Modulation Toolkit 21.0 Readme

July 2021

This file contains installation instructions and compatibility information for Modulation Toolkit 21.0.

You can find more release information on ni.com.


Overview

New Features

Supported Hardware

System Requirements

Supported Operating Systems

Application Software Support

Installation Instructions

Accessing the Help

Finding Examples

Product Security and Critical Updates

Automating the Installation of NI Products

Using NI Software with Microsoft Windows 10

Legal Information


Overview

Modulation Toolkit provides signal generation and analysis capabilities for analog and digital modulation schemes.

New Features

  • Modulation Toolkit 21.0 adds support for LabVIEW 2021 (32- and 64-bit)
  • Modulation Toolkit 20.0 adds support for LabVIEW 2020 (32- and 64-bit)
  • Modulation Toolkit 19.0 adds support for LabVIEW 2019 (32- and 64-bit)

Supported Hardware

Vector Signal Generators

  • PXI-5670
  • PXI-5671
  • PXIe-5672
  • PXIe-5673
  • PXIe-5673E

Device-specific information about these modules is included in the NI RF Signal Generators Help.

Arbitrary Waveform Generators

  • PXIe-5442
  • PXIe-5450
  • PXIe-5451

Vector Signal Analyzers

  • PXI-5661
  • PXIe-5663
  • PXIe-5663E
  • PXIe-5665
  • PXIe-5668

Device-specific information about these modules is included in the NI RF Vector Signal Analyzers Help.

Vector Signal Transceivers

  • PXIe-5644
  • PXIe-5645
  • PXIe-5646

Device-specific information about these modules is included in the NI RF Vector Signal Transceivers Help.

Digitizers

  • PXI-5122
  • PXI-5124
  • PCI-5122
  • PCI-5124
  • PXI-5922
  • PXI-5142
  • PXIe-5122

Device-specific information about these modules is included in the NI High-Speed Digitizers Help.

System Requirements

Modulation Toolkit has the following system requirements:

  • Processor—1 GHz or faster 64-bit (x64) Processor or equivalent
  • RAM—4 GB
  • A screen resolution of 1,024 x 768
  • Windows 10 with all available critical updates and service packs
  • If your application runs on an RT target, NI recommends that you have at least 128 MB of RAM

Supported Operating Systems

Modulation Toolkit 21.0 supports the following operating systems:

  • Windows 10
  • Windows Server 2016
  • Windows Server 2019

Note  Modulation Toolkit no longer supports Windows Vista/XP/7/8.1, Windows Server 2003/2008/2012, or any 32-bit Windows operating system. Modulation Toolkit 21.0 will not install or run on an unsupported OS. You cannot deploy or distribute applications that use Modulation Toolkit 21.0 to an unsupported OS. Additionally, after installing Modulation Toolkit 21.0, 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, visit https://www.ni.com/r/win32bitsupport.

Application Software Support

Modulation Toolkit 21.0 supports the following application software versions, including service packs.

  • NI LabVIEW 2018 SP1, 2019 SP1, 2020 SP1, or 2021
  • NI LabVIEW Real-Time Module 2018 SP1, 2019, 2020, or 2021

Installation Instructions

Download the Modulation Toolkit installer from ni.com/downloads. NI software includes NI Package Manager to handle the installation. Refer to the NI Package Manager Manual for more information about installing, removing, and upgrading NI software using NI Package Manager.

Note   If Windows Update is enabled, the installation process might hang if Windows Update interferes with the installation of Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Run-Time. Visit ni.com/r/exjq43 for more information and steps to resolve this issue.

Accessing the Help

Refer to the Modulation Toolkit Help, accessible from Start»National Instruments»Modulation Toolkit»Modulation Toolkit Documentation, for information about the Modulation Toolkit Help.

Finding Examples

In LabVIEW, you can use the NI Example Finder to search or browse examples. Modulation Toolkit examples are classified by keyword, so you can search for a particular device or measurement function. In LabVIEW, select Help»Find Examples to launch the NI Example Finder. The NI Example Finder offers two ways to access all installed LabVIEW example VIs (including NI–RFSG and Modulation Toolkit examples) and their descriptions:

  • Click the Browse tab to locate modulation examples by task at Toolkit and Modules»Modulation or by directory structure at Modulation.
  • Click the Search tab to search all installed examples by keyword. For example, search for "Modulation" to locate all Modulation Toolkit examples.

You can also access all the installed Modulation Toolkit examples for LabVIEW at Start»National Instruments»Modulation Toolkit»Modulation 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.

Select Help»Find Examples from LabVIEW to launch the NI Example Finder. LabVIEW examples for the Modulation Toolkit are located in the labview\examples\Modulation directory. You can modify an example VI to fit an application, or you can copy and paste from one or more examples into a VI that you create.

Product Security and Critical Updates

Visit ni.com/security to view and subscribe to receive security notifications about NI products. For information about critical updates from NI, refer to Available Critical and Security Updates for NI Software.

Automating the Installation of NI Products

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.

If the NI product you are installing uses Microsoft .NET 4.6.2, 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 4.6.2 separately before you install NI software.

For more information about automating the installation of NI products, refer to Automating an Installer in the NI Package Manager manual.

Using NI Software with Microsoft Windows 10

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.


Legal Information

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End-User License Agreements and Third-Party Legal Notices

You can find end-user license agreements (EULAs) and third-party legal notices in the following locations after installation:

  • Notices are located in the <National Instruments>\_Legal Information and <National Instruments> directories.
  • EULAs are located in the <National Instruments>\Shared\MDF\Legal\license directory.
  • Review <National Instruments>\_Legal Information.txt for information on including legal information in installers built with NI products.

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