Each issue appears as a row in the table and includes the following fields:
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| 670356 | When using the PXIe-5840, NI-RFSA returns a power level error when the temperature drift exceeds 10 °C. If the PXIe-5840 temperature drift exceeds 10 °C from the last self-calibration temperature, a power level error is returned. Workaround: Perform the self-calibration at a new stable temperature.
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| 700356 | NI-RFSA returns a timeout error after an infinite acquisition. If Close is not called after starting an infinite acquisition, a timeout error will appear if you restart LabVIEW and run the VI again. Workaround: Close the NI-RFSA session properly or run the VI again.
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| 672062 | MAX displays an error when the Test Panel button is selected for the PXIe-5611. MAX displays an incorrect error that the software is not installed if you select the PXIe-5611 Test Panel button in MAX. The NI-RFSG Soft Front Panel is not installed with NI-RFSA, which causes the error. Workaround: Install NI-RFSG to ensure the NI-RFSG Soft Front Panel is installed.
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| 648771 | Calling Self Cal or Self Calibrate Range leaves other sessions to the same device in a bad state. For the PXIe-5820 and the PXIe-5840, calling Self Cal or Self Calibrate Range in either NI-RFSA or NI-RFSG changes the device state. If other sessions are open to the same device, then the other session does not have the latest data, which may return bad results. Workaround: After calling Self Cal or Self Calibrate Range in NI-RFSA or NI-RFSG, call Reset or Reset With Options on all open sessions to the same PXIe-5820 or PXIe-5840 to force the driver to recommit the settings back to the hardware.
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| 648196 | When using the PXIe-5840 with a low I/Q rate, the driver remains in the acquisition state after calling niRFSA Read IQ. If you change the acquisition state immediately after calling niRFSA Read IQ, NI-RFSA returns the following error: Error -1074118646 occurred at niRFSA Configure Acquisition Type.vi. Possible reason(s): Specified property cannot be set while the session is running. Set the property prior to initiating the session, or abort the session prior to setting the property. Property: Acquisition Type Workaround: Perform either of the following options as a workaround.
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| 596750 | Advance Trigger can be triggered on pulses less than 25 ns on the PXIe-5840. When the PXIe-5840 is configured to use the Advance Trigger, small pulses less than the PXI specification can be accepted. Workaround: Do not configure the Advance Trigger or ensure transient signals are not sent.
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| 571602 | An error is not returned if the timeout value for niRFSA Read Spectrum and niRFSA Read IQ or niRFSA Fetch IQ is below 0.5 ms on the PXIe-5840. A timeout error is not returned if NI-RFSA is configured to wait for a trigger and the timeout value is less than 0.5 ms. Workaround: Use a larger timeout value.
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| 579710 | The PXIe-5840 remains powered off after the system returns from sleep mode. If a system containing a PXIe-5840 is put into sleep or hibernation mode, the PXIe-5840 remains powered off when the system is powered on. Workaround: Disable then enable the PXIe-5840 in Windows Device Manager.
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| 606957 | The session may not use the latest self-calibration data if multiple sessions are open on the PXIe-5840. When a device has an open NI-RFSG and NI-RFSA session, the other session does not have the latest data. For example, if a self-calibration is performed using NI-RFSG, the open NI-RFSA session does not have the updated data, unless a version of self-calibration is called or if the session is closed and then reopened. Workaround: Close the session and reopen it, or call Self Cal or Self Calibrate Range.
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| 600208 | Running niRFSG Self Cal while calling niRFSA Read Spectrum may result in an error on the PXIe-5840. There are shared resources on the device that are required by NI-RFSA and NI-RFSG for certain operations. Self-calibration requires resources needed for both acquisition and generation, so open sessions may not get access to them. Workaround: Do not run concurrent operations if performing self-calibration.
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| 480524 | Upgrading Windows 8.0 to Windows 8.1. Upgrading the version of Windows on a system with this driver installed may result in the loss of device names, the loss of device configuration, and/or devices appearing disconnected. Workaround: N/A
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| 499650 | Documentation omits DC coupling value for PXIe-5668 channel coupling. The PXIe-5668 (PXIe-5668) supports both AC coupling and DC coupling as valid values for channel coupling. The documentation incorrectly lists only DC coupling. Workaround: N/A
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| 583240 | Calling the niRFSA_ReadPowerSpectrumF32 function returns a function not supported error. Support for single precision spectrum has not been added. This function is supported on the PXIe-5840. Workaround: Use the niRFSA_ReadPowerSpectrum function.
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| 564383 | Missing documentation on reference level and mechanical attenuation limits when using the PXIe-5668 with PXIe-5698. The NI RF Vector Signal Analyzers Help should include the following information:
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| 411948 | Error –373104 occurs when a hyphen character is used in a configuration list name. When creating a configuration list in NI-RFSA or NI-RFSG on a VST target, using hyphens in the configuration list name results in error -373104: The specified configuration list name is invalid. Workaround: Avoid using hyphens in configuration list names.
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| 455741 | Multi-Record Fetch in program using "localhost/DeviceName" and SFP Session Access Utility returns a connection error. If you are using the SFP Session Access Utility and initializing a session with "localhost/DeviceName" in a program, if the program is performing a multi-record fetch, the first call to perform Multi-Record Fetch returns with the following error: Error -1074097835 occurred at niRFSA Fetch IQ (1D Complex WDT NRec 1Chan).vi. Possible reason(s): A connection error has occurred. Ensure that the device session is still open with session access enabled. On subsequent runs, the error does not occur. Workaround: Re-run the program that uses "localhost/DeviceName".
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| 501287 | PXIe-5668 Calibration VIs are included in the PXIe-5665 Calibration Control palette. In LabVIEW, the PXIe-5668 Calibration VIs do not have a separate palette and are included under the PXIe-5665 Calibration Control palette. Workaround: N/A
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| 383089 | NI-RFSA may cause deadlocks on Phar Lap ETS when a new NI-RFSA session is initialized in parallel while closing a previously opened NI-RFSA session. When niRFSA Initialize and niRFSA Close execute in parallel on a Phar Lap ETS system, the NI-RFSA instrument driver can cause the OS to deadlock. The system must be physically rebooted to be used again. Workaround: Sequence niRFSA Initialize and niRFSA Close so that they are not executed in parallel. One way to do this is to wire the error out parameter from niRFSA Close into the error in terminal of niRFSA Initialize.
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| 376981 | MAX collapses the vector signal analyzer (VSA) device sub-tree after associating the downconverter with other modules. MAX shows a sub-tree for each VSA device, which lists the downconverter along with the other modules that make up the VSA (digitizer, LO, RF conditioning, if applicable, and IF conditioning, if applicable). After associating the downconverter with the other devices to create a working VSA, MAX collapses the device sub-tree. Workaround: Manually expand the device sub-tree to see the modules that make up the VSA.
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| 474077 | MAX allows RIO and DAQmx-based devices to have the same aliases. In MAX, you can assign the same alias to a RIO-based device and a DAQmx-based device. For devices that are supported using NI-RFSA, the NI-RFSA instrument driver reports a problem but MAX does not. Workaround: Give unique aliases (or leave as default) to all devices that work with NI-RFSA.
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| 559585 | Trigger routes may not get reset on the PXIe-5668. Calling niRFSA Export Signal on trigger signals in order to change the terminal to PFI or PXI trigger lines may not take effect. Workaround: Call niRFSA Export Signal on the route to be reset and set the output terminal parameter to Do not export signal.
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| 498763 | Configuring a small number of samples value with a large number of records value causes an overflow error. An error occurs when trying to configure NI-RFSA for a small number of samples value with a large number of records value. Higher I/Q rates accentuate the issue. Workaround: Increase the numberOfSamples value, lower the I/Q rate, or decrease the numberOfRecords value.
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| 499332 | Importing and exporting two signals on the same digital trigger line does not cause an error, depending on configuration order. The system sometimes does not display an error when a digital line is configured to export a signal and the same digital line is configured to import a signal on the same device. This action should always result in an error. Workaround: Avoid importing/exporting signals on the same digital trigger line. Use logical routes using arbitrary/implicit digital lines so that routing is done automatically on separate digital lines.
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| 562221 | Small memory leak when using the PXIe-5668 with the PXIe-5698. Calling the niRFSA_Init function followed by the niRFSA_close function leaks about 150 bytes per iteration. Workaround: Close the process to recapture the memory.
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| 494142 | Configuration related warnings do not persist. Using the Same configuration, NI-RFSA may not return a configuration warning after the first instance of calling the niRFSA_Commit or niRFSA_Initiate function on subsequent calls. Workaround: Ensure all API calls are properly status chained in C and the error wire is properly propagated in LabVIEW.
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| 391305 | When the Number of Records is Finite property or the NIRFSA_ATTR_NUMBER_OF_RECORDS_IS_FINITE attribute is set to false and the Contiguous Multirecord property or the NIRFSA_ATTR_CONTIGUOUS_MULTIRECORD attribute is set to enabled, querying a property, an attribute, or calling a commit takes a long time. When the Number of Records is Finite property or the NIRFSA_ATTR_NUMBER_OF_RECORDS_IS_FINITE attribute is set to FALSE and the Contiguous Multirecord property or the NIRFSA_ATTR_CONTIGUOUS_MULTIRECORD attribute is set to enabled then calling niRFSAGetAttribute methods, reading an NI-RFSA property in LabVIEW, calling niRFSA Commit takes a long time before returning an error. The same behavior above is observed when the Allow More Records Than Memory property or the NIRFSA_ATTR_ALLOW_MORE_RECORDS_THAN_MEMORY attribute is set to TRUE instead of setting the Number of Records is Finite property or the NIRFSA_ATTR_NUMBER_OF_RECORDS_IS_FINITE attribute to FALSE. Workaround: N/A
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| 499290 | The PXIe-5668 may require an NI-RFSA device reset if an application using the PXIe-5624 synchronization library terminates unexpectedly. If an application terminates while PXIe-5624 synchronization is in progress, any successive sessions opened to NI-RFSA may fail to properly measure its ADC pipeline delay. This could result in delayed measurement timeout when calling the niRFSA Commit, as well as incorrect trigger alignment, both for internal and exported events. Workaround: Call niRFSA Reset Device if continuing to use the same FPGA extensions bitfile. If using the default bitfile, no action is needed.
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| 346251 | Unsupported property or attribute error for the Contiguous Multirecord property or the NIRFSA_ATTR_CONTIGUOUS_MULTIRECORD attribute in NI-RFSA Soft Front Panel or missing extended error information. When using the PXI-5661 through the NI-RFSA Soft Panel, invalid configurations may produce an error message that reports the Contiguous Multirecord property or the NIRFSA_ATTR_CONTIGUOUS_MULTIRECORD attribute is not supported. After the error condition is reported, the NI-RFSA Soft Front Panel acquisition stops. At this point, reset the value change that caused the error to another invalid setting and back to the original to receive the correct error message. Correcting the invalid setting allows the acquisition to continue. Workaround: When using the NI-RFSA Soft Front Panel, revert the changes that caused the error and re-apply those same changes to get the correct error message. For LabVIEW and C clients of NI-RFSA, place niRFSA Commit after configuration changes that come before a fetch. This causes the correct error report to be produced. For C NI-RFSA clients, calls to niRFSA_GetError after a fetch call may still report an unsupported attribute error when the return code from fetch is VI_SUCCESS.
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| 344383 | Setting the Mixer Level Offset property or the NIRFSA_ATTR_MIXER_LEVEL_OFFSET attribute to >0 dBm and not setting the Mixer Level property or the NIRFSA_ATTR_MIXER_LEVEL attribute causes an error. If your application sets the Mixer Level Offset property or the NIRFSA_ATTR_MIXER_LEVEL_OFFSET attribute to a value >0 dBm and does not set the Mixer Level property or the NIRFSA_ATTR_MIXER_LEVEL attribute, NI-RFSA reports an error. Workaround: Set the Mixer Level property or the NIRFSA_ATTR_MIXER_LEVEL attribute to its default -20 dBm value.
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| 497298 | Two PXIe-5606 devices appear in MAX when only one is present. Two PXIe-5606 devices appear in MAX. One of the devices contains only VISA information, and the other is a module in the PXIe-5668 composite device. Both devices display the following error message: "The device name is not unique within the system". Workaround: Perform either of the following options as a workaround.
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| 469772 | Documentation incorrectly lists IF Filter Bandwidth as supported on PXIe-5601 and PXIe-5663 devices. IF Filter Bandwidth is not supported on PXIe-5601 or PXIe-5663 devices, but the documentation states that it is. Setting this attribute or querying it for PXIe-5601 or PXIe-5663 devices results in an attribute not supported error. Workaround: N/A
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| 499100 | The digitizer FPGA for the PXIe-5668 goes into an unrecoverable state if the clock sent to the digitizer (PXIe-5624) is lost. If the clock signal connected to CLK IN on the PXIe-5624, as part of the PXIe-5668 system, is lost after the session is initialized, the system reports an error. Workaround: Call niRFSA Reset, niRFSA Reset Device, or niRFSA Close. Then call niRFSA Initialize to re-open the session.
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| 389317 | The niRFSA Self Calibrate Range execution time is greater than expected. In some instances, calling niRFSA Self Calibrate Range takes much longer than expected because of device settling, which can occur each time the device is reconfigured. When the VI or function executes, the RF IN and RF OUT connectors are configured twice. The connectors are configured once before and after execution where RF IN and RF OUT are reconfigured to their original states. Extended execution time is most noticeable when you repeatedly call niRFSA Self Calibrate Range for a single point, varying the frequency slightly for each call. Workaround: Perform either of the following options as a workaround.
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| 363009 | The PXIe-5644 or PXIe-5645 devices may occasionally appear outside the chassis in MAX when the device is installed for the first time. The PXIe-5644 or PXIe-5645 devices may occasionally appear outside the chassis in MAX when the hardware/software is installed for the first time. The device should still function properly. Workaround: Restart the machine to get the device to appear in MAX properly.
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| 400235 | The Test Panels for NI-RFSG devices fail to load from MAX under certain installation scenarios. Installing the NI-RFSA 2.7 Runtime or later after installing NI-RFSA 2.6 or earlier causes the Test Panels for NI-RFSG devices to stop loading from MAX. Workaround: Perform a full install of NI-RFSA 2.7 or later when upgrading from NI-RFSA 2.6 or earlier.
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| 251423 | Using NI-RFSA with NI-TClk to synchronize the PXIe-5663E with the PXIe-5665 or the PXIe-5667 results in misaligned data. When using TClk synchronization with the PXIe-5663E and the PXIe-5665 or the PXIe-5667, the acquired data may be misaligned. The misalignment manifests itself as a skew where the data from one device appears to be leading/lagging the data from the other device. The time delay between the data acquired by the master and a slave is constant for the combination of the hardware settings configured on the two devices. This skew is repeatable and does not vary with time. Workaround: Since the skew does not vary with time, empirically determine the expected misalignment and correct the acquired data manually.
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| 370013 | NI I/O Trace log shows incorrect data for the waveform buffer when niRFSA Read IQ (Complex WDT 1Rec 1Chan) is called from LabVIEW. When you call niRFSA Read IQ (Complex WDT 1Rec 1Chan) from LabVIEW, the waveform data displayed in NI I/O Trace is not correct. Workaround: N/A
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| 294969 | NI-TClk synchronization on a distributed chassis setup may show higher jitter than a single chassis setup. When using NI-TClk synchronization on two or more NI-RFSA devices that are in separate chassis, it is possible for the run to run synchronization jitter to be higher than a single chassis setup. Workaround: N/A
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| 258323 | Routing signals across segment boundaries on the PXIe-1075 chassis can intermittently fail. The PXIe-1075 chassis backplane has the following three trigger buses (segments) that you can use to route digital signals:
Workaround: There are two possible workarounds for this issue: Change the location of the source and destination devices for the hardware route so both of them lie in the same trigger bus. Since this error is intermittent, retry the same route. In LabVIEW, you can retry by conditionally detecting error -26981, clearing the error, and attempting to reserve the same route again.
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| 258630 | Using NI-RFSA with NI-TClk to synchronize multiple devices acquiring at different I/Q rates results in misaligned data. When using TClk synchronization where two or more RF VSAs acquire at different I/Q rates, it is possible for the acquired data to be misaligned. The misalignment manifests itself as a skew where the data from one device appears to be leading/lagging the data from the other device. The time delay between the data acquired by the master and a slave is constant for the combination of the hardware settings configured on the two devices. This skew is repeatable and does not vary with time. Workaround: Since the skew does not vary with time, users can empirically determine the expected misalignment and correct the acquired data manually.
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| 224755 | Low-power signals may appear at fixed intervals in power spectrum data. Low-power signals may appear at fixed intervals when performing a power spectrum acquisition. When performing an acquisition narrower than the hardware instantaneous bandwidth, the signals can appear in the lower frequency bins and upper frequency bins of the acquisition. When performing a multispan acquisition, the signals can appear at the boundary of each single span spectral acquisition that makes up the total acquisition. Workaround: The low power signals represent the dither signal on the digitizer. Although the dither signal is at a frequency that is outside the bandwidth of the equalized response, the power of the dither signal can leak into the equalized response, depending on the resolution bandwidth and the FFT window type. You can remove the dither signal from the power spectrum data through one of the following methods:
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| 502878 | Incorrect trigger delay occurs after an IF overload when using niRFSA Reset with PXIe-5668 devices. Calling niRFSA Reset after a digitizer overload (input power protection error) can cause an incorrect trigger delay after the next initialization. Triggers can be as early as 500 to 600 nanoseconds, causing data to appear to be delayed by the same amount of time. Workaround: After a digitizer overload, do one of the following three things: Avoid calling niRFSA Reset, reset the PXIe-5606 downconverter in MAX, or call niRFSA Reset Device.
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| 389207 | Committing a configuration list with the Number of Records Is Finite property or the NIRFSA_ATTR_NUMBER_OF_RECORDS_IS_FINITE attribute set to false and the Contiguous Multirecord property or the NIRFSA_ATTR_CONTIGUOUS_MULTIRECORD attribute set to enabled will freeze NI-RFSA. Committing a configuration list with the Number of Records Is Finite property or the NIRFSA_ATTR_NUMBER_OF_RECORDS_IS_FINITE attribute set to FALSE and the Contiguous Multirecord property or the NIRFSA_ATTR_CONTIGUOUS_MULTIRECORD attribute set to enabled freezes NI-RFSA when calling niRFSAGetAttribute methods, reading an NI-RFSA property in LabVIEW, or calling niRFSA Commit. During the freeze, NI-RFSA is unresponsive and may return an internal error after an indeterminate amount of time. Workaround: Set the Number of Records Is Finite property or the NIRFSA_ATTR_NUMBER_OF_RECORDS_IS_FINITE attribute to TRUE. The Contiguous Multirecord property or the NIRFSA_ATTR_CONTIGUOUS_MULTIRECORD attribute is not supported with the Number of Records Is Finite property or the NIRFSA_ATTR_NUMBER_OF_RECORDS_IS_FINITE attribute set to FALSE.
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| 456682 | Starting an acquisition without clearing the previous acquisition causes a data overflow error. niRFSA Close does not automatically clear data. Acquiring data, then starting a second acquisition without explicitly clearing the data from the first acquisition, causes a data overflow error at the beginning of the second acquisition. Workaround: Add code to your test to clear any data left at the end of an acquisition.
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| 569554 | When using the PXIe-5668, dither signal may interfere with I/Q power edge triggering. Dither signal may leak into I/Q data and cause the I/Q power edge to not trigger as expected. Workaround: Reduce the I/Q rate and change the IF filter. Refer to the Dither Signal Conditions table in the PXIe-5668 Device Specifications for more information.
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| 491993 | System returns error -1074118655 or the application hangs when calling niRFSA Initialize. The system can return error -1074118655 or the application can hang (including NI-RFSA Soft Front Panel) when calling niRFSA Initialize to initialize a session to the NI-RFSA device. This behavior occurs if you configure the system as follows:
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| 395826 | Scaling coefficients returned can differ by up to 1e-10. For a single record I/Q acquisition, scaling coefficients obtained from niRFSA Get Scaling Coefficients could be different from the scaling coefficients obtained from niRFSA Fetch IQ (1D I16). Similarly, for a multirecord I/Q acquisition, scaling coefficients obtained from niRFSA Get Scaling Coefficients could be different from the scaling coefficients obtained from niRFSA Fetch IQ (2D I16). The difference in the scaling coefficients can be up to 1e-10. Workaround: There is no workaround for this issue. However, since the difference in coefficients is small, this difference does not affect amplitude accuracy for any NI-RFSA devices.
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| 456047 | niRFSA Abort and niRFSA Close can return DSP overflow warnings if a record acquisition is in progress and RF list mode is aborted on VST devices. Workaround: There are two workarounds for this issue:
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| 467770 | When using a vector signal transceiver device, changing the Reference Clock source from PXI_CLK to OnBoardClk requires a ten second delay for stability. When using a vector signal transceiver device (PXIe-5644/5645/5646), changing the Reference Clock source from PXI_CLK to OnBoardClk requires the hardware to disable and then re-enable the onboard Reference Clock. Disabling and re-enabling the onboard Reference Clock is necessary to provide the PXIClk route enough isolation from the onboard clock. After being re-enabled, the clock requires ten seconds to reach stability. Workaround: N/A
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| 457149 | niRFSA Abort and the niRFSA Close can corrupt recorded acquisition data if a record acquisition is in progress and RF list mode is aborted on VST devices. Workaround: There are two workarounds for this issue:
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| 375859 | Setting an IQ Power Edge Trigger with an invalid minimum quiet time on the PXI-5661 produces a persistent error. Setting an invalid minimum quiet time on the PXI-5661 produces an error reporting that the quiet time is invalid. This error persists even after setting the minimum quiet time to a valid value. Workaround: Use niRFSA Reset to restore all properties or attributes to their default values and re-apply the desired settings.
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