RFmx CDMA2k 19.0 Readme

June 2019


This file contains important information about RFmx CDMA2k, including installation instructions, new features, bugs fixes, and known issues.


Overview

New Features

Supported Hardware

System Requirements

Supported Operating Systems

Application Software Support

Installation Instructions

Installed Software

File Locations

Executable

Finding Examples

Accessing the Documentation

Product Security and Critical Updates

Behavior Changes

Bug Fixes

Automating the Installation of NI Products

Using NI Software with Microsoft Windows 10

Using NI Software with Microsoft Windows 8.1

RFmx CDMA2k Drops Support for Windows 7 (64-Bit) and Windows Server 2008 R2 in 2021

Legal Information


Overview

RFmx CDMA2k is an application software that provides simple access to the most advanced optimization techniques such as multimeasurement parallelism and multi-DUT measurements. The result is fast, high-quality measurements with minimal software development effort. Using this software, you can perform physical-layer analysis on CDMA2k cellular signals including MODACC, ACPR, CHP, OBW, QEVM, CDA, SlotPower, SlotPhase, and SEM. RFmx CDMA2k is completely interoperable with all RFmx APIs.


New Features

RFmx CDMA2k 19.0 includes the following new features:


  • Support for LabVIEW 2019 (32-bit and 64-bit)
  • Support for De-embedding S-Parameter External Attenuation Tables
  • Addition of Reference Level Headroom property

RFmx CDMA2k 3.0 includes the following new features:


  • Support for PXIe-5820
  • Support for self-calibration in the RFmx Soft Front Panel

RFmx CDMA2k 2.5 includes the following new features:


  • Addition of APIs to perform self-calibration and partial self-calibration
  • Addition of RFmx Debug Configuration Utility to configure debug settings
  • Support for LabVIEW 2018 (32-bit and 64-bit)
  • Support for querying configuration attributes without calling RFmxCDMA2k Commit API

RFmx CDMA2k 2.3 includes the following new features:


  • Addition of code domain analysis (CDA) measurement
  • Addition of Slot Power measurement
  • Addition of Slot Phase measurement
  • Addition of functions to query signal configuration names and result names
  • Addition of a sequential FFT measurement method in the ACP measurement
  • Support for LabVIEW 2017 (32-bit and 64-bit)
  • Support for frequency-dependent external attenuation tables
  • Support for monitoring API calls in the NI IO Trace

Supported Hardware

The following hardware products are supported in all operating systems listed in the Supported Operating Systems section.


Vector Signal Analyzers

  • PXIe-5663
  • PXIe-5663E
  • PXIe-5665
  • PXIe-5668
  • PXIe-5668 with PXIe-5698

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
  • PXIe-5840
  • PXIe-5820

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


System Requirements

RFmx CDMA2k has the following requirements:


  • Processor—1 GHz 64-bit (x64) processor
  • 4 GB RAM*
  • A screen resolution of 1,024 x 768
  • Windows 10/8.1/7, with all available critical updates and service packs

*Depending on the amount of data acquired and/or processed, a larger amount of memory may be required.


Supported Operating Systems

RFmx CDMA2k 19.0 supports the following 64-bit operating systems:


  • Windows 10/8.11/7 SP12
  • Windows Server 2012 R21
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 SP12

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, RFmx CDMA2k dropped support for all 32-bit Windows operating systems. RFmx CDMA2k will not install or run on an unsupported OS. Refer to RFmx CDMA2k Drops Support for Windows 7 (64-Bit) and Windows Server 2008 R2 in 2021 for information about future OS support.


Application Software Support

RFmx CDMA2k supports the following application software versions, including service packs. You should install application software, such as LabVIEW, LabWindows/CVI or Microsoft Visual Studio®, before installing RFmx CDMA2k. To add support for application software installed after installing RFmx CDMA2k modify your RFmx CDMA2k installation or launch the RFmx CDMA2k installer again. If you are not using NI application software, refer to Microsoft Visual Studio Support.


Application SoftwareVersions Supported by RFmx CDMA2k
LabVIEW 2016, 2017, 2018 SP1 f4 patch, or 2019

Required Software

  • NI-RFSA 14.1 or later

Microsoft Visual Studio Support

If you are using the RFmx CDMA2k .NET Class Library, .NET Framework 4.0 (minimum) is required. The RFmx CDMA2k .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.


Installation Instructions

NI installs RFmx CDMA2k using NI Package Manager. If you do not already have NI software installed, RFmx CDMA2k 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.


Installed Software

Installed Software

  • <NIDocDir> is an alias for the following National Instruments file folder location: Users\Public\Public Documents\National Instruments
  • <MSTUDIOVS2010DIR> is an alias for the following National Instruments file folder location:
    • Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\MeasurementStudioVS2010
  • <NIDir> is an alias for the following National Instruments file folder location:
    •  Program Files (x86)\National Instruments 
  • <SYSDIR> is an alias for the following file folder location:
    • Windows\SysWOW64 for 32-bit programs and windows\system32 for 64-bit programs

File Locations

Item Installed Location
Version Compatibility Checker <NIDir>\RFmx\niRFmxCompatibility_Checker.exe
Debug Configuration Utility <NIDir>\RFmx\niRFmxDebugConfigurationUtility.exe
DLLs <SYSDIR>
Header files

<NIDir>\Shared\ExternalCompilerSupport\C\include


Import Library files (64-bit)
  • 32-bit: <NIDir>\Shared\ExternalCompilerSupport\C\lib32\msvc
  • 64-bit: <NIDir>\Shared\ExternalCompilerSupport\C\lib64\msvc
C, .NET
Examples <NIDocDir>\NI-RFmx\CDMA2k\Examples
LabVIEW
Examples <NIDir>\LabVIEW <version>\examples\RFmx\CDMA2k
.NET Class Libraries
Assemblies <MSTUDIOVS2010DIR>\DotNET\Assemblies\Current\NationalInstruments.RFmx.Cdma2kMX.Fx40.dll
<MSTUDIOVS2010DIR>\DotNET\Assemblies\Current\NationalInstruments.RFmx.InstrMX.Fx40.dll
<MSTUDIOVS2010DIR>\DotNET\Assemblies\Current\NationalInstruments.Common.dll

Executable

Select Start»All Programs»National Instruments»RFmx CDMA2k»RFmx CDMA2k Measurement Interactive Panel to launch the RFmx CDMA2k Measurement Interactive Panel.


Finding Examples

You can access all the installed RFmx CDMA2k examples at Start»All Programs»National Instruments»RFmx CDMA2k»RFmx CDMA2k Examples.


Accessing the Documentation

Documentation for RFmx CDMA2k is located at Start»All Programs»National Instruments»RFmx CDMA2k»RFmx CDMA2k Documentation. The documentation set is composed of the following documents.


Document Format Description
RFmx CDMA2k Help HTML/Windows Help Contains primary help content for RFmx CDMA2k. This help file is an HTML version of a traditional user manual that includes the following information:
  • An introduction to RFmx CDMA2k
  • How to get started with application development
  • A complete reference for all RFmx CDMA2k programming functions and VIs
RFmx CDMA2k 19.0 Readme HTML (this document) Contains 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.


Accessing VIs

RFmx CDMA2k palette VIs are available from the Functions»Measurement I/O»NI-RFmx»CDMA2k palette.


Product Security and Critical Updates

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.


Behavior Changes

The following items are behavior changes in RFmx CDMA2k 19.0 from RFmx CDMA2k 3.0.


  • Dropped support for LabVIEW 2015
  • Deprecated the Recommended I/Q Measurement Bandwidth property in RFInstr

The following items are behavior changes in RFmx CDMA2k 2.3.1 from RFmx CDMA2k 2.3.


  • Changed the default value of the I/Q Power Edge Source property to ""(empty string)
  • The alias 'default@CDMA2k' for the default signal name is accepted as a valid signal name in a selector string parameter
  • LabVIEW built binaries using RFmx versions older than 2.2 are no longer supported

Bug Fixes

The following items are the IDs and titles of a subset of issues fixed in RFmx CDMA2k. This is not an exhaustive list of issues fixed in the current version of the RFmx CDMA2k. 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 RFmx CDMA2k 3.0 from RFmx CDMA2k 2.5


ID Fixed Issue
706047 Fixed an occasional crash which might occur 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.

The following items are changes in RFmx CDMA2k 2.4 from RFmx CDMA2k 2.3.1.


ID Fixed Issue
640495 Fixed an issue where switching between measurements from an RFmx cellular personality to Demod resulted in higher EVM on 5668R.

The following items are changes in RFmx CDMA2k 2.3.1 from RFmx CDMA2k 2.3.


ID Fixed Issue
650095 Fixed an issue where the RFmxInstr Close API did not abort a measurement in progress, but instead waited for the measurement to finish before closing.
650083 Fixed an issue with RFmxInstr Save All Configurations API to save the attribute configurations depending on the corresponding number of channels configured by user.
648703 Fixed an issue where passing NULL as selector string in a few C functions, caused the function to crash.

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 4.0, 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 4.0 separately before you install NI software.


For more information about automating the installation of NI products, refer to the following KnowledgeBase articles:


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.


Using NI Software with Microsoft Windows 8.1

When you install NI software on Microsoft Windows 8.1, you will notice a few additional tiles in the Apps view, including shortcuts to NI application software products such as NI LabVIEW, Measurement & Automation Explorer (NI MAX), and NI Launcher. For more information about NI support for Windows 8.1, visit ni.com/windows8.


RFmx CDMA2k Drops Support for Windows 7 (64-Bit) and Windows Server 2008 R2 in 2021

RFmx CDMA2k will drop support for Windows 7 (64-bit) and Windows Server 2008 R2 starting in 2021. Versions of this product that ship after May 1, 2021, may not install or execute correctly on these operating systems. For detailed information about NI operating system support, visit ni.com/r/win32bitsupport.


For detailed information about NI application software product life cycles, visit ni.com/info and enter one of the following Info Codes:


Product Info Code
LabVIEWlifecycle
LabWindows/CVIcvi_lifecycle
Measurement Studiomstudiolifecycle
TestStandtslcp
DIAdemddlcp
SignalExpressselcp
VeriStandnivslifecycle

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