This file contains important information about the RFmx Waveform Creator, including system requirements, and installation instructions.
Overview
New Features
Supported Hardware
System Requirements
Supported Operating Systems
Installation Instructions
Executable
Accessing the Help
Finding Examples
Product Security and Critical Updates
Behavior Changes
Known Issues
Bug Fixes
Automating the Installation of NI Products
Using NI Software with Microsoft Windows 10
Legal Information
Overview
RFmx Waveform Creator provides a unified interface for creating and generating waveforms for multiple wireless standards. You can create unencrypted, unlocked IQ waveform files for playback on NI PXI RF instrumentation. Supported standards include 5G NR, LTE/LTE-Advanced, W-CDMA/HSPA+, GSM/EDGE+, TD-SCDMA, and more.
New Features
RFmx Waveform Creator 20.7 includes the following new features:
Added support to load and store signal configurations in TDMS waveform files
Bluetooth
Added waveform parameters for burst start and burst stop locations
LTE
Support for Carrier Power Spectral Density (PSD) Equalization for multicarrier signals
WLAN
Support for MIMO waveform creation for 802.11n/ac/ax/be standards on PXIe-5830/5831/5832/5840/5841.
Support for 802.11be Standard IEEE P802.11be/D0.3 compliant waveform creation
Support for sample clock rate factor
Support for fractional resampling
Support for spectrum preview display
Support for 2.0 waveform file format
5G NR Plugin
Added User Configurable Resource Grid Size
Added Carrier Power Spectral Density (PSD) Equalization for multicarrier signals
Support of empty carriers in multi-carrier configurations
Support for non-standard modulation scheme 8-PSK in PDSCH
Updated 5G NR plugin to reflect the 3GPP specification updates up to December 2020
Added configurable modulation scheme for downlink testmodels in NR-FR2-TM2 and NR-FR2-TM 3.1
Added common uplink configurations for 70 MHz channel bandwidth in UL FR1
Added support for Carrier Allocated, Grid Size Mode, Reference Grid Size, BandwidthPart Grid Size, SSB Grid Start, SSB Grid Start, DL Test Model Modulation Type, and Carrier PSD Equalization in Batch Waveform Creation Utility of NR
RFmx Waveform Creator 20.6 includes the following new features:
Support for PXIe-5832
Support in NR for short frame duration of less than 0.5ms
RFmx Waveform Creator 20.0 includes the following new features:
Support for LabVIEW 2020 (32-bit and 64-bit)
Support for PXIe-5841 with PXIe-5655
Added support for Auto Increment Cell ID Enabled parameter in LTE modulation scheme
Added support for NB-IoT short frame generation
Added support for LTE Downlink E-UTRA Test Model 2b and E-UTRA Test Model 3.1b as per 3GPP TS 36.141 v16.5.0 specification
5G new radio (NR)
Added support for user defined downlink multi-user configuration
Added support for PUSCH and PDSCH DMRS Release 16 as per 3GPP TS 38.211 v16.1.0 specification
Added support for user defined filter coefficients for PI/2 BPSK Spectral Shaping
Added support for Downlink NR Test Model 2a and 3.1a for Frequency Range 2
Added support for 1024 QAM modulation in PDSCH and PUSCH
Added Batch Waveform Creation Utility for NR
RFmx Waveform Creator for WLAN
Support for 320MHz in 802.11ax SU PPDU for early testing of the 802.11be 320MHz channels
Unformatted data packet support for RF blocker test
Supported Hardware
The following hardware products are supported in all operating systems listed in the Supported Operating Systems section.
Vector Signal Generators
PXIe-5673
PXIe-5673E
Device-specific information about these modules is included in the NI RF Vector Signal Generators Help.
Vector Signal Transceivers
PXIe-5644
PXIe-5645
PXIe-5646
PXIe-5820
PXIe-5830
PXIe-5831
PXIe-5832
PXIe-5840
PXIe-5841
PXIe-5841 with PXIe-5655
Device-specific information about these modules is included in the NI RF Vector Signal Transceivers Help.
System Requirements
RFmx Waveform Creator has the following requirements:
Processor—1 GHz 64-bit (x64) processor
4 GB RAM *
A screen resolution of 1,024 x 768
Windows 10, 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 Waveform Creator 20.7 supports the following 64-bit operating systems:
Windows 10
Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2016
Note RFmx Waveform Creator no longer supports Windows Vista/XP/7/8.1, Windows Server 2003/2008/2012, or any 32-bit Windows operating system. RFmx Waveform Creator 20.7 will not install or run on an unsupported OS. You cannot deploy or distribute applications that use RFmx Waveform Creator 20.7 to an unsupported OS. Additionally, after installing RFmx Waveform Creator 20.7, 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.
RFmx Waveform Creator supports the following application software versions, including service packs. You should install application software, such as LabVIEW or Microsoft Visual Studio®, before installing RFmx Waveform Creator. If you are not using NI application software, refer to Microsoft Visual Studio Support.
Application Software
Versions Supported by RFmx Waveform Creator
LabVIEW
2017, 2018 SP1 f4 patch, 2019 SP1, 2020 SP1
Required Software
NI-RFSG 14.5 or later
NI-RFSG 20.7 or later (for MIMO configurations with PXIe-5830/5831/5832 in RFmx Waveform Creator for WLAN)
Microsoft Visual Studio Support
If you are using the RFmx Waveform Creator .NET Class Library, .NET Framework 4.0 (minimum) is required. The RFmx Waveform Creator .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 Waveform Creator 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.
If you purchased this product with an NI Software Suite or NI Product Bundle, use the installation media that shipped with your purchase to install this product.
Use the serial number that is included with your software to activate RFmx Waveform Creator. For more information on RFmx Waveform Creator activation, refer to National Instruments Software Activation .
Executable
Select Start » All Programs » National Instruments» RFmx Waveform Creator to launch the RFmx Waveform Creator.
Accessing the Help
Documentation for RFmx Waveform Creator is located at Start » All Programs » National Instruments » RFmx Waveform Creator » RFmx Waveform Creator Documentation. The documentation set is composed of the following documents.
Document
Format
Description
RFmx Waveform Creator Help
HTML/Windows Help
Contains primary help content for RFmx Waveform Creator. This help file is an HTML version of a traditional user manual that includes the following information:
An introduction to RFmx Waveform Creator
How to get started with application development
A complete reference for all RFmx Waveform Creator programming functions and VIs
RFmx Waveform Creator 20.7 Readme
HTML (this document)
Contains information about supported hardware and operating systems, new features, fixed issues, and legal notices.
Finding Examples
You can access all the installed RFmx Waveform Creator examples at Start » All Programs » National Instruments » RFmx Waveform Creator » RFmx Waveform Creator 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 National Instruments products. Visit ni.com/critical-updates for information about critical updates from National Instruments.
Behavior Changes
The following items are the behavior changes in RFmx Waveform Creator 20.0 from RFmx Waveform Creator 19.1.
Changed the data content of downlink NR test models from all-zero to PN23 sequence with respect to the changes in 3GPP TS 38.141v specification
Changed modulation scheme for downlink NR test model 3.3 to QPSK with respect to the changes in 3GPP TS 38.141-1 v16.3.0 specification
Changed the NR grid size for 100 MHz channel bandwidth and 240 kHz subcarrier spacing to 33.
Changed the NR SS/PBCH block parameters CRB Offset and Subcarrier Offset to be 3GPP specification compliant.
Changed the NR grid alignment for SS/PBCH block.
The following items are the behavior changes in RFmx Waveform Creator 19.1 from RFmx Waveform Creator 19.0.
Following configurations require recreation of waveforms in 5G new radio (NR) modulation scheme
Carrier aggregation due to 3GPP NR specification updates to nominal spacing
Downlink test models due to 3GPP NR specification updates to definitions of downlink test models
ACP optimized filter bandwidth is updated to avoid corrupting edge sub-carriers
The following items are the behavior changes in RFmx Waveform Creator 19.0 from RFmx Waveform Creator 3.0.
5G new radio (NR) modulation scheme
Deprecated support for slot Offset control
Default value of downlink Channel Configuration Mode control has changed to Test Model from User defined .
Default value of BWP Number of RBs control has changed to -1 from maximum number of resource blocks.
Added SSB Active Blocks control and deprecated SSB Transmitted Pattern control under SS/PBCH Block configurations window.
Saving of waveforms in evaluation mode is not allowed in WLAN and Bluetooth
Known Issues
You can access the RFmx Waveform Creator known issues list online at RFmx Waveform Creator 20.7 Known Issues.
Bug Fixes
You can access the RFmx Waveform Creator bug fix list online at RFmx Waveform Creator 20.7 Bug Fixes. This list describes a subset of issues fixed in the RFmx Waveform Creator. If you have a Bug ID, you can search this list to validate that the issue has been fixed.
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 10
Microsoft Windows 10 is the latest version of the Windows operating system and features significant changes compared to previous versions. Windows 10 introduces several new capabilities and also combines features from both Windows 7 and Windows 8. For more information about NI support for Windows 10, visit ni.com/windows10.
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End-User License Agreements and Third-Party Legal Notices
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