RFmx TD-SCDMA 21.5 Readme

January 2022

This file contains important information about the RFmx TD-SCDMA, including system requirements, and installation instructions.


Overview

New Features

Supported Hardware

System Requirements

Supported Operating Systems

Application Software Support

Installation Instructions

Installed Software

File Locations

Executable

Accessing the API

Accessing the Help

Finding Examples

Product Security and Critical Updates

Behavior Changes

Automating the Installation of NI Products

Using NI Software with Microsoft Windows 10

Legal Information


Overview

RFmx TD-SCDMA is 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 efforts. Using this software, you can perform physical layer analysis on TD-SCDMA cellular signals including MODACC, ACPR, CHP, and SEM. RFmx TD-SCDMA is completely interoperable with all RFmx APIs.

New Features

RFmx TD-SCDMA 21.3 includes the following new features:

  • Support for LabVIEW 2021 (32-bit and 64-bit)

RFmx TD-SCDMA 20.0 includes the following new features:

  • Support for LabVIEW 2020 (32-bit and 64-bit)
  • Support for Start trigger, Advance trigger, and Events in RFInstr
  • Support to configure RFInstr properties in the context of a signal configuration
  • Support for PXIe-5841 with PXIe-5655
  • Support for FFT Overlap in the Sequential FFT method of the ACP measurement

RFmx TD-SCDMA 19.1 includes the following new feature:

  • Support for PXIe-5841

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-5820
  • PXIe-5840
  • PXIe-5841
  • PXIe-5644
  • PXIe-5645
  • PXIe-5646
  • PXIe-5841 with PXIe-5655

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

System Requirements

RFmx TD-SCDMA has the following requirements:

  • Processor—1 GHz 64-bit (x64) processor
  • 4 GB RAM *
  • A screen resolution of 1,024 x 768
  • Windows 10, 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 TD-SCDMA 21.5 supports the following 64-bit operating systems:

  • Windows 10
  • Windows Server 2019
  • Windows Server 2016

Note    RFmx TD-SCDMA no longer supports Windows Vista/XP/7/8.1, Windows Server 2003/2008/2012, or any 32-bit Windows operating system. RFmx TD-SCDMA 21.5 will not install or run on an unsupported OS. You cannot deploy or distribute applications that use RFmx TD-SCDMA 21.5 to an unsupported OS. Additionally, after installing RFmx TD-SCDMA 21.5, 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 detailed information about NI operating system support, visit https://www.ni.com/r/win32bitsupport.

Application Software Support

RFmx TD-SCDMA supports the following application software versions, including service packs. You should install application software, such as LabVIEW or Microsoft Visual Studio®, before installing RFmx TD-SCDMA. If you are not using NI application software, refer to Microsoft Visual Studio Support.

Application Software Versions Supported by RFmx TD-SCDMA
LabVIEW 2018 SP1 f4 patch, 2019 SP1 f3 patch, 2020 SP1, or 2021

Required Software

  • NI-RFSA 14.1 or later
  • NI-RFSA 17.1 or later (for initializing debug session when "using breakpoints in C/C++/.NET application" is selected)

Microsoft Visual Studio Support

If you are using the RFmx TD-SCDMA .NET Class Library, .NET Framework 4.0 (minimum) is required. The RFmx TD-SCDMA .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 or .NET Framework 4.5.

Installation Instructions

Download the RFmx TD-SCDMA 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.

Notes

  • 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.
  • Use the serial number that is included with your software to activate RFmx TD-SCDMA. For more information on RFmx TD-SCDMA activation, refer to National Instruments Software Activation.

Installed Software

  • <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
.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

Executable

Select Start » National Instruments » RFmx Soft Front Panel to launch the RFmx Soft Front Panel (64-bit).

Accessing the API

RFmx TD-SCDMA palette VIs are available from the Functions » Measurement I/O » RFmx » TDSCDMA palette.

Accessing the Help

Documentation for RFmx TD-SCDMA is located at Start » National Instruments » RFmx TD-SCDMA Documentation. The documentation set is composed of the following documents.

Document Format Description
RFmx TD-SCDMA Help HTML/Windows Help Contains primary help content for RFmx TD-SCDMA. This help file is an HTML version of a traditional user manual that includes the following information:
  • An introduction to RFmx TD-SCDMA
  • How to get started with application development
  • A complete reference for all RFmx TD-SCDMA programming functions and VIs
RFmx TD-SCDMA 21.5 Readme HTML (this document) Contains information about supported hardware and operating systems, new features, fixed issues, and legal notices.

Finding Examples

You can access all the installed RFmx TD-SCDMA examples at Start » National Instruments » RFmx TD-SCDMA Examples.

For the most recent revisions of documentation and for newly released documentation, visit ni.com/manuals.

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.

Behavior Changes

The following is the behavior change in RFmx TD-SCDMA 20.7 from RFmx TD-SCDMA 20.6:

  • Obsoleted RFmxInstr Configure Automatic SG SA Shared LO API and RFmxInstr Automatic SG SA Shared LO property. Use RFmxInstr LO Source property with Automatic_SG_SA_Shared value instead.

The following is the behavior change in RFmx TD-SCDMA 19.1 from RFmx TD-SCDMA 19.0:

  • Obsoleted RFmxTDSCDMA Analyze (IQ) and RFmxTDSCDMA Analyze (Spectrum) APIs. Use RFmxTDSCDMA Analyze (IQ, 1 Wfm) and RFmxTDSCDMA Analyze (Spectrum, 1 Wfm) APIs instead.

The following are the behavior changes in RFmx TD-SCDMA 19.0 from RFmx TD-SCDMA 3.0:

  • Dropped support for RFmx TD-SCDMA Measurement Interactive Panel
  • Dropped support for LabVIEW 2015
  • Deprecated the Recommended I/Q Measurement Bandwidth property in RFInstr

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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