Supported Radio Devices

R2026b

The Wireless Testbench™ software provides hardware support through Wireless Testbench Support Package for NI™ USRP™ Radios. For details on how to install the support package, see Install Support Package for NI USRP Radios.

Wireless Testbench uses UHD version 4.9.0.0 (since R2026b).

Supported NI USRP Radios

Wireless Testbench supports the following NI USRP radios:

  • USRP E320 (since R2025a)

  • USRP N300 (since R2024a)

    • FPGA targeting is not available on this radio.

  • USRP N310

  • USRP N320

  • USRP N321

  • USRP X300 (since R2024a)

  • USRP X310 (since R2022b)

  • USRP X410 (since R2023a)

Use supported radios with these Wireless Testbench features:

Supported FPGA Image Flavors and Network Interfaces

NI USRP radios can be configured with various FPGA image flavors that determine the network interface type configured on the radio ports. To set up your radio for use with Wireless Testbench, you must first:

  • Have a supported FPGA image flavor configured on your radio.

  • Have a supported network interface available on your host computer.

  • Connect the network interface on your host computer to the corresponding radio port.

Then, set up your radio using the Radio Setup wizard.

Radio Device FamilyFPGA Image FlavorRadio PortNetwork Interface

USRP E320

1G (default)SFP+1 Gigabit Ethernet
XG*SFP+10 Gigabit Ethernet

USRP N3xx Series

HG (default)SFP+ Port 01 Gigabit Ethernet
SFP+ Port 110 Gigabit Ethernet

USRP X3xx Series

HG (default)SFP+ Port 0 (1G/10G ETH Port 0)1 Gigabit Ethernet
SFP+ Port 1 (1G/10G ETH Port 1)10 Gigabit Ethernet

USRP X410

X (default)QSFP28 Port 01 x 10 Gigabit Ethernet
* For information about how to set up a USRP E320 radio for 10 Gigabit Ethernet, see Set Up USRP E320 Radio for 10 Gigabit Ethernet.

Note

  • Only the FPGA image flavors, radio ports, and network interfaces listed in the table are supported. These ports are not supported: the 1 Gigabit management interface (usually labelled 10/100/1000), any USB interface, the QSFP interface on USRP N320/N321 radios, and the PCIe interface on USRP X3xx series radios.

  • On a USRP X410 radio, only a single lane of 10 Gigabit Ethernet is supported.

USRP X300/X310 Daughterboard Support

USRP X300/X310 radios have two RF daughterboard slots. The Wireless Testbench features available to you depend on which daughterboards are installed.

DaughterboardAvailable Features

UBX 160 (since R2022b), OBX 160 (since R2026b)

Baseband transmit and capture, spectrum monitoring, live data I/O, app support, and FPGA targeting (USRP X310 only).

TwinRX (since R2026a)

Receive-only workflows: Baseband capture, spectrum monitoring, live data I/O, app support, and FPGA targeting (USRP X310 only).

Other (UBX 40, WBX, SBX, CBX, LFRX, LFTX, TVRX, TVRX2) (since R2024a)

Live data I/O only (SDRu System objects and blocks).

To set up your radio, use the Radio Setup wizard. In the Select Daughterboards panel, select your daughterboards from UBX-160, OBX-160, TwinRX, Other, or None. These combinations are supported:

  • Two UBX 160, OBX 160, or TwinRX daughterboards

  • One UBX 160, OBX 160, or TwinRX daughterboard and one empty slot (None)

  • Two UBX 40, WBX, SBX, CBX, LFRX, LFTX, TVRX, or TVRX2 daughterboards (Other)

  • One Other daughterboard and one empty slot (None)

Equivalent National Instruments Radios

NI USRP-294x/295x radios are USRP X310 radios with pre-installed daughterboards. For information about mapping between NI USRP product numbers and their equivalent USRP X310 configurations, see Mapping Between ER-USRP and NI-USRP Product Numbers.

You can use these radios with Wireless Testbench by converting them to run UHD. For details, see Running UHD and GNU Radio on NI USRP-RIO. The features available depend on the installed daughterboard. For more information, see USRP X300/X310 Daughterboard Support.

The NI USRP-2974, which has a standalone processor, is not supported.

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