May 2020
This file contains important information about the NI Bluetooth Toolkit, including system requirements, and installation instructions.
Product Security and Critical Updates
Automating the Installation of NI Products
Using NI Software with Microsoft Windows 10
Using NI Software with Microsoft Windows 8.1
NI Bluetooth Toolkit Drops Support for Windows 7 (64-Bit) and Windows Server 2008 R2 in 2021
NI Bluetooth Toolkit enables you to generate and analyze Bluetooth BDR, EDR, 4.0 LE, 4.2 LE, 5.0 LE (2 Mbps and long range) signals. The toolkit also supports generation of Bluetooth 5.1 signals. Helps in characterising the performance of Bluetooth design with powerful interactive examples.
NI Bluetooth Generation Toolkit 20.0 includes the following new features:
NI Bluetooth Generation Toolkit 19.1 includes the following new features:
NI Bluetooth Generation Toolkit 19.0 includes the following new features:
NI Bluetooth Analysis Toolkit 20.0 includes the following new features:
NI Bluetooth Analysis Toolkit 19.1 includes the following new features:
NI Bluetooth Analysis Toolkit 19.0 includes the following new features:
The following hardware products are supported in all operating systems listed in the Supported Operating Systems section.
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 Bluetooth Toolkit has the following requirements:
NI Bluetooth Toolkit 20.0 supports the following 64-bit 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 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, NI Bluetooth Toolkit dropped support for all 32-bit Windows operating systems. NI Bluetooth Toolkit will not install or run on an unsupported OS. Refer to NI Bluetooth Toolkit Drops Support for Windows 7 (64-Bit) and Windows Server 2008 R2 in 2021 for information about future OS support.
Note In 2016, NI Bluetooth Toolkit dropped support for Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and installations of Windows 7 without any service packs. You cannot deploy or distribute applications that use NI Bluetooth Toolkit 20.0 to an unsupported OS. Additionally, after installing NI Bluetooth Toolkit 20.0, 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, visit ni.com/r/OSSupport2016.
Note Support for Windows 32-bit operating systems may require disabling physical address extension (PAE). To learn how this might affect your system and what actions you might need to take, visit ni.com/r/PAESupport.
NI Bluetooth Toolkit 20.0 supports the following application software versions, including service packs.
| Application Software | Versions Supported by NI Bluetooth Toolkit |
|---|---|
| LabVIEW | 2017 SP1, 2018 SP1, 2019 SP1, or 2020 |
| LabWindows™/CVI™ | 2013 SP2 and later |
NI installs NI Bluetooth Toolkit using NI Package Manager. If you do not already have NI software installed, NI Bluetooth Toolkit 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.
Notes
NI Bluetooth Toolkit VIs are available in LabVIEW from the Functions » RF Communications » Bluetooth palette.
NI Bluetooth Toolkit functions are available in LabWindows/CVI from the Library menu.
To launch the Bluetooth Interactive Example, navigate to the following locations:
Bluetooth Analysis Interactive ExampleThe documentation set is composed of the following documents.
| Document | Format | Description | Path |
|---|---|---|---|
| NI Bluetooth Analysis Toolkit Help | HTML/Windows Help |
Information about Bluetooth Analysis. The help is an HTML version of a traditional user manual that includes the following information:
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Start»All Programs»National Instruments»Bluetooth Analysis»Bluetooth Analysis Toolkit Documentation |
| NI Bluetooth Generation Toolkit Help | HTML/Windows Help |
Information about Bluetooth Generation. The help is an HTML version of a traditional user manual that includes the following information:
|
Start»All Programs»National Instruments»Bluetooth Generation»Bluetooth Generation Toolkit Documentation |
| NI Bluetooth Toolkit 20.0 Readme | HTML (this document) | Information about supported hardware and operating systems, new features, fixed issues, and legal notices. | Start»All Programs»National Instruments»Bluetooth»NI Bluetooth Toolkit Readme |
For the most recent revisions of documentation and for newly released documentation, visit ni.com/manuals.
To access all the installed NI Bluetooth Toolkit examples for LabVIEW and LabWindows/CVI, navigate to the following locations:
Bluetooth Analysis Interactive ExampleVisit 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.
The following item is a behavior change in NI Bluetooth Toolkit 19.1 from NI Bluetooth Toolkit 19.0.
The following item is a behavior change in NI Bluetooth Toolkit 18.0 from NI Bluetooth Toolkit 17.0.
The following item is a behavior change in NI Bluetooth Toolkit 17.0 from NI Bluetooth Toolkit 16.0.
At this time, there are no known issues to publish.
The following items are changes in NI Bluetooth Toolkit 20.0 from NI Bluetooth Toolkit 19.1.
| Bug ID | Fixed Issue |
|---|---|
| 973436 | Fixed an issue where the data bits were discarded instead of appending zeroes for the last symbol in Bluetooth EDR packet generation when the packet length was not a multiple of the log2(M) for M-ary modulation. |
The following items are changes in NI Bluetooth Toolkit 19.1 from NI Bluetooth Toolkit 19.0.
| Bug ID | Fixed Issue |
|---|---|
| 244072 |
Fixed an issue in generation of LE-TP Ext and LE Enhanced packets where
|
| 244074 | Fixed an issue where filter delay was not accounted for the continuous mode of EDR packet generation. |
| 217088 | Fixed an issue where the waveform length was incorrectly computed for continuous mode of LE packet generation when you set Direction Finding Mode property to value other than Disabled . |
The following items are changes in NI Bluetooth Toolkit 19.0 from NI Bluetooth Toolkit 18.0.
| Bug ID | Fixed Issue |
|---|---|
| 244056 | Fixed an issue where phase discontinuity was present in the continuous mode of LE packet generation. |
| 244043 | Fixed an issue where an error was thrown while loading a configuration TDMS file in the Bluetooth generation API. |
The following items are changes in NI Bluetooth Toolkit 20.0 from NI Bluetooth Toolkit 19.1.
| Bug ID | Fixed Issue |
|---|---|
| 1018926 | Fixed an issue where the reentrancy setting of the niBT SA Analyze (Complex Cluster) VI was incorrectly set as a non-reentrant execution. |
The following items are changes in NI Bluetooth Toolkit 17.0 from NI Bluetooth Toolkit 16.0.
| ID | Fixed Issue |
|---|---|
| 243973 | Fixed an issue where the results of Maximum Carrier Drift (Hz) properties of CFO and DF2 measurements had a wrong sign. |
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.
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.
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.
NI Bluetooth Toolkit 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.
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