RFmx CDMA2k 2022 Q4 Readme

October 2022

This file contains important information about the RFmx CDMA2k, including system requirements, and installation instructions.


Overview

New Features

Supported Hardware

System Requirements

Supported Operating Systems

Application Software Support

Installation Instructions

Installed Software

File Locations

Executable

Accessing the API

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

Legal Information


Overview

RFmx CDMA2k is an application software that provides simple access to the most advanced optimization techniques such as multimeasurement parallelism and multi-DUT measurements. The result is fast, high-quality measurements with minimal software development effort. Using this software, you can perform physical-layer analysis on CDMA2k cellular signals including MODACC, ACPR, CHP, OBW, QEVM, CDA, SlotPower, SlotPhase, and SEM. RFmx CDMA2k is completely interoperable with all RFmx APIs.

New Features

RFmx CDMA2k 2022 Q4 includes the following new features:

  • Support for PXIe-5842
  • Support for Downlink link direction in CDMA2k ModAcc measurement.

RFmx CDMA2k 2022 Q3 includes the following new feature:

  • Support for LabVIEW 2022 Q3 (32-bit and 64-bit)

RFmx CDMA2k 21.3 includes the following new feature:

  • Support for LabVIEW 2021 (32-bit and 64-bit)

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

RFmx CDMA2k has the following requirements:

  • Processor—1 GHz 64-bit (x64) processor
  • 4 GB RAM *
  • A screen resolution of 1,024 x 768
  • Any supported OS, with all available critical updates and service packs

* Depending on the amount of data acquired and/or processed, a larger amount of memory may be required.

Supported Operating Systems

RFmx CDMA2k 2022 Q4 supports the following 64-bit operating systems:

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

Note RFmx CDMA2k no longer supports any 32-bit Windows operating system. Refer to Unsupported Windows Operating Systems for more information about support for Microsoft Windows OSes.

Application Software Support

RFmx CDMA2k supports the following application software versions, including service packs. You should install application software, such as LabVIEW or Microsoft Visual Studio®, before installing RFmx CDMA2k. If you are not using NI application software, refer to Microsoft Visual Studio Support.

Application Software Versions Supported by RFmx CDMA2k (64-bit only)
LabVIEW 2019 SP1 f3 patch, 2020 SP1, 2021 SP1 f1 patch, 2022 Q3

Required Software

  • NI-RFSA 14.1 or later
  • NI-RFSA 17.1 or later (for initializing debug session when "using breakpoints in C/C++/.NET application" is selected)

Microsoft Visual Studio Support

If you are using the RFmx CDMA2k .NET Class Library, .NET Framework 4.0 (minimum) is required. The RFmx CDMA2k .NET Class Library can be used with Visual C# or Visual Basic .NET in any Visual Studio version that can target .NET Framework 4.0 or .NET Framework 4.5.

Installation Instructions

Download the RFmx CDMA2k 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.

Notes

  • 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.
  • Use the serial number that is included with your software to activate RFmx CDMA2k. For more information on RFmx CDMA2k activation, refer to National Instruments Software Activation.

Installed Software

  • <MSTUDIOVS2010DIR> is an alias for the following National Instruments file folder location:
    • Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\MeasurementStudioVS2010
  • <NIDir> is an alias for the following National Instruments file folder location:
    • Program Files (x86)\National Instruments
  • <SYSDIR> is an alias for the following file folder location:
    • Windows\SysWOW64 for 32-bit programs and windows\system32 for 64-bit programs

File Locations

Item Installed Location
Version Compatibility Checker <NIDir>\RFmx\niRFmxCompatibility_Checker.exe
Debug Configuration Utility <NIDir>\RFmx\niRFmxDebugConfigurationUtility.exe
DLLs <SYSDIR>
Header files

<NIDir> \Shared\ExternalCompilerSupport\C\include

Import Library files (64-bit)
  • 32-bit: <NIDir> \Shared\ExternalCompilerSupport\C\lib32\msvc
  • 64-bit: <NIDir> \Shared\ExternalCompilerSupport\C\lib64\msvc
.NET Class Libraries
Assemblies <MSTUDIOVS2010DIR>\DotNET\Assemblies\Current\NationalInstruments.RFmx.CDMA2k.Fx40.dll
<MSTUDIOVS2010DIR>\DotNET\Assemblies\Current\NationalInstruments.RFmx.InstrMX.Fx40.dll
<MSTUDIOVS2010DIR>\DotNET\Assemblies\Current\NationalInstruments.Common.dll

Executable

Select Start » National Instruments» RFmx CDM2k Measurement Interactive Panel to launch the RFmx CDMA2k Measurement Interactive Panel.

Accessing the API

RFmx CDMA2k palette VIs are available from the Functions » Measurement I/O » RFmx » CDMA2K palette.

Accessing the Documentation

Documentation for RFmx CDMA2k is located at Start » National Instruments » RFmx CDMA2k Documentation.

Finding Examples

You can access all the installed RFmx CDMA2k examples at Start » National Instruments » RFmx CDMA2k Examples.

For the most recent revisions of documentation and for newly released documentation, visit ni.com/manuals.

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 is the behavior change in RFmx CDMA2k 2022 Q4 from RFmx CDMA2k 2022 Q3

  • RFmx CDMA2k drops support for 32-bit user mode.

The following is the behavior change in RFmx CDMA2k 20.7 from RFmx CDMA2k 20.6.

  • Obsoleted the RFmxInstr Configure Automatic SG SA Shared LO API and the RFmxInstr Automatic SG SA Shared LO property. Use RFmxInstr LO Source property with Automatic_SG_SA_Shared value instead.

The following items are behavior changes in RFmx CDMA2k 19.1 from RFmx CDMA2k 19.0.

  • Obsoleted RFmxCDMA2k Analyze (IQ) and RFmxCDMA2k Analyze (Spectrum) APIs. Use RFmxCDMA2k Analyze (IQ, 1 Wfm) and RFmxCDMA2k Analyze (Spectrum, 1 Wfm) APIs instead

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.


Legal Information

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End-User License Agreements and Third-Party Legal Notices

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