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NI-Digital Pattern Driver 21.0 Bug Fixes

Overview

The following items are notable issues fixed between the release of NI-Digital Pattern Driver 20.6 and NI-Digital Pattern Driver 21.0, including additional patches and service packs. If you have an issue ID, you can search this list to validate that the issue has been fixed. This is not an exhaustive list of issues fixed in the current version of NI-Digital Pattern Driver.

Bug Number

Legacy ID

Description

Details

1286720

Scan pattern gets incorrectly loaded and burst if it has more than 16 scan pins mapped to a single instrument

If a scan pattern that has more than 16 scan pins mapped to a single instrument is loaded into an NI-Digital session, the pattern gets incorrectly loaded to and burst from the instrument.

Workaround:

Either of the following can be used as a workaround:
  • Do not use a scan pattern with more than 16 pins mapped to a single instrument.
  • Replace scan pattern with flat pattern.

Reported Version:

NI-Digital Pattern Driver and Digital Pattern Editor: 19.0.1 | NI-Digital Pattern Driver and Digital Pattern Editor: 20.6

Resolved Version:

NI-Digital Pattern Driver and Digital Pattern Editor: 21.0

Added:

N/A

Additional Patch Information

Installing some patches may require certain additional steps or considerations. Please refer to the following table for more information about patches for this release.

These patches currently do not have any special instructions.

Glossary of Terms

 

  • Bug ID - When an issue is reported to NI, you may be given this ID or find it on ni.com.  You may also find IDs posted by NI on the discussion forums or in KnowledgeBase articles.
  • Legacy ID – An older issue ID that refers to the same issue.  You may instead find this issue ID in older known issues documents.
  • Description - A few sentences which describe the problem. The brief description given does not necessarily describe the problem in full detail.
  • Workaround - Possible ways to work around the problem.
  • Reported Version - The earliest version in which the issue was reported.
  • Resolved Version - Version in which the issue was resolved or was no longer applicable. "N/A" indicates that the issue has not been resolved.
  • Date Added - The date the issue was added to the document (not the reported date).