LabVIEW Modulation Toolkit 2023 Q3 Readme

July 2023

This file contains installation instructions and compatibility information for LabVIEW Modulation Toolkit 2023 Q3.

You can find more release information on ni.com.

Overview

New Features

Supported Hardware

System Requirements

Supported Operating Systems

Application Software Support

Installation Instructions

Accessing the Documentation

Finding Examples

Product Security and Critical Updates

Behavior Changes

Automating the Installation of NI Products

Using NI Software with Microsoft Windows 11

Overview

LabVIEW Modulation Toolkit provides signal generation and analysis capabilities for analog and digital modulation schemes.

New Features

  • Added support for LabVIEW 2023

Supported Hardware

Visit NI Hardware and Operating System Compatibility to view driver, desktop operating system, and real-time operating system support for individual hardware devices.

To view information for your device:

  • Select your hardware model in the dropdown list on the page to view compatibility information for your device.
  • Type your hardware model number in the dropdown list on the web page to filter the list of available devices.

Note: Some compatibility information may only be available in the archive attached to the NI Hardware and Operating System Compatibility page. For historic driver and OS support information, refer to the readme for the relevant driver version.

System Requirements

Modulation Toolkit has the following system requirements:

  • Processor—1 GHz or faster 64-bit (x64) Processor or equivalent
  • RAM—4 GB
  • A screen resolution of 1,024 x 768
  • Windows 10 with all available critical updates and service packs
  • If your application runs on an RT target, NI recommends that you have at least 128 MB of RAM

Supported Operating Systems

LabVIEW Modulation Toolkit 2023 Q3 supports the following operating systems:

  • Windows 11
  • Windows 10
  • Windows Server 2022
  • Windows Server 2019
  • Windows Server 2016

Note  

  • LabVIEW Modulation Toolkit no longer supports Windows Vista/XP/7/8.x, Windows Server 2003/2008/2012, or any 32-bit Windows operating system. 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 https://www.ni.com/r/win32bitsupport.
  • NI Software no longer supports Phar Lap ETS Real-Time Operating System. Versions of this product that ship after May 1, 2022, may not install or execute correctly on this operating system. For high-level information on the support roadmap for Phar Lap and its replacement, NI Linux Real-Time, visit ni.com/r/xf35k1. To find out what hardware is supported on PXI controllers running NI Linux Real-Time, visit ni.com/r/b7g5wi.

Application Software Support

LabVIEW Modulation Toolkit 2023 Q3 supports the following application software versions, including service packs.

  • LabVIEW 2020 SP1, 2021, 2022 Q3, 2023 Q3
  • LabVIEW Real-Time (RT) 2020 SP1, 2021, 2022 Q3, 2023 Q3

Installation Instructions

Download the LabVIEW Modulation Toolkit 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.

Note   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.

Accessing the Help

Refer to the LabVIEW Modulation Toolkit Help, accessible from Start»National Instruments»Modulation Toolkit»Modulation Toolkit Documentation, for information about the LabVIEW Modulation Toolkit. Help.

Finding Examples

In LabVIEW, you can use the NI Example Finder to search or browse examples. LabVIEW Modulation Toolkit examples are classified by keyword, so you can search for a particular device or measurement function. In LabVIEW, select Help»Find Examples to launch the NI Example Finder. The NI Example Finder offers two ways to access all installed LabVIEW example VIs (including NI–RFSG and Modulation Toolkit examples) and their descriptions:

  • Click the Browse tab to locate modulation examples by task at Toolkit and Modules»Modulation or by directory structure at Modulation.
  • Click the Search tab to search all installed examples by keyword. For example, search for "Modulation" to locate all Modulation Toolkit examples.

You can also access all the installed LabVIEW Modulation Toolkit examples for LabVIEW at Start»National Instruments»Modulation Toolkit»Modulation Toolkit Examples.

Examples also are available online that demonstrate integrating NI RF signal generators with NI RF signal analyzers and NI toolkit software including the Modulation Toolkit. Refer to ni.com/examples for these examples and for more information.

Select Help»Find Examples from LabVIEW to launch the NI Example Finder. LabVIEW examples for the Modulation Toolkit are located in the labview\examples\Modulation directory. You can modify an example VI to fit an application, or you can copy and paste from one or more examples into a VI that you create.

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 are the behavior changes in LabVIEW Modulation Toolkit 2023 Q3 from LabVIEW Modulation Toolkit 23.0.

  • Migrated from msvc 2008 to msvc 14.0

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 11

Microsoft Windows 11 is the latest version of the Windows operating system and features significant changes compared to previous versions. For more information about NI support for Windows 11, refer to NI Product Compatibility for Microsoft Windows 11.