RFmx NR 2023 Q3 Readme

July 2023

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

You can find more release information on ni.com.

RFmx NR Release Notes: Known issues, bugs fixed since the last release, and other notes about this release
RFmx NR Manuals: New features, behavior changes, and other documentation

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

New Features

RFmx NR 2023 Q3 includes the following new features:

Support for Noise Compensation in ACP measurement for Sequential FFT mode
Support for Reference Signal Transmit (RSTX) power measurement in ModAcc measurement
Support for NS_03U and NS_21 (Rel-17 onwards) masks in SEM measurement
Support for Band n54 in downlink SEM measurement

RFmx NR 2023 Q2 includes the following new features:

Support for Phase Offset measurement
Support for Test Tolerance for NR-U band n46 in SEM measurement as per 3GPP Release 17 (December-2022)
Speed improvements for Composite and Spectral measurements

RFmx NR 2023 Q1 includes the following new features:

Support for LabVIEW 2023 Q1 (64-bit)
Support for EVM Measurement including symbols with Transient Period
Support for shared spectrum channels for n46, n96, and n102 bands in the SEM Measurement
Support for Power Class 6 in the IBE Measurement

Supported Hardware

Visit NI Hardware and Software 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 NR 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 NR 2023 Q3 supports the following 64-bit operating systems:

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

Application Software Support

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

Application Software	Versions Supported by RFmx NR (64-bit only)
LabVIEW	2020 SP1, 2021 SP1 f1 patch, 2022 Q3, 2023 Q1, 2023 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 NR .NET Class Library, .NET Framework 4.0 (minimum) is required. The RFmx NR .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 NR 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 NR. For more information on RFmx NR 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\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)	<NIDir>\Shared\ExternalCompilerSupport\C\lib64\msvc
.NET Class Libraries
Assemblies	<MSTUDIOVS2010DIR>\DotNET\Assemblies\Current\NationalInstruments.RFmx.NRMX.Fx40.dll <MSTUDIOVS2010DIR>\DotNET\Assemblies\Current\NationalInstruments.RFmx.InstrMX.Fx40.dll <MSTUDIOVS2010DIR>\DotNET\Assemblies\Current\NationalInstruments.Common.dll

Executable

Select Start » National Instruments » InstrumentStudio to launch the InstrumentStudio.

Accessing the API

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

Accessing the Documentation

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

Finding Examples

You can access all the installed RFmx NR examples at Start » National Instruments » RFmx NR 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 NR 2023 Q3 from RFmx NR 2023 Q2

Added support for saving and loading RFmx configurations into/from rfmxconfig files. Load from TDMS is supported but save into TDMS files is discontinued.

The following are the behavior changes in RFmx NR 2022 Q3 from RFmx NR 21.8:

RFmx Soft Front Panel has been replaced by InstrumentStudio.

The following are the behavior changes in RFmx NR 21.8 from RFmx NR 21.5:

RFmx NR drops support for 32-bit user mode.
Deprecated PDSCH present in SSB Resource Block.
Deprecated Subblock Freq Definition property. Use Subblock Freq (Hz) property for configuring subblock frequency offset from the center frequency.

The following are the behavior changes in RFmx NR 21.3 from RFmx NR 20.7/20.7.1:

Updated downlink subblock integration bandwidth for ACP, CHP, and SEM measurements as per 38.104 CR0262.
Increased acquisition length for ModAcc measurement in the case of DFT-s-OFDM with SCS 60 kHz, and above with trigger types other than digital and sync mode other than Frame.

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.