January 2019
This file contains important information about NI-RFSG Playback Library and is organized into the following sections:
Installed Software, Documentation, and Examples
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-RFSG Playback Library 3.0 includes the following new features:
NI-RFSG Playback Library 2.5 adds support for LabVIEW 2018 (32- and 64-bit).
NI-RFSG Playback Library 2.4 includes addition of functions to retrieve the waveform file version.
NI-RFSG Playback Library 2.3 includes the following new features:
Device-specific information about these modules is included in the NI RF Vector Signal Generators Help.
Device-specific information about these modules is included in the NI RF Vector Signal Transceivers Help.
NI-RFSG Playback Library 3.0 supports the following operating systems:
Note In 2016, NI-RFSG Playback Library dropped support for Microsoft Windows 7 RTM (with no service pack), Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003. NI-RFSG Playback Library 3.0 will not install or run on an unsupported OS. You cannot deploy or distribute applications that use NI-RFSG Playback Library 3.0 to an unsupported OS. Additionally, after installing NI-RFSG Playback Library 3.0, 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, refer to KB 79UC78LS, Why Does my LabVIEW, LabWindows/CVI, Measurement Studio, or TestStand Built Installer Fail on Windows XP/Vista and Server 2003?.
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-RFSG Playback Library 3.0 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.
Note You should install ADEs, such as NI LabVIEW or Microsoft Visual Studio®, before installing NI-RFSG Playback Library. To add support for ADEs installed after installing NI-RFSG Playback Library, modify your NI-RFSG Playback Library installation or launch the NI-RFSG Playback Library installer again.
Note NI-RFSG Playback Library does not operate correctly without the service packs and patches previously mentioned installed.
* NI-RFSG .NET Class Library is required only for .NET support.
| Item | Installed Location |
|---|---|
| DLLs | <SYSDIR> |
| Header files | <NIDir>\Shared\ExternalCompilerSupport\C\include |
| Import Library files (32-bit) | <NIDir>\Shared\ExternalCompilerSupport\C\lib32\msvc |
| Import Library files (64-bit) | <NIDir>\Shared\ExternalCompilerSupport\C\lib64\msvc |
| C, .NET | |
| Examples | <NIDocDir>\NI-RFSG Playback Library\Examples |
| LabVIEW | |
| Examples | <NIDir>\LabVIEW <version>\examples\instr\niRFSGPlayback |
| .NET Class Libraries | |
| Assemblies | <MSTUDIOVS2010DIR>\DotNET\Assemblies\Current\NationalInstruments.RfsgPlayback.Fx40.dll <MSTUDIOVS2010DIR>\DotNET\Assemblies\Current\NationalInstruments.Common.dll |
Documentation for NI-RFSG Playback Library is located at Start»All Programs»National Instruments»NI-RFSG Playback Library»NI-RFSG Playback Library Documentation. The documentation set is composed of the following documents.
| Document | Format | Description |
|---|---|---|
| NI-RFSG Playback Library Help | HTML/Windows Help | Information about NI-RFSG Playback Library. This help file is an HTML version of a traditional user manual that includes the following information:
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| NI-RFSG Playback Library 3.0 Readme | HTML (this document) | Information about supported hardware, operating systems, and legal notices. |
For the most recent revisions of documentation and for newly released documentation, visit ni.com/manuals.
NI-RFSG Playback Library palette VIs are available from the Functions»Measurement I/O»NI-RFSG Playback Library palette.
You can also access all the installed NI-RFSG Playback Library examples at Start»All Programs»National Instruments»NI-RFSG Playback Library»NI-RFSG Playback Library Examples.
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The following are the behavior changes in NI-RFSG Playback Library 3.0 from NI-RFSG Playback Library 2.5:
The following are the behavior changes in NI-RFSG Playback Library 2.3 from NI-RFSG Playback Library 2.2:
You can access the software and documentation known issues list online. Refer to the NI-RFSG Playback Library 3.0 Known Issues at ni.com for an up-to-date list of known issues in NI-RFSG Playback Library 3.0.
The following items are the IDs and titles of a subset of issues fixed in NI-RFSG Playback Library. This is not an exhaustive list of issues fixed in the current version of the NI-RFSG Playback Library. 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 NI-RFSG Playback Library 3.0 from NI-RFSG Playback Library 2.5
| ID | Fixed Issue |
|---|---|
| 706047 | Fixed an occasional crash that occurred 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 NI-PXIe-5840. |
| 616901 | Fixed an issue with niRFSGPlayback Download User Waveform API, where burst detection was not working as expected for some user waveforms. |
The following items are changes in NI-RFSG Playback Library 2.5 from NI-RFSG Playback Library 2.4.
| ID | Fixed Issue |
|---|---|
| 688176 | Fixed an issue where an error was thrown when an empty waveform was given as an input to the niRFSGPlayback Download User Waveform (CDB) API. |
| 697983 | Fixed an issue where a memory leak was noticed when running the DPD example in a loop. |
| 694678 | Fixed an issue where niRFSGPlayback Download User Waveform API was returning errors for NR Waveforms when only 1 symbol was occupied in each of the slots. |
The following items are changes in NI-RFSG Playback Library 2.3.1 from NI-RFSG Playback Library 2.3.
| ID | Fixed Issue |
|---|---|
| 662178 | Fixed an issue where the Set Script to Generate API crashed with Wait Marker Exports. |
The following items are changes in NI-RFSG Playback Library 2.3 from NI-RFSG Playback Library 2.2.
| ID | Fixed Issue |
|---|---|
| 631089 | Fixed an issue with the niRFSGPlayback Read Waveforms From File VI, where this VI returned corrupted waveforms when the waveforms in the TDMS file were of different sizes. The niRFSGPlayback Read Waveforms From File VI now returns an error in this scenario. |
| 640839 | Fixed an issue where the niRFSGPlayback Download User Waveform VI was hanging for some user waveforms. |
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