June 2019
This file contains important information about NI-RFSG Playback Library, including installation instructions, new features, and bugs fixes.
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NI-RFSG Playback Library allows users to generate waveforms saved in the technical data management streaming (TDMS) file using the NI-RFSG driver. These TDMS files can be created from the NI RFmx Waveform Creator. You can use the NI-RFSG Playback Library to download multiple waveforms to the NI-RFSG vector signal generator memory. You can then generate all these waveforms using either a single script or multiple scripts. The playback library internally retrieves waveform properties from database to calculate and apply appropriate settings on the NI-RFSG driver.
NI-RFSG Playback Library 19.0 includes the following new features:
NI-RFSG Playback Library 3.0 adds support for PXIe-5820.
NI-RFSG Playback Library 2.5 adds support for LabVIEW 2018 (32- and 64-bit).
The following hardware products are supported in all operating systems listed in the Supported Operating Systems section.
Device-specific information about these modules is included in the NI RF Vector Signal Generators Help.
Device-specific information about these modules is included in the NI RF Vector Signal Transceivers Help.
NI-RFSG Playback Library has the following requirements:
*Depending on the amount of data acquired and/or processed, a larger amount of memory may be required.
NI-RFSG Playback Library 19.0 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, NI-RFSG Playback Library dropped support for all 32-bit Windows operating systems. NI-RFSG Playback Library will not install or run on an unsupported OS. Refer to NI-RFSG Playback Library Drops Support for Windows 7 (64-Bit) and Windows Server 2008 R2 in 2021 for information about future OS support.
NI-RFSG Playback Library supports the following application software versions, including service packs. You should install application software, such as LabVIEW or Microsoft Visual Studio®, before installing NI-RFSG Playback Library. To add support for application software installed after installing NI-RFSG Playback Library modify your NI-RFSG Playback Library installation or launch the NI-RFSG Playback Library installer again. If you are not using NI application software, refer to Microsoft Visual Studio Support.
| Application Software | Versions Supported by NI-RFSG Playback Library |
|---|---|
| LabVIEW | 2016, 2017, 2018, or 2019 |
* NI-RFSG .NET Class Library is required only for .NET support.
If you are using the NI-RFSG Playback Library .NET Class Library, .NET Framework 4.0 (minimum) is required. The NI-RFSG Playback Library .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.
To use the .NET API, you must install the .NET class libraries or the .NET wrapper in addition to the NI device driver. For information about versions of the .NET Framework and the drivers each supports, as well as the download location of the installer files, refer to National Instruments .NET Driver Support.
NI installs NI-RFSG Playback Library using NI Package Manager. If you do not already have NI software installed, NI-RFSG Playback Library 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.
| Item | Installed Location |
|---|---|
| DLLs | <SYSDIR> |
| Header files | <NIDir>\Shared\ExternalCompilerSupport\C\include |
| Import Library files |
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| C, .NET | |
| Examples | <NIDocDir>\NI-RFSG Playback Library\Examples |
| LabVIEW | |
| Examples | <NIDir>\LabVIEW <version>\examples\instr\niRFSGPlayback |
| .NET Class Libraries | |
| Assemblies | <MSTUDIOVS2010DIR>\DotNET\Assemblies\Current\NationalInstruments.ModularInstruments.NIRfsgPlayback.Fx40.dll <MSTUDIOVS2010DIR>\DotNET\Assemblies\Current\NationalInstruments.Common.dll |
You can access all the installed NI-RFSG Playback Library examples at Start»All Programs»National Instruments»NI-RFSG Playback Library»NI-RFSG Playback Library Examples.
Documentation for NI-RFSG Playback Library is located at Start»All Programs»National Instruments»NI-RFSG Playback Library»NI-RFSG Playback Library Documentation. The documentation set is composed of the following documents.
| Document | Format | Description |
|---|---|---|
| NI-RFSG Playback Library Help | HTML/Windows Help | Information about NI-RFSG Playback Library. This help file is an HTML version of a traditional user manual that includes the following information:
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| NI-RFSG Playback Library 19.0 Readme | HTML (this document) | Information about supported hardware, operating systems, and legal notices. |
NI-RFSG Playback Library palette VIs are available from the Functions»Measurement I/O»NI-RFSG Playback Library palette.
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The following are the behavior changes in NI-RFSG Playback Library 19.0 from NI-RFSG Playback Library 3.0:
The following are the behavior changes in NI-RFSG Playback Library 3.0 from NI-RFSG Playback Library 2.5:
The following are the behavior changes in NI-RFSG Playback Library 2.3 from NI-RFSG Playback Library 2.2:
You can access the software and documentation known issues list online. Refer to the NI-RFSG Playback Library 19.0 Known Issues at ni.com for an up-to-date list of known issues in NI-RFSG Playback Library 19.0.
The following items are the IDs and titles of a subset of issues fixed in NI-RFSG Playback Library. This is not an exhaustive list of issues fixed in the current version of the NI-RFSG Playback Library. If you have a CAR ID, you can search this list to validate that the issue has been fixed.
The following items are changes in NI-RFSG Playback Library 3.0 from NI-RFSG Playback Library 2.5
| ID | Fixed Issue |
|---|---|
| 706047 | Fixed an occasional crash that occurred on closing LabVIEW 2017 IDE or LabVIEW 2017 built applications that use RFmx. |
| 719203 | 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. |
| 616901 | Fixed an issue with niRFSGPlayback Download User Waveform API, where burst detection was not working as expected for some user waveforms. |
The following items are changes in NI-RFSG Playback Library 2.5 from NI-RFSG Playback Library 2.4.
| ID | Fixed Issue |
|---|---|
| 688176 | Fixed an issue where an error was thrown when an empty waveform was given as an input to the niRFSGPlayback Download User Waveform (CDB) API. |
| 697983 | Fixed an issue where a memory leak was noticed when running the DPD example in a loop. |
| 694678 | Fixed an issue where niRFSGPlayback Download User Waveform API was returning errors for NR Waveforms when only 1 symbol was occupied in each of the slots. |
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