NI gRPC Device Server 2.9.0

This release contains the ni-grpc-device-server application for Windows, Linux Desktop, and Linux RT.

It also contains client bundles that contain the proto files needed to build a gRPC client as well as several example clients.

Documentation on using this release can be found in our README and wiki.

What's Changed

• Use native concurrency functionality and separate CI and PR actions by @maxxboehme in #1104
• Simplify commands for NILRT build and use Ninja by @maxxboehme in #1106
• Fix xnetsocket recvfrom never populating the from_addr due to fromlen being zero by @jonathanou in #1107
• Pulse Initial Service Changes by @RahulBenaka in #1111
• Add Pulse APIs by @RahulBenaka in #1112
• adding support for sideband streaming by @asumit in #1113
• Fix Accept addrlen initialization by @jonathanou in #1116
• Add initial auto-generation support for streaming APIs by @amehra-ni in #1114
• Add streaming API for remaining FPGA functions. by @amehra-ni in #1118
• [tiny] Use parameter name from get_cpp_local_name by @amehra-ni in #1120
• Pick up scrapigen daqmx enum metadata update by @SiuFong-NI in #1119
• [tiny performance fix] Array that are not coerced, creating a copy is unnecessary. by @amehra-ni in #1121
• Auto-generation support for daqmx streaming apis by @Raghav-NI in #1123
• adding fake fpga tests to test fpga streaming apis by @asumit in #1124
• Adding 24C4 RFmx APIs by @RahulBenaka in #1127
• Moniker streaming functions return standard reponse message instead of custom data type by @doshirohan in #1122
• Make sideband port configurable via json file. by @amehra-ni in #1126
• fix sideband race condition by passing std::string instead of char* to thread proc by @asumit in #1131
• Add codegen support for Daqmx Read apis which have multiple out params. by @Raghav-NI in #1129
• Add codegen support for Daqmx Write apis which have multiple in params. by @Raghav-NI in #1130
• Cleanup in cpp files and remove unused custom_proto files for DAQmx and FPGA. by @Raghav-NI in #1133
• Make sideband_port configuration return default if not present. by @amehra-ni in #1135
• Integration tests for DAQ streaming APIs by @doshirohan in #1138
• Adding 24C4 LTE and Instr APIs by @RahulBenaka in #1139
• Add test for coerced type (read/write API for FPGA) by @amehra-ni in #1134
• Make CPU affinity used for CPU pinning configurable via json file by @Raghav-NI in #1136

Source Breaking Changes

• ⚠ daqmx: Pick up scrapigen daqmx metadata update by @SiuFong-NI in #1115
• ⚠ RFmx VNA and SpecAn 24C4 API changes by @RahulBenaka in #1140

New Contributors

• @jonathanou made their first contribution in #1107
• @SiuFong-NI made their first contribution in #1115
• @Raghav-NI made their first contribution in #1123

Full Changelog: v2.8.0...v2.9.0

Supported NI drivers

NI Driver	Version Tested (Windows)	Version Tested (Linux)	Version Tested (Linux RT)
FPGA Interface	2024 Q2	2024 Q2	2024 Q2
NI-DAQmx	2023 Q1	2023 Q1	2023 Q1
NI-DCPower	2023 Q1	2023 Q1	2023 Q1
NI-Digital Pattern Driver	2023 Q1	Not Supported	Not Supported
NI-DMM	2023 Q1	2023 Q1	2023 Q1
NI-FGEN	2023 Q1	2023 Q1	2023 Q1
NI-RFmx Bluetooth	2024 Q4	Not Supported	Not Supported
NI-RFmx CDMA2k	2023 Q1	Not Supported	Not Supported
NI-RFmx Demod	2023 Q1	Not Supported	Not Supported
NI-RFmx GSM	2023 Q1	Not Supported	Not Supported
NI-RFmx LTE	2024 Q4	Not Supported	Not Supported
NI-RFmx Pulse	2025 Q1	Not Supported	Not Supported
NI-RFmx NR	2024 Q4	Not Supported	Not Supported
NI-RFmx SpecAn	2024 Q4	Not Supported	Not Supported
NI-RFmx TD-SCDMA	2023 Q1	Not Supported	Not Supported
NI-RFmx VNA	2024 Q4	Not Supported	Not Supported
NI-RFmx WCDMA	2023 Q1	Not Supported	Not Supported
NI-RFmx WLAN	2024 Q1	Not Supported	Not Supported
NI-RFSA	21.0.0	21.0.0	Not Supported
NI-RFSG	21.0.0	21.0.0	Not Supported
NI-SCOPE	2023 Q2	2023 Q2	2023 Q2
NI-SWITCH	2023 Q1	2023 Q1	2023 Q1
NI-TClk	2023 Q1	2023 Q1	2023 Q1
NI-VISA	2024 Q1	Not Supported	Not Supported
NI-XNET	21.5.0	21.5.0	21.5.0