Supported Radio Devices

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 4.6.0.0 (since R2025a).

Supported NI USRP Radios

This table lists the supported NI USRP embedded series, networked series, and X series radios and gives an overview of the Wireless Testbench functionality available for each supported radio. The table also indicates the operating system support for different Wireless Testbench functionality.

Ettus Research™ Radio	Transmit and Capture Support (Linux® and Windows®)	Spectrum Monitoring Support (Linux and Windows)	Live Data I/O Support (Linux, Windows, and Mac)	App Support (Linux and Windows)	Targeting Support
					(Linux)	(Linux and Windows)
USRP E320	basebandReceiver object basebandTransceiver object basebandTransmitter object	preambleDetector object energyDetector object	comm.SDRuReceiver System object™ comm.SDRuTransmitter System object SDRu Receiver block SDRu Transmitter block	Wireless Waveform Generator 5G Waveform Analyzer (5G Toolbox) WLAN Waveform Analyzer (WLAN Toolbox)	Target NI USRP Radios Workflow	usrp System object fpga object
USRP N300	basebandReceiver object basebandTransceiver object basebandTransmitter object	preambleDetector object energyDetector object	comm.SDRuReceiver System object comm.SDRuTransmitter System object SDRu Receiver block SDRu Transmitter block	Wireless Waveform Generator 5G Waveform Analyzer (5G Toolbox) WLAN Waveform Analyzer (WLAN Toolbox)	N/A	N/A
USRP N310	basebandReceiver object basebandTransceiver object basebandTransmitter object	preambleDetector object energyDetector object	comm.SDRuReceiver System object comm.SDRuTransmitter System object SDRu Receiver block SDRu Transmitter block	Wireless Waveform Generator 5G Waveform Analyzer (5G Toolbox) WLAN Waveform Analyzer (WLAN Toolbox)	Target NI USRP Radios Workflow	usrp System object fpga object
USRP N320	basebandReceiver object basebandTransceiver object basebandTransmitter object	preambleDetector object energyDetector object	comm.SDRuReceiver System object comm.SDRuTransmitter System object SDRu Receiver block SDRu Transmitter block	Wireless Waveform Generator 5G Waveform Analyzer (5G Toolbox) WLAN Waveform Analyzer (WLAN Toolbox)	Target NI USRP Radios Workflow	usrp System object fpga object
USRP N321	basebandReceiver object basebandTransceiver object basebandTransmitter object	preambleDetector object energyDetector object	comm.SDRuReceiver System object comm.SDRuTransmitter System object SDRu Receiver block SDRu Transmitter block	Wireless Waveform Generator 5G Waveform Analyzer (5G Toolbox) WLAN Waveform Analyzer (WLAN Toolbox)	Target NI USRP Radios Workflow	usrp System object fpga object
USRP X300 with a UBX 160 daughterboard*	basebandReceiver object basebandTransceiver object basebandTransmitter object	preambleDetector object energyDetector object	comm.SDRuReceiver System object comm.SDRuTransmitter System object SDRu Receiver block SDRu Transmitter block	Wireless Waveform Generator 5G Waveform Analyzer (5G Toolbox) WLAN Waveform Analyzer (WLAN Toolbox)	N/A	N/A
USRP X300 with any supported daughterboard*	N/A	N/A	comm.SDRuReceiver System object comm.SDRuTransmitter System object SDRu Receiver block SDRu Transmitter block	N/A	N/A	N/A
USRP X310 with a UBX 160 daughterboard*†	basebandReceiver object basebandTransceiver object basebandTransmitter object	preambleDetector object energyDetector object	comm.SDRuReceiver System object comm.SDRuTransmitter System object SDRu Receiver block SDRu Transmitter block	Wireless Waveform Generator 5G Waveform Analyzer (5G Toolbox) WLAN Waveform Analyzer (WLAN Toolbox)	Target NI USRP Radios Workflow	usrp System object fpga object
USRP X310 with any supported daughterboard*†	N/A	N/A	comm.SDRuReceiver System object comm.SDRuTransmitter System object SDRu Receiver block SDRu Transmitter block	N/A	N/A	N/A
USRP X410	basebandReceiver object basebandTransceiver object basebandTransmitter object	preambleDetector object energyDetector object	comm.SDRuReceiver System object comm.SDRuTransmitter System object SDRu Receiver block SDRu Transmitter block	Wireless Waveform Generator 5G Waveform Analyzer (5G Toolbox) WLAN Waveform Analyzer (WLAN Toolbox)	Target NI USRP Radios Workflow	usrp System object fpga object
* For information about daughterboard support, see USRP X300/X310 Daughterboard Support.
† For information about which equivalent National Instruments™ radios are also supported, see Equivalent National Instruments Radios.

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, you can proceed to set up your radio using the Radio Setup wizard.

Radio Device Family	FPGA Image Flavor	Radio Port	Network Interface
USRP E320	1G (default)	SFP+	1 Gigabit Ethernet
	HG*	SFP+	10 Gigabit Ethernet
USRP N3xx Series	HG (default)	SFP+ Port 0	1 Gigabit Ethernet
		SFP+ Port 1	10 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 0	1 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 and support a range of daughterboards. Wireless Testbench provides support for all features and workflows with UBX-160 and TwinRX daughterboards. You can use SDRu System objects and blocks with WBX, SBX, CBX, LFRX, LFTX, TVRX, and TVRX2 daughterboards.

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

• Two UBX-160 or TwinRX daughterboards

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

• Two 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, which are equivalent to USRP X310 radios, are supported. For details, see Mapping Between ER-USRP and NI-USRP Product Numbers. The NI USRP-2974, which has a stand-alone processor, is not supported.

Wireless Testbench uses the USRP hardware driver (UHD) software driver and API to interface with supported USRP radios. To use an equivalent NI USRP radio with Wireless Testbench, first convert it to run UHD by following the steps in Running UHD and GNU Radio on NI USRP-RIO.