May 2017
This file contains important information about NI WLAN Analysis Toolkit. This file contains important information about the NI WLAN Analysis 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 Analysis 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 Analysis Toolkit 17.0 supports the following 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, 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 Analysis Toolkit 17.0 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 Analysis Toolkit. To add support for ADEs installed after installing NI WLAN Analysis Toolkit, modify your NI WLAN Analysis Toolkit installation or launch the NI WLAN Analysis Toolkit installer again.
Item | Installed Location |
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WLAN Analysis Soft Front Panel | <NIDIR>\WLAN Toolkit\WLAN Analysis Soft Front Panel.exe |
DLL | <SYSDIR> |
WLAN Calibration Utility | <NIDIR>\WLAN Toolkit\Calibration Utility\WLAN Calibration Utility.exe |
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\Analysis |
TestStand | |
Examples | <NIDIR>\WLAN Toolkit\TestStand |
Select Start»All Programs»National Instruments»NI WLAN Analysis Toolkit»WLAN Analysis Soft Front Panel to launch the NI WLAN Analysis Toolkit Soft Front Panel.
Documentation for the NI WLAN Analysis Toolkit is located at Start»All Programs»National Instruments»NI WLAN Analysis Toolkit»WLAN Analysis Toolkit Documentation. The documentation set is composed of the following documents.
Document | Format | Description |
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NI WLAN Analysis Toolkit Help | HTML/Windows Help | Information about NI WLAN Analysis Toolkit. The help is an HTML version of a traditional user manual that includes the following information:
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NI WLAN Analysis 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 Analysis palette VIs are available from the Functions»RF Communications»WLAN»Analysis palette.
NI WLAN Analysis functions are available in LabWindows/CVI from the Library menu.
You can also access all the installed NI WLAN Analysis examples for LabVIEW and LabWindows/CVI at Start»All Programs»National Instruments»WLAN Analysis Toolkit»WLAN Analysis 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 Analysis Toolkit 17.0 drops support for Microsoft Windows 7 RTM (with no service pack), Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003. NI WLAN Analysis Toolkit 17.0 and later will not install or run on an unsupported OS. You cannot deploy or distribute applications that use NI WLAN Analysis Toolkit 17.0 to an unsupported OS. Additionally, after installing NI WLAN Analysis Toolkit 17.0, 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 Analysis 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 Analysis Toolkit 17.0 is the version released with LabVIEW 2017. The last version released under the old numbering scheme is NI WLAN Analysis Toolkit 4.1. The first version released under the new numbering scheme is NI WLAN Analysis 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 Analysis Toolkit 17.0 from NI WLAN Analysis Toolkit 16.0:
The following are the behavior changes in NI WLAN Analysis Toolkit 14.5 from NI WLAN Analysis Toolkit 14.0:
The following are the behavior changes in NI WLAN Analysis Toolkit 14.0 from NI WLAN Analysis Toolkit 4.0:
The following are the behavior changes in NI WLAN Analysis Toolkit 4.0 from NI WLAN Analysis Toolkit 3.0:
The following are the behavior changes in NI WLAN Analysis Toolkit 3.0 from NI WLAN Analysis Toolkit 2.0:
You can access the software and documentation known issues list online. Refer to the NI WLAN Analysis Toolkit 17.0 Known Issues List at ni.com for an up-to-date list of known issues in NI WLAN Analysis Toolkit 17.0.
The following items are changes in WLAN Toolkit 17.0 from WLAN Toolkit 16.0.
Bug ID | Fixed Issue |
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632242 | Fixed an issue where there was a small error (<0.1 dB) in computation of Channel EVM on 802.11ac and 802.11n MIMO signals. |
616590 | Fixed an issue where incorrect generator matrices were used for LPDC encoding for the following cases for 802.11n and 802.11ac standards:
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635715 | Fixed an issue where in a 64-bit process, changing center frequency caused transmit spectrum mask test to give incorrect results. |
578886 | Fixed an issue in the transmit spectrum mask margin vector results of 802.11ac 80+80 MHz combined spectrum mask, there was no frequency offset at the center of the spectrum when the separation between carrier frequencies of the frequency segments was 160 MHz or 240 MHz. |
The following items are changes in WLAN Analysis Toolkit 15.5 from WLAN Analysis Toolkit 15.0.
Bug ID | Fixed Issue |
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576440 | Fixed an issue where an error message was not displayed when the Reference Data Constellation input was empty and the Combined Signal Demodulation was enabled. |
576138 | Fixed an error where the user-defined mask creation was incorrect if the start and end offset values were not equidistant from the center. |
572279 | Fixed an error where some payload properties were not getting saved in the TDMS file when the PPDU type was MU PPDU. |
572274 | Fixed an error where the spectral mask violation result was incorrect for 802.11ac, 80+80 MHz signal. |
569961 | Fixed an error where the power spectrum computation was incorrect when IQ In Port was used, and the IQ In Port Carrier Frequency was non-zero. |
528989 | Fixed an error where the niWLANA RFSA Auto Range VI retained a higher burst length value even after it encountered a lower sized burst when the VI was called again. |
The following items are changes in WLAN Analysis Toolkit 15.0 from WLAN Analysis Toolkit 14.5.
Bug ID | Fixed Issue |
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510404 | Fixed an issue where 802.11b Ramp Down Time varied with different payload sizes. |
519150 | Fixed an issue where the Gated Power Measurement was incorrect for 802.11ah standard. |
519151 | Fixed an issue where enabling Amplitude Tracking was giving bad EVMs for 802.11ah 3x3 and 4x4 cases. |
518829 | Fixed an issue where the 10 MHz bandwidth was disabled for 802.11j in WLAN Analysis Soft Front Panel. |
515678 | Fixed an issue where the spectrum measurement was incorrect for the first run in WLAN Analysis Soft Front Panel. |
494858 | Fixed an issue where opening the second instance with the same 'Resource Name', displayed an error in the first instance of WLAN Analysis Soft Front Panel. |
The following items are changes in WLAN Analysis Toolkit 14.5 from WLAN Analysis Toolkit 14.0.
Bug ID | Fixed Issue |
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515428 | Fixed an issue where the L-SIG Length property was ignored when the Header Detection Enabled was set to False for 802.11ac signals. |
513240 | Fixed an issue where the trigger synchronization configuration was incorrect for multi-segment case in Multiple Device Synchronization VI. |
512578 | Fixed an issue where TxP Measurement was failing at power levels lower than -30dBm. |
510794 | Fixed an issue where the gated power result for 802.11n standard was incorrect. |
510663 | Fixed an issue where the transmit spectral mask measurement was measured at an incorrect center frequency for 802.11ac, 80+80 contiguous case in WLAN Analysis Soft Front Panel. |
510067 | Fixed an issue where the Auto Route PXI Trigger Lines was returning an error on the NI PXIe-1078 & PXIe-1082 chassis in WLAN Analysis Soft Front Panel. |
508047 | Fixed an issue where the Channel Bandwidth property was not ignored for channel power measurement when the standard was set to 802.11b. |
499394 | Fixed an issue where the Occupied Bandwidth, Max Spectral Density, Channel Power and Reference Level Used results were incorrect for 802.11ac, 80+80 signals. |
499378 | Fixed an issue where the LO and clock were exported when number of devices were 1 in the Multiple Device Synchronization VI. |
494807 | Fixed an issue where 'Stop' did not abort IQ measurements in WLAN Analysis Soft Front Panel. |
412512 | Fixed an issue where the EVM measurement was incorrect on the 802.11b signal when equalization was enabled and the power of the input signal was low. |
The following items are changes in WLAN Analysis Toolkit 14.0 from WLAN Analysis Toolkit 4.1.
Bug ID | Fixed Issue |
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493614 | Fixed an issue where the spectral acquisition measurement length could not be set to -1 when multiple measurements were enabled. |
493603 | Fixed an issue where the second segment carrier frequency was not read while loading a previously saved TDMS file in WLAN Analysis Soft Front Panel. |
492974 | Fixed an issue where no error was returned if spectrum measurement results were queried before averaging was complete when performing simultaneous IQ and spectrum. |
492125 | Fixed an issue where spectral mask violation is NaN when performing spectral mask measurement on an 802.11ac, 80+80 signal. |
487077 | Fixed an issue where there was incorrect mask reference level during spectral mask measurement on 802.11ac, 80+80 signal with Mask Reference Level Type = Peak Signal Power. |
486447 | Fixed an issue where there was incorrect results with Spectrum Averaging Type = Log during simultaneous (composite) IQ and spectrum measurement. |
486379 | Fixed an issue where there was incorrect 80+80 spectral mask when analyzing multiple-channel 802.11ac, 80+80 signal. |
486355 | Fixed an issue where there was incorrect constellation trace for the second segment when analyzing 802.11ac 80+80 signal in WLAN Analysis Soft Front Panel. |
486168 | Fixed an issue where the automatically computed span was incorrect for simultaneous IQ and spectrum measurement. |
481362 | Fixed an issue where the timeout input on niWLANA RFSA Read Gated Power Spectrum VI was ignored. |
480239 | Fixed an issue where the preamble frequency error trace was not available if Standard was set to 80211A/G/J/P OFDM. |
The following items are changes in WLAN Analysis Toolkit 4.1 from WLAN Analysis Toolkit 4.0.
Bug ID | Fixed Issue |
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453862 | Fixed an issue where the pre-trigger duration was not set to 0 when the hardware is configured for spectrum measurements after performing I/Q measurements. |
453528 | Fixed an issue where the Swap I and Q Enabled property was not applicable for TxPower, AMPM, and Spectral measurements. |
438756 | Fixed an issue where the Common Pilot Error returned 0 if you set the OFDM Combined Signal Demodulation Enabled property to True. |
436656 | Fixed an issue where the Sample Clock Rate Factor property was not applicable to Demod, TxPower and Spectral (in the niWLANA Analyze VI) measurements. |
429958 | Fixed an issue where OFDM demodulation failed for multiple channel signals if you set the OFDM Burst Start Detection Enabled property to False. |
The following items are changes in WLAN Analysis Toolkit 3.0 from WLAN Analysis Toolkit 2.0.
Bug ID | Fixed Issue |
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321647 | Fixed an issue where the NI-RFSA IQ carrier frequency is now restored inside the niWLANA RFSA Read Gated Power Spectrum (Cluster) VI and niWLANA_RFSAReadGatedPowerSpectrum function. |
279714 | Fixed an issue where averaging of average gated power is now changed to linear averaging instead of log averaging. |
279679 | Fixed an issue where constellation trace for 22 Mbps and 33 Mbps DSSS signals is corrected. |
279638 | Fixed an issue where the order of elements in EVM per symbol (chip) trace for 22 Mbps and 33 Mbps DSSS signals is corrected. |
279627 | Fixed an issue where the computation of the number of chips present in the received signal, based on payload length detected in the header, is corrected for DSSS signals. |
278535 | Fixed an issue where the coercion of average gated power to integer values for OFDM signals is corrected. |
258242 | Fixed an issue where applications (.exe files) can now be built when the Disconnect type definitions option is selected. |
The following items are changes in WLAN Toolkit 2.0 from WLAN Toolkit 1.0.
Bug ID | Fixed Issue |
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201056 | Fixed an issue where the error description for error code –42914 now correctly refers to transmit power number of averages. |
147109 | Fixed an issue where DSSS power ramp-up and ramp-down measurements are more accurate and repeatable now. |
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