N9085EM0E 5G NR Measurement Application


Release Date |
May 2025 |
S/W Version Date |
2025.0501 |
Operating System |
Microsoft Windows 10, Windows 11 |
Installer File Name |
XSA_Installer_A.41.06_Win10_Win11.exe |
Note: A.37.00 and above will only support multi-touch GUI X-apps programs inside the installer for bench-top X-Series analyzers. Traditional GUI X-apps are not included, and software licenses of traditional GUI X-apps are not recognized.
Note: This release does not support the Windows 7 operating system.

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Added support for fast mode EVM optimization for N9040B (2025.0501)
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Added PDSCH / PUSCH EVM result reporting per Modulation Scheme (2025.0501)

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Fixed issue causing SCREEN files from versions older than A.39.28 to produce Command Protected or Illegal Parameter Value errors (XSA-49836)
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Fixed issue that caused SCPI command “DISP:EVM:WIND2:DATA?” to be unresponsive at times (XSA-49783)
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Fixed issue that caused some *.setx files to not be properly recalled (XSA-49616)
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Fixed issue in Modulation Analysis measurement resulting in the Group Delay trace being inverted (XSA-50416)


Release Date |
January 2025 |
S/W Version Date |
2025.0101 |
Operating System |
Microsoft Windows 10, Windows 11 |
Installer File Name |
XSA_Installer_A.40.05_Win10.exe |
Note: A.37.00 and above will only support multi-touch GUI X-apps programs inside the installer for bench-top X-Series analyzers. Traditional GUI X-apps are not included, and software licenses of traditional GUI X-apps are not recognized.
Note: This release does not support the Windows 7 operating system.

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Added support for N9042B-575, Frequency Range 2 Hz to 75 GHz

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Added support for 2 codewords configuration for more than 4 layers cases (2025.0101)
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Added Off Power Preamp control feature in PvT and Modulation Analysis measurements
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Added support for test model preset to individual CC in Modulation Analysis measurement (2025.0101)
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Added support for Slot Summary in Modulation Analysis measurement for UE Phase Continuity measurement (TS38.521-1/2) (2025.0101)
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Added burst detection for multi-measurements based on channel allocation (2025.0101)
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Switch to the used BWP for EVM measurements after a test model preset (2025.0101)

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Fixed issue causing an alignment failure of the PreselectorTwoPointTuningAlgorithm in the Modulation Analysis measurement due to a lock on resources (XSA-45421)
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Fixed issue causing TB size mismatch for PDSCH if DMRS Additional Position = pos1 (XSA-49387)
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Fixed issue causing some traces to not be displayed in the Modulation Analysis measurements if switching the trace view back and front (XSA-48975)
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Fixed issue that prevented changing trace windows on anything except the first screen tab after a reboot (XSA-48778)
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Fixed issue that caused the Modulation type of DMRS for PUSCH DFT to be incorrect in the Modulation Analysis measurement (XSA-47678)
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Fixed issue in Modulation Analysis measurement that caused demodulation failures of Multi-UE PUCCH signals (XSA-48288)
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Fixed issue that caused the recall of *.SCREEN files that had been saved with versions <=A.38.xx to generate “Command Protected” or “Illegal Parameter Value” error messages (XSA-49836)


Release Date |
September 2024 |
S/W Version Date |
2024.0801 |
Operating System |
Microsoft Windows 10 |
Installer File Name |
XSA_Installer_A.39.28_Win10.exe |
Note: A.37.00 and above will only support multi-touch GUI X-apps programs inside the installer for bench-top X-Series analyzers. Traditional GUI X-apps are not included, and software licenses of traditional GUI X-apps are not recognized.
Note: This release does not support the Windows 7 operating system.

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Added SCPI remote command-only support for allowing Fast Mode for EVM Optimization with the Optimization method = Normal that manually sets input power level and bypasses power acquisition at the test port.
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In Modulation Analysis measurement, added support for a new EVM Floor Extension method “IQ Noise Correction (IQ-NC)” to the N9032B PXA and N9042B UXA for improving EVM noise floor performance, with a longer acquisition length to capture 5G-NR bursts. To use IQ-NC EVM, you must execute “Characterize Noise Floor for IQ measurement” under the System: Alignment: Advanced menu, with NF2 (Noise Floor Extension) license. (2024.0801)
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Added support for a new FR1 3 MHz Carrier Bandwidth in 3GPP Release 18 with Tx Conformance testing presets (2024.0801)
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In Modulation Analysis measurement, allow user to recall uplink customer PRACH configuration file that is generated in N7631C Signal Studio for 5G NR (*.scp format) and PathWave Signal Generation (PWSG) for 5G NR (*.pwsg format) (2024.0801)
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In Modulation Analysis measurement, added support for uplink TBoMS (Transport Block processing over Multiple Slots) decoding in PUSCH in the Meas Setup: Channel Profile: PUSCH: General Settings menu, according to the 3GPP Release 17 TS38.214 clause 6.1.4.2. and TS38.212 clauses 6.2.3, 6.3.2, et al. (2024.0801)
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In Modulation Analysis measurement, added support for the clause 6.4G.2.4 EVM equalizer spectrum flatness for Tx Diversity in Tx 3GPP Release 17 TS38.521-1 for UE Uplink Tx conformance testing
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In Modulation Analysis measurement, added support for a new UE Phase Continuity measurement for DMRS bundling in 3GPP Release 17 T38.521-1 and TS38.521-2, new clause 6.4.2.6. The “Phase Continuity Mode” setting is available under Meas Setup: Advanced: Advanced Demod Setup: General, and the result is available in the Frame Summary table. (2024.0801)

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Fixed issue causing the 5G-NR modulation analysis measurement to lock the DeepCaptureToronado2 resource, thus causing alignment errors (XSA-45421)
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Fixed Uplink Limit preset values in the PvT measurement to conform to latest (TS38.521-1/2 v.17.2.0) specifications (XSA-45597)


Release Date |
March 2024 |
S/W Version Date |
2024.0301 |
Operating System |
Microsoft Windows 10 |
Installer File Name |
XSA_Installer_A.38.01_Win10.exe |
Note: A.37.00 and above will only support multi-touch GUI X-apps programs inside the installer for bench-top X-Series analyzers. Traditional GUI X-apps are not included, and software licenses of traditional GUI X-apps are not recognized.
Note: This release does not support the Windows 7 operating system.

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Added support for allowing user to manually set time domain slot configuration for Configure Preset, under Meas Setup: Meas Standard: Duplex Mode = User Defined, with the “TDD / User Def. Configuration dialog menu (2024.0301)
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In Modulation Analysis measurement, added support for Antenna port power detection threshold setting for CSI-RS MIMO, under Meas Setup: Channel Profile: Control and User Channels: CSI-RS menu (2024.0301)
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In Modulation Analysis measurement, added support for CRC results in the Decoded Info table window and SCPI command result query (2024.0301)
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In Modulation Analysis measurement, added support for “Display SCS annotation” On/Off at IQ Meas Time and IQ Ref Time result window, under Display: Meas Display menu (2024.0301)

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Fixed issue causing XSA application to freeze when pressing RESTART while *.screen file is in process of being recalled (XSA-31960)
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Fixed issue which resulted in Power Ref being incorrectly set to “Manual” when the saved setting was “L&R Carrier” (XSA-41892)


Release Date |
January 2024 |
S/W Version Date |
2023.1201 |
Operating System |
Microsoft Windows 10 |
Installer File Name |
XSA_Installer_A.37.02_Win10.exe |
Note: A.37.00 and above will only support multi-touch GUI X-apps programs inside the installer for bench-top X-Series analyzers. Traditional GUI X-apps are not included, and software licenses of traditional GUI X-apps are not recognized.
NOTE: This release does not support the Windows 7 operating system.

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In Modulation Analysis measurement, Downlink, added “CSI-RS” to the Sync Source selection under the Advanced Demod Setup menu (2023.1201)
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In Modulation Analysis measurement, Downlink, added support for periodicity setting (number of frames) of PDCCH and PDSCH transmissions (2023.1201)
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In Modulation Analysis measurement, Uplink, added support for new SRS Physical channel parameter definition updates in 3GPP TS38.211 clause 6.4.1.4.3: “Start RB Hopping State”, “Frequency Scaling Factor P_f”, “Start RB Index K_f”, under the Channel Profile: SRS: SRS Parameters group menu. (2023.1201)
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In Modulation Analysis measurement, added “Ignore Duplex Mode for Fulfilled RB Alloc” in the Meas Standard: Advanced Preset Parameters menu. When applying Preset, “Fulfilled QPSK & xx-QAM” RB allocation ignores Duplex Mode = TDD setting (to maintain backward code compatibility) (2023.1201)
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In Modulation Analysis measurement, added Meas Preset for TDD EVM Meas Interval “Adjust Meas Time Length (for Test Model)” = None, Frame, and 3GPP, where “3GPP” presets the Meas Interval length to cover N_dl, required in 3GPP TS38.141-1 subclause 6.5.3.5 and TS38.141-2 subclause 6.6.3.5 (2023.1201)
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In Modulation Analysis measurement, Downlink, add support for multiple frames setting and analysis for PDSCH and PDCCH up to 4 frames long.
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In Modulation Analysis measurement, support “Horizontal Center” setting to the IQ Constellation trace window, at the Amplitude: Y-Scale menu (2023.1201)
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In Modulation Analysis measurement, support “High Phase Noise Mode” and “Phase Continues across Slots” parameter settings under the Advanced Demod Setup menu that are to assume if the input signal is high phase noise and if the phase continues from slot to slot, to improve signal synchronization robustness. (2023.1201)
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In Modulation Analysis measurement, support Reference IQ data (with High SNR situation) save and recall function for preparing a low SNR signal measurement when it is hard to recover the reference IQ vector from the signal (2023.1201)
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In Modulation Analysis measurement, cross-correlated EVM (ccEVM), added support of “ccEVM vs Symbol” result trace with Log Mag, Real, or Imaginary format (selectable), under Demod Error window group (2023.1201)
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In Modulation Analysis measurement, cross-correlated EVM (ccEVM), added “Improvement Factor N” result report in ccEVM Summary result table (2023.1201)
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In Modulation Analysis measurement, support SEM Non-Contiguous Outer & Inner offset measurement at once
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Recording Playback Enhancement to analyze more chunk IQ data in the recorded file (2023.1201)
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Support EVM optimization look-up table for N9042B UXA with V3050A Signal Analyzer Frequency Extender

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Fixed Transient Period PASS/FAIL results in PvT measurement for signals with no transient cross off power limit (XSA-38220)
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Fixed issue causing BBIQ inputs to not work (XSA-37773)
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Fixed issue in Modulation Analysis measurements which resulted in Phase-formatted Ch Frequency Response trace to not be scaled properly (XSA-37569)


Release Date |
September 2023 |
S/W Version Date |
2023.0801 |
Operating System |
Microsoft Windows 10 |
Installer File Name |
XSA_Installer_A.36.21_Win10.exe |
NOTE: This release does not support the Windows 7 operating system

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Added Meas Preset support for new R17 FR2-2 Downlink NR-TM RB settings (2023.0801)

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Fixed issue in Modulation Analysis measurement that caused the Ch Freq Response in Phase format to not scale properly (XSA-37569)
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Fixed issue that resulted in SCS of 480 kHz and 960 kHz to not be selectable in FR2 range with 400 MHz CC Bandwidth (XSA-36362)
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Fixed issue in Monitor Spectrum measurement that caused the Trace 2 RMS Avg trace to be displayed lower than expected (XSA-36877)


Release Date |
August 2023 |
S/W Version Date |
2023.0801 |
Operating System |
Microsoft Windows 10 |
Installer File Name |
XSA_Installer_A.36.04_Win10.exe |
NOTE: This release contains a defect related to Noise Floor Extension (NFE) that is fixed with A.36.07
NOTE: This release does not support the Windows 7 operating system.

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Added support for N9010B EXA

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Added support for recording action for Save/Recall in SCPI Recorder.
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In Modulation Analysis measurement, Uplink PRACH to support 3GPP Rel 17 new Numerologies (2023.0801)
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In Modulation Analysis measurement, Downlink to support multiple SSBs up to 4 (2023.0801)
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In ACP and SEM measurements, support “Apply Preset” for 3GPP Rel 17 FR2-2 Downlink limit values updates based on TS38.141-2 v.2023-03 (2023.0801)
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Added support for U9361 RCAL “User Current Meas” in Monitor Spectrum, Channel Power, and Occupied Bandwidth (OBW) measurements (2023.0801)
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In Modulation Analysis Multi-Measurements, support “Auto Timing Adjust” = Off | On for Tx On/Off Power (note: Off for Downlink measurements) (2023.0801)
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In Modulation Analysis Multi-Measurements, support “View Type” selection for SEM (2023.0801)
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In Modulation Analysis measurement, marker readout for Resource Element provides “Channel Type” and “Modulation Type” information (2023.0801)
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In Modulation Analysis measurement, support trace averaging for the “RMS Error Vector Time” trace (2023.0801)
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In SEM measurement, support Non-Contiguous Outer and Inner offset measurement at once (2023.0801)

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Fixed issue causing constellation and allocation views to not be drawn properly when analyzer is accessed via Remote Desktop on analyzers with CPU option PCA (XSA-36816)
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Fixed issue in PvT measurement that caused the Off power results to be incorrect when Correction = On (XSA-35455)
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Fixed issue in SEM measurement that caused measurements to be made slower when using an analyzer with CPU option PCA (XSA-35881)
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Fixed issue in Modulation Analysis measurement that caused measurements to not be restarted when in continuous mode and switching between Reference Input Channel 1 and Channel 2; single mode is OK (XSA-35074)
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Fixed issue in Modulation Analysis measurement that caused Time Offset values to not be stable for recordings (XSA-32676)


Release Date |
March 2023 |
S/W Version Date |
2023.0301 |
Operating System |
Microsoft Windows 10 |
Installer File Name |
XSA_Installer_A.35.03_Win10.exe |
NOTE: This release does not support the Windows 7 operating system.
NOTE: This release includes support of the N9067C and N9067EM0E Pulse measurement application

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Modulation Analysis: MIMO TAE (Timing Alignment Error) composite result calculation based on all allocations (2023.0301)
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Modulation Analysis: MISO TAE Accuracy and resolution enhancement to picosecond level
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New R17 FR1 35 MHz and 45 MHz Channel BW (CBW) definitions with Apply Preset (2023.0301)
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New R17 FR2-2 120, 480, and 960 kHz SCS support (up to 2000 MHz CBW) with Apply Preset (no DL NR-TM RB Allocation preset yet) (2023.0301)
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Apply Preset to add FR1 ACP/SEM limits: 6.0 < f =< 7.125 GHz range (2023.0301)
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Apply Preset to add FR2 ACP/SEM limits: 43.5 < f =< 48.2 GHz (2023.0301)

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Fixed Settings Conflict error when recalling *.scp and *.pwsg files with multi-frame setup (XSA-32368)
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Fixed issue causing BBIQ Range Auto/Man to always be set to Auto on every switch into the IQ waveform measurement (XSA-30862)
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Fixed issue in Modulation Analysis measurement causing the Time Offset reading to not be stable for recordings (XSA-32676)


Release Date |
December 2022 |
S/W Version Date |
2022.1201 |
Operating System |
Microsoft Windows 10 |
Installer File Name |
XSA_Installer_A.34.05_Win10.exe |
NOTE: This release does not support the Windows 7 operating system.
NOTE: This release includes support of the N9067C and N9067EM0E Pulse measurement application

NEW - support of 3GPP Release 16 V2X/D2D SideLink (2022.1201)

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Added support of cross-correlated EVM (ccEVM) on 2x N9021B MXA, 2x N9030B PXA, 2x N9032B PXA, 2x N9042B UXA signal analyzers (2022.1201)
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Added RIM-RS support (2022.1201)
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Added PDSCH/PUSCH rate matching pattern support (2022.1201)
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Added Large IQ data capture support to Tx On/Off Power measurement (2022.0301)

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Fixed issue that caused Optimize EVM feature on PXA with Opt B5X to take more than 20 seconds if the source power is <-32 dBm and center frequency is < 3.6 GHz (XSA-30732)
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Fixed issue in PvT measurement that caused an IndexOutOfRangeException at MAC.NR5GPvt.Calculate70usAvgPwrWithMovingWin() (XSA-28710)
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Fixed issue in Modulation Analysis measurement where Continue Averaging did not work with Optimize EVM; averaging was reset, rather than continued (XSA-21219)
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Fixed issue in PvT measurement resulting in the Integrity status bit not being correctly updated (XSA-30657)
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Fixed issue in Channel Power measurement that caused the Trace Math Function to not work correctly when Average is Off in Single mode (XSA-30105)


Release Date |
July 2022 |
S/W Version Date |
2022.0801 |
Operating System |
Microsoft Windows 10 |
Installer File Name |
XSA_Installer_A.33.03_Win10.exe |
NOTE: This release does not support the Windows 7 operating system.
NOTE: This release includes support of the N9067C and N9067EM0E Pulse measurement application

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Added support for SCPI Recorder
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Added support for DL FR1 NR-TM2b & 3.1b (1024 QAM) presets
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Modulation Analysis measuremen
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Power Measurements supports multiple sequential acquisition to cover wider out-of-channel span than the available instantaneous IQ acquisition BW
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ACP an Tx On/Off measurements support noise correction capability
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Tx On/Off measurement support multiple bursts within meas interval up to 10 ms
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2-port power measurements for EIRP with two N9042B UXA analyzers for capturing V and H polarized antenna powers simultaneously
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Added “Extended Frequency Lock Range” setting for synchronizing carrier with large frequency errors
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Added “Composite EVM” result for multiple CCs in CC summary result table
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Added “Symbol clock error” result per each-path in MIMO Info table
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Supported 160 ms long SSB search period for auto SSB detection
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Optimize EVM supports iteration mode
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Fixed issue in ACP measurement that could cause the Meas Center frequency to be set incorrectly (XSA-24923)


Release Date |
March 2022 |
S/W Version Date |
2022.0301 |
Operating System |
Microsoft Windows 10 |
Installer File Name |
XSA_Installer_A.32.12_Win10.exe |
NOTE: This release does not support the Windows 7 operating system.
NOTE: This release includes support of the N9067C and N9067EM0E Pulse measurement application

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Modulation Analysis measurement
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Added support for DL FR1 NR-TM2b & 3.1b (1024 QAM) presets (under Meas Preset: RB Alloc preset menu)
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Added PN23 pattern mode for DL NR-TM PDSCH reference IQ generation
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Added UL EVM calculation to support TS38.521 Transition Capability definition
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Fixed issue in the ACP measurement that resulted in the Meas Center Freq setting to be incorrectly set in some cases (XSA-24923)


Release Date |
March 2022 |
S/W Version Date |
2022.0301 |
Operating System |
Microsoft Windows 10 |
Installer File Name |
XSA_Installer_A.32.01.exe |
NOTE: This release does not support the Windows 7 operating system.
NOTE: This release includes support of the N9067C and N9067EM0E Pulse measurement application

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Modulation Analysis measurement
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Added support for TS38.214 Table 5.1.3.1-4 with 1024QAM MCS (Rel-17)
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Add support for ORAN IQ file (*.orb) save/recall as recording
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Provide more results: IBE, flatness, IQ offset TAE update for MIMO and TAV case
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DL Channels adds Meas Standard preset with “Fulfilled 1024 QAM” support for DL (R17)
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UL Channels
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MIMO/TxDiv EVM definition update
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In-Band Emissions (IBE) to support marker on IBE trace
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Non-demod Power / Spectrum measurements
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Tx On/Off Power supports multiple bursts to cover an entire frame (10ms)
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SEM FR2 limit requirement support: Min(Max(ABS,REL),ABS2)
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ACP/SEM for FR2 symmetric CA test cases (due to v.2021-03 spec)
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ACP measurements with up to 12 offsets
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Enhance recording + state save/recall to support the case for multiple acquisition in one measurement cycle
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Added support for recalling *.orb (ORAN studio IQ data) files for playback
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Added support for selecting Slot as an analysis boundary
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Added support for Marker Trace feature for IBE limit lines

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Fixed issue that caused ACP measurements to read 10 dB lower when LNA was on in N9032B and N9042B (XSA-20448)
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Fixed issue in Channel Power measurement that caused Channel Span to be clipped to the previous setting for CHP IntegBW, even though the state saved has a CHP IntegBW that is narrower than the Channel Span (XSA-23249)
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Fixed issue in ACP measurement to allow Sub-Block Center to Offset Center (SCtoC) to the Outer Offset Freq Define (XSA-23136)
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Fixed issue in Modulation Analysis measurement that caused the 3GPP Conformance Test option to always be set to OFF when an EVM state file was loaded (XSA-22409)
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Fixed issue in Transmit On/Off Power (PvT) measurement that caused measurement to crash (XSA-24019)


Release Date |
November 2021 |
S/W Version Date |
2021.1101 |
Operating System |
Microsoft Windows 10 |
Installer File Name |
XSA_Installer_A.31.05.exe |
NOTE: This release does not support the Windows 7 operating system.
NOTE: This release includes support of the N9067C and N9067EM0E Pulse measurement application

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Supports the following:
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Customized modulation type by recalling customer IQ constellation state (for example 8PSK or 16-APSK)
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Time scale factor (N x Sample Ratio) adjustment for 3GPP Rel-17 early research
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PWSG desktop setting file *.pwsg recall
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Added features:
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IQ imbalance per sub-carrier trace
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FR1 TDD NR-TM reference standard based on TS38.141 or TS38.141 BC3 CS1/17
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Added support for MSR test model for CS16/17 per TS 37.141
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Added Custom IQ feature
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Added support for IQ Imbalance per subcarrier trace
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Added support for CSI-RS MIMO
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Added new parameter, Antenna Detection Threshold, for PDSCH/PUSCH on N9042B UXA that supports live MIMO measurements
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Added ability to display Eq Ch Freq Resp traces that were detected by Antenna Detection Threshold

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Fixed issue in Modulation Analysis measurement that resulted in differences in measured EVM of TM3.1 64 QAM signals when PTRS is Enabled (XSA-21472)
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Fixed issue that caused Noise Floor Characterization to fail when launched from the Modulation Analysis measurement (XSA-20326)
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Fixed issue in Modulation Analysis measurement that resulted in MIMO TAE measurements of 2x2 MIMO 4x100 MHz signals to not be stable (XSA-20170)
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Fixed issue causing Err 255, Out of memory; insufficient resources to load mode when modes such as MSR and 5G NR are selected (XSA-20332)
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Fixed issue in ACP measurement that caused Upper ACP Rel results to not be reported when Power Ref is set to Max (Min) Pwr Carrier in SubBlock, with Carrier Allocation = Contiguous (XSA-18176)
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Fixed issue that caused Adjust Range for Min Clipping to unexpectedly reset the Average Count after the Terminal Count is increased by Continue Averaging (XSA-20145)
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Fixed issue in ACP measurement that caused the Reference Carrier to not be drawn in the appropriate color (XSA-17363)


Release Date |
July 2021 |
S/W Version Date |
2021.0701 |
Operating System |
Microsoft Windows 10 |
Installer File Name |
XSA_Installer_A.30.05.exe |
NOTE: This release does not support the Windows 7 operating system.

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Update conformance test presets based upon 3GPP Rel-16 v.2020-12
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“Optimize EVM” with N9042B UXA support
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“Optimize EVM” with manual configuration of hardware setting per component carrier
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5G NR setting file recall from PathWave Signal Generation Desktop software
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PUSCH auto-detection with DFT-S-OFDM in uplink
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New hardware support of N9032B PXA

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Added support for setting / reading individual optimizations parameters in sequential acquisition mode for each CC

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Added annotation for External Gain value in Modulation Analysis measurement (XSA-15422)


Release Date |
June 2021 |
S/W Version Date |
2021.0201 |
Operating System |
Microsoft Windows 10 |
Installer File Name |
XSA_Installer_A.29.04.exe |
NOTE: This release does not support the Windows 7 operating system.

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Added support for SSB measurement with parameters “half frame index = 1”
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Added ability to display and refresh ACP Gate View window in a User View along with the Gate and Metrics windows

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Fixed issue in Spurious Response measurement that caused error in trace data with Corrections On and Video BW <= 3.3 kHz (XSA-14539)
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Fixed issue that caused Copy to Manual feature to crash with SSB Auto Detect enabled but without the signal including SSB (XSA-12469)
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Fixed issue that caused EVM measurement results to be degraded when USB preamp (for example, U7227C) is connected to the analyzer (XSA-10699)
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Fixed issue in PvT measurement that caused the Uplink Meas Interval preset value to be incorrect in some cases (XSA-13581)
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Fixed issue in Transmit On / Off Power measurement that caused Off Power to be 3.2 dB better when averaging 10 measurements compared to Off Power without averaging (XSA-15113)
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Fixed issue in ACP measurement that caused the default and preset Integration BW values to not be updated to the largest transmission BW (XSA-13297)
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Fixed issue in PvT measurement to add ability to recall Correction data (XSA-13106)
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Fixed issue that prevented Marker All Off from not working in the PvT measurement (XSA-10778)
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Fixed issue that caused carrier power measurement errors in when making gated measurements in the Channel Power and SEM measurements (XSA-13445)


Release Date |
December 2020 |
S/W Version Date |
2020.1101 |
Operating System |
Microsoft Windows 10 |
Installer File Name |
XSA_Installer_A.28.05.exe |
NOTE: This release does not support the Windows 7 operating system.

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Added support for CA TAE in the MIMO Info table
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Added ability to save measurement results in *.csv file for Meas IQ and Error Vectors
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Added ability to change External Gain setting when averaging is paused
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Added support for new Power Ref Left and Right subblocks for ACP and SEM measurements
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Added support for Dynamic Spectrum Sharing (DSS/eDSS) with LTE carrier present in Modulation Analysis Measurement, for the cases of overlaying single or multiple LTE CRS RM patterns

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Fixed issue that resulted in “CAL:EXP?” command not working properly in Modulation Analysis measurement (XSA-11442)
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Fixed issue in PvT measurement that resulted in the Measuring status bit not being set to 1 after continuing averaging (XSA-11578)
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Fixed issue in Power Stat CCDF measurement that resulted in Info BW not being set to default after Apply Preset (XSA-10480)
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Fixed issue in I/Q Waveform measurement that resulted in Digital IF and Filter Type settings not being set to default after Apply Preset (XSA-10480)
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Fixed issue in ACP measurement resulting in Power Ref = Max Power Carrier detecting the carrier with maximum integrated power when Measurement Type = PSD Ref (XSA-11365)
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Fixed issue in ACP measurement on analyzers with Opt H1G resulting in the number of points in the Gate View trace not being the same as the number of points in the Gate Sync trace (XSA-11463)
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Fixed issue that caused Apply Preset (to all CCs) to not enable “Measure Carrier” of the CCs which are all within “Number of Component Carriers” (XSA-11283)
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Fixed issue in ACP measurement where turning on Gate View to change view to carrier info and not allowing view to be set to Metrics via SCPI (XSA-11388)


Release Date |
August 2020 |
S/W Version Date |
2020.0701 |
Operating System |
Microsoft Windows 10 |
Installer File Name |
XSA_Installer_A.27.05.exe |
NOTE: This release does not support the Windows 7 operating system.

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Added ability for Optimize EVM feature to take advantage of Option FBP, Full Bypass Path, on PXA


Release Date |
July 2020 |
S/W Version Date |
2020.0701 |
Operating System |
Microsoft Windows 10 |
Installer File Name |
XSA_Installer_A.27.02.exe |
NOTE: This release does not support the Windows 7 operating system.

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Added Phase and Amplitude vs Time (PAvT) measurement

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Updated preset-to-standard for ACP, SEM, and PvT measurements
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Allow greater than 8 MHz Meas BW for Spurious Emissions measurement
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Added EVM metrics per slot for Modulation Analysis measurement (Slot Summary Table)

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Updated UE In-Band Emissions (UBE) General Limit definition (XSA-8620)
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Fixed issue that caused ACP measurements to be incorrect when Power Reference was set to Aggr Chan BW (XSA-6181)
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Fixed issue in SEM measurement that caused Power Ref value to be set incorrectly when recalling a state. (XSA-9340)
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Fixed issue causing Continuous Averaging to not work properly when in a multi-screen mode (XSA-6122)
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Fixed issue that caused DL Off Power Start point to not be set correctly (XSA-9127)
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In PvT measurement, changed default values for UL Meas Offset to -2 and for UL Meas Interval to 6 (XSA-7680)


Release Date |
March 2020 |
S/W Version Date |
2020.0220 |
Operating System |
Microsoft Windows 10 |
Installer File Name |
XSA_Installer_A.26.07.exe |
NOTE: This release does not support the Windows 7 operating system.

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Fixed issue that signals with 2 CCs and u = 15 to not be demodulated properly (XSA-4903)
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Fixed issue that caused In-Band Emission TT value to not work properly (XSA-5583)
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Fixed issue that caused “Full Bypass Enabled” warning message to not disappear when it should (XSA-918)
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Fixed issue with Optimize EVM that caused EVM measurements in UXA to be degraded when upgraded to A.24.58 (XSA-3950)


Release Date |
December 2019 |
S/W Version Date |
2019.1107 |
Operating System |
Microsoft Windows 7 or Microsoft Windows 10 |
Installer File Name |
XSA_Installer_A.25.05.exe |

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Added new features including the ability to save and recall Channel Resource maps, updates to the Preset to Standard capabilities, and ACLR / SEM speed enhancements

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Changed Average Counter in PVT measurement to read in % rather than an integer value (520107)
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Fixed issue in Channel Power measurement that caused the Average/Continue function to not work as expected (531760)
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Fixed issue that caused complex corrections to not work properly from 20 to 28 GHz when using a M8190A and PSG as the generator (527646)
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Fixed error in calculating the Transient Ramp Up when Auto Timing Adjust is set to Off (528977)


Release Date |
August 2019 |
S/W Version Date |
2019.0702 |
Operating System |
Microsoft Windows 7 or Microsoft Windows 10 |
Installer File Name |
XSA_Installer_A.24.56.exe |

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Fixed issue that caused DFT-s OFDM demodulation to produce unstable EVM results (524724)
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Fixed incorrect limit lines for Spectrum Flatness in Modulation Analysis measurement (525112)
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Fixed saving Measurement Data on Spurious Emissions measurement (522161)
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Fixed issue that caused Gate parameters to be preset when Duplex Mode is FDD or RB Alloc Preset is not NR-TM (522336)
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Fixed backward compatibility when changing bandwidth presets (521335)
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Fixed issue in ACP and SEM measurements that caused Detector settings to not be correct when using Preset to Standard (522603)


Release Date |
June 2019 |
S/W Version Date |
2019.0430 |
Operating System |
Microsoft Windows 7 or Microsoft Windows 10 |
Installer File Name |
XSA_Installer_A.24.05.exe |
Note:
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This is a special release, only intended for users of the 5G NR Measurement Application (N9085EM0E) and LTE V2X Measurement Application (N9080EM4E)
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This version has been superseded by the A.24.57 and A.24.58 releases of X-Series Analyzers Instrument Software, which was released in August 2019

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Enhanced Preset to Standard functionality with NR-TM support
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Added support for 3GPP presets for Tx On/Off Time Mask per 3GPP 2018-12, UI and DL
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Added support for Power-Based Auto-RB detection, UL and AL
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Added support for a new OBW power-integration algorithm for asymmetric power distribution cases
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Speed enhancements for ACLR
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Added support for MISO mode (TAE among antennas with mixed 1 port input), DL and UL
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Added support for UE In-Band Emission measurements per 3GPP TS 38.521-1 (3 numeric results for different cases)
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Added support for DL NR-TM preset recall
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Added support for Optimize EVM feature
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Added the OSTP (OFDM Symbol Tx Power) result in the Error Summary window
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Added the RSRP, RSRQ, RSSI results in the BWP Summary window
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Added support for Auto CC freq offset allocation in Config CC setup menu
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Added ability to recall configuration files from VXG
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Enhanced IQ recording playback feature to support multiple channels for MIMO cases
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Added a shortcut for the Resource Grid tab in the Config CC menu into the Channel Profile menu


Release Date |
April 2019 |
S/W Version Date |
2019.0228 |
Operating System |
Microsoft Windows 7 or Microsoft Windows 10 |
Installer File Name |
XSA_Installer_A.23.07.exe |

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Updated 3GPP 5G NR BTW FR1 100 MHz preset mask limits for ACP and SEM to conform to the latest 3GPBB TS38.141-1 v2018-09 BS Conformance Test requirements

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Fixed issue with Preset to Standard for BW or FR when the settings were being applied only to the selected Component Carriers rather than all Component Carriers (512727)
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Fixed issue with the Save Screen Config + State feature that was not sving the demodulation parameters. (513020)


Release Date |
December 2018 |
S/W Version Date |
2018.1018 |
Operating System |
Microsoft Windows 7 or Microsoft Windows 10 |
Installer File Name |
XSA_Installer_A.22.08.exe |

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Added support for 3GPP v.2018-06
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Added IQ recording/playback (.csv) function support
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Added Signal Studio (N7631C) .scp file recall support
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Added color coding in Frame Summary and marker readout to align with VSA

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Fixed issue where internal preamp was not available unless Electronic Attenuator (Option EA3) was also licensed (503368)
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Fixed issue for UXAs with Opt H1G that limited Information Bandwidth to 255 MHz for I/Q Waveform and Tx On/Off Power measurements (504312)


Release Date |
July 2018 |
S/W Version Date |
2018.0629 |
Operating System |
Microsoft Windows 7 or Microsoft Windows 10 |
Installer File Name |
XSA_Installer_A.21.04.exe |

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Added Downlink and Uplink Transmit On/Off Power measurements, with manual parameter settings
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In Carrier Configuration Setup menu:
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Added support for Non-Contiguous Carrier Aggregation (CA) setup for FR1 Downlink Cumulative ACLR (CACLR) for ACP and Cumulative mask for SEM measurements
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In Modulation Analysis measurement:
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Supported 3GPP version v.15.1.0 (2018-03)
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Added support for Component Carrier (CC) configuration copy function: Copy CCm to CCn
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Added support for Downlink Cell ID auto detection
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Added support for Downlink multiple-BWP traces
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Added support for Downlink PDCCH demod (non-interleaved mode only)
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Added support for Downlink PDSCH-PTRS demod
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Added support for Downlink and Uplink Detected RB Allocation vs. Time traces
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Added support for Uplink PUSCH Transform Precoding (DFT-s-OFDM) demod, included pi/2-BPSK
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Added support for Uplink PUCCH demod (format 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4)
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Added support for Uplink PUSCH-PTRRS demod
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Release Date |
April 2018 |
S/W Version Date |
2017.1221 |
Operating System |
Microsoft Windows 7 |
Installer File Name |
XSA_Installer_A.20.25.exe |

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NEW on N9020B, N9030B, N9040B, and N9041B (multi-touch signal analyzers that offer analysis bandwidth options >= 100 MHz)