Certain NI-RFSA and NI-RFSG driver software features are not supported on the PXIe-5842.

  • RF list mode is not supported with either NI-RFSA or NI-RFSG versions prior to 2023 Q3.
  • Pulse shaping with NI-RFSG is not supported.
  • Pulse modulation is not supported for PXIe-5842 instruments that are based around a PXIe-5842 module with assembly part number 135077x-01L, where the hardware revision x is a letter.

Restrictions on Scripts

  • if else is not supported.
  • break instruction is not supported.
  • stream instruction is not supported.
  • The maximum compiled script size is 6,100 instructions. Each script language instruction requires roughly one compiled instruction, plus one instruction for each marker.
  • Nested repeats are only allowed if the outer repeat is a repeat forever instruction, and there are no other instructions preceding it or past the end of the repeat block. You can only use a single nesting level.
  • Markers are allowed in generate and finite wait instructions. They are not allowed in conditional wait instructions.