAN Toolkit 14.0 from WLAN Toolkit 4.1.
| Bug ID | Fixed Issue |
|---|---|
| 495015 | Fixed an issue where reducing the number of generators does not release hardware sessions in WLAN Generation Soft Front Panel. |
The following items are changes in WLAN Toolkit 3.0 from WLAN Toolkit 2.0.
| Bug ID | Fixed Issue |
|---|---|
| 324232 | Fixed an issue where windowing is now corrected for power ramp-down for 33 Mbps DSSS signals. |
| 279591 | Fixed an issue where the PBCC encoder for DSSS signals is corrected. |
| 245320 | Fixed an issue where the reversed bit in L-SIG part in the HT packet of 802.11n mixed mode generation is now set to zero. In previous versions, it was set to 1. |
| 258242 | Fixed an issue where applications (.exe files) can now be built when the Disconnect type definitions option is selected. |
You can automate the installation of most NI products using command-line arguments to suppress some or all of the installer user interface and dialog boxes. However, starting with the August 2012 releases (products using NI Installers version 3.1 or later), you may need to perform additional steps before or during a silent installation of NI software.
If the NI product you are installing uses Microsoft .NET 4.0, the .NET installer may run before any NI software installs and may require a reboot before the installation of NI software begins. To avoid a .NET reboot, install .NET 4.0 separately before you install NI software.
For more information about automating the installation of NI products, refer to the following KnowledgeBase articles:
Microsoft Windows 10 is the latest version of the Windows operating system and features significant changes compared to previous versions. Windows 10 introduces several new capabilities and also combines features from both Windows 7 and Windows 8. For more information about NI support for Windows 10, visit ni.com/windows10.
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