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This file contains important information about NI-RFmx TD-SCDMA 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
Uninstalling/Modifying NI-RFmx TD-SCDMA
Increasing Available Memory For Your Application
Automating the Installation of NI Products
Using NI Software with Microsoft Windows 10
Using NI Software with Microsoft Windows 8.1
NI-RFmx TD-SCDMA 2.3 includes the following new features:
NI-RFmx TD-SCDMA 2.2 includes the following new features:
NI-RFmx TD-SCDMA 2.1 f4 includes the following bug fixes and updates:
Caution Before you install NI-RFmx TD-SCDMA 2.3, ensure that you have uninstalled all related NI-RFmx 1.0 products.
Caution If you are using only RFmx LabVIEW Runtime products, NI recommends uninstalling all the RFmx Runtime products before installing a newer version of RFmx Runtime products.
NI-RFmx drivers require that all the installed drivers have the same version for proper functionality because the NI-RFmx drivers use shared components that need to use the same version across all drivers. If driver incompatibilities exist, they are reported through a dialog box after installation. You can also use the Version Compatibility Checker utility to manually check for version incompatibilities. Refer to the Installed Software, Documentation, and Examples section for more information about the installed location of the Version Compatibility Checker utility.
Device-specific information about these modules is included in the NI RF Vector Signal Analyzers Help.
Device-specific information about these modules is included in the NI RF Vector Signal Transceivers Help.
NI-RFmx TD-SCDMA 2.3 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 NI-RFmx TD-SCDMA 2.3 does not support Windows Server non-R2 editions.
NI recommends that you have the most recent service pack for your operating system installed.
*Depending on the amount of data acquired and/or processed, a larger amount of memory may be required.
**Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 is required for .NET support only.
*Depending on the amount of data acquired and/or processed, a larger amount of memory may be required.
**Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 is required for .NET support only.
Note You should install NI LabVIEW ADE before installing NI-RFmx TD-SCDMA. To add support for ADEs installed after installing NI-RFmx TD-SCDMA, modify your NI-RFmx TD-SCDMA installation or launch the NI-RFmx TD-SCDMA installer again.
Note NI-RFmx TD-SCDMA does not operate correctly without the service packs and patches previously mentioned installed.
| Item | Installed Location |
|---|---|
| Version Compatibility Checker | <NIDir>\RFmx\niRFmxCompatibility_Checker.exe |
| DLLs | <SYSDIR> |
| Header files | <NIDir>\Shared\ExternalCompilerSupport\C\include |
| Import Library files (32-bit) | <NIDir>\Shared\ExternalCompilerSupport\C\include |
| Import Library files (64-bit) |
|
| C, .NET | |
| Examples | <NIDocDir>\RFmx\TDSCDMA\Examples |
| LabVIEW | |
| Examples | <NIDir>\LabVIEW <version>\examples\RFmx\TDSCDMA |
| .NET Class Libraries | |
| Assemblies | <MSTUDIOVS2010DIR>\DotNET\Assemblies\Current\NationalInstruments.RFmx.TdscdmaMX.Fx40.dll <MSTUDIOVS2010DIR>\DotNET\Assemblies\Current\NationalInstruments.RFmx.InstrMX.Fx40.dll <MSTUDIOVS2010DIR>\DotNET\Assemblies\Current\NationalInstruments.Common.dll |
Select Start»All Programs»National Instruments»NI-RFmx TD-SCDMA»NI-RFmx TD-SCDMA Measurement Interactive Panel to launch the NI-RFmx TD-SCDMA Measurement Interactive Panel.
Documentation for NI-RFmx TD-SCDMA is located at Start»All Programs»National Instruments»NI-RFmx TD-SCDMA»NI-RFmx TD-SCDMA Documentation. The documentation set is composed of the following documents.
| Document | Format | Description |
|---|---|---|
| NI-RFmx TD-SCDMA Help | HTML/Windows Help | Information about NI-RFmx TD-SCDMA. This help file is an HTML version of a traditional user manual that includes the following information:
|
| NI-RFmx TD-SCDMA 2.3 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-RFmx TD-SCDMA palette VIs are available from the Functions»Measurement I/O»NI-RFmx»TD-SCDMA palette.
You can access all the installed NI-RFmx TD-SCDMA examples at Start»All Programs»National Instruments»NI-RFmx TD-SCDMA»NI-RFmx TD-SCDMA Examples.
With this release, NI-RFmx TD-SCDMA drops support for Microsoft Windows 7 RTM (with no service pack), Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003. NI-RFmx TD-SCDMA 2.3 and later will not install or run on an unsupported OS. You cannot deploy or distribute applications that use NI-RFmx TD-SCDMA 2.3 to an unsupported OS. Additionally, after installing NI-RFmx TD-SCDMA 2.3, 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.
For Windows 7, complete the following steps:
For Windows 10/8.1, complete the following steps:
As part of the NI-RFmx TD-SCDMA 2.3 installation, the following software is installed. To completely remove the NI-RFmx TD-SCDMA 2.3 installation from your system, you must also remove the following package:
Caution Several of the software packages listed above are shared with other NI software packages. If you attempt to remove a piece of software that something else is dependent on, a message launches to warn you about the software dependencies. You can choose to either uninstall all of the software or to leave the shared software installed. If you choose to uninstall the shared software, some of your other NI software may no longer function correctly.
Note Do not attempt to uninstall by manually deleting files.
The following are the behavior changes in NI-RFmx TD-SCDMA 2.2 from NI-RFmx TD-SCDMA 2.1:
The following are the behavior changes in NI-RFmx TD-SCDMA 2.1 from NI-RFmx TD-SCDMA 2.0:
You can access the software and documentation known issues list online. Refer to the NI-RFmx TD-SCDMA 2.3 Known Issues at ni.com for an up-to-date list of known issues in NI-RFmx TD-SCDMA 2.3.
The following items are changes in NI-RFmx TD-SCDMA 2.3 from NI-RFmx TD-SCDMA 2.2.
| ID | Fixed Issue |
|---|---|
| 631432 | Fixed an issue where incorrect values were returned on reading RF Attenuation and Mechanical Attenuation properties. |
| 641151 | Fixed an issue with configuring the following properties:
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| 636356 | [ModAcc] Fixed an issue for User Defined channel configuration mode, to allow any number of user defined channels. |
| 608056 | [ModAcc] Fixed an issue so that the trace lengths during Averaging On or Off are the same. |
| 642156 | [ModAcc] Fixed issues with the length and values of Code Domain Error Trace and Maximum Code Domain Error Trace |
The following items are changes in NI-RFmx TD-SCDMA 2.2 from NI-RFmx TD-SCDMA 2.1.
| ID | Fixed Issue |
|---|---|
| 538047 | Fixed an issue where synchronization was unable to detect signals with power level that were below -40 dBm. |
| 570432 | Fixed an issue where the midamble shift parameter was applied in the wrong direction, which caused in a wrong relation of midamble shift and midamble sequence. |
| 570431 | Fixed an issue where the range restriction for the configuration of midamble shift which was limited to 0-16 chips. |
The following items are changes in NI-RFmx TD-SCDMA 2.1 from NI-RFmx TD-SCDMA 2.0.
| ID | Fixed Issue |
|---|---|
| 563071 | Fixed an issue where you could not fetch scalar results from the property node when traces are disabled in NI-RFmx TD-SCDMA ModAcc measurement. |
| 555713 | Fixed an issue where the absolute mask limits in the SEM offset segment definition were corrected according to Table 5.5.2.1.2.2 in 3GPP TS 34.122 |
| 554076 | Fixed an issue with the starting reference level used in auto level when preamp is enabled on NI PXIe-5668R. |
When developing memory intensive applications, you may encounter memory limits because 32-bit Windows applications utilize only 2 GB of memory by default. To expand the amount of memory an application can utilize, you can configure the executable to be large address aware to gain access to up to 3 GB of memory on a 32-bit Windows operating system and up to 4 GB of memory on a 64-bit Windows operating system.
For more information, refer to Memory Limits for Windows and Windows Server Releases on the Microsoft website.
| Note LabVIEW 8.5 and later are large address aware. For more information about LabVIEW memory usage, refer to KB 2HDEH9DT, How Much Memory can LabVIEW 32-bit or 64-bit Use?. |
In TestStand 2013 and later, the Large Address Aware flag is enabled by default for the TestStand Sequence Editor and TestStand User Interfaces. For more information, refer to KB 5ZREUK2G, Using the Large Address Aware Flag With TestStand Applications.
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For more information about automating the installation of NI products, refer to the following KnowledgeBase articles:
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When you install National Instruments 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.
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