January 2023
This file contains installation instructions and compatibility information for LabVIEW Modulation Toolkit 2023 Q1.
You can find more release information on ni.com.
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LabVIEW Modulation Toolkit provides signal generation and analysis capabilities for analog and digital modulation schemes.
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Modulation Toolkit has the following system requirements:
LabVIEW Modulation Toolkit 2023 Q1 supports the following operating systems:
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LabVIEW Modulation Toolkit 2023 Q1 supports the following application software versions, including service packs.
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.
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.
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:
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.
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The following are the behavior changes in LabVIEW Modulation Toolkit 2023 Q1 from LabVIEW Modulation Toolkit 23.0.
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For more information about automating the installation of NI products, refer to Automating an Installer in the NI Package Manager manual.
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.
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