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MXI-Express x16 for PXI Express Series User Manual
About This Manual
This manual describes the features, functions, and operation of the
MXI-Express x16 for PXI Express series of products. The products in this
series are the NI PCIe-8388, NI PXIe-8388, and NI PXIe-8389.
Conventions
The following conventions appear in this manual:
»
The
»
symbol leads you through nested menu items and dialog box options
to a final action. The sequence
Options»Settings»General
directs you to
pull down the
Options
menu, select the
Settings
item, and select
General
from the last dialog box.
This icon denotes a note, which alerts you to important information.
This icon denotes a caution, which advises you of precautions to take to
avoid injury, data loss, or a system crash.
bold
Bold text denotes items that you must select or click in the software, such
as menu items and dialog box options. Bold text also denotes parameter
names.
italic
Italic text denotes variables, emphasis, a cross-reference, or an introduction
to a key concept. Italic text also denotes text that is a placeholder for a word
or value that you must supply.
monospace
Text in this font denotes text or characters that you should enter from the
keyboard, sections of code, programming examples, and syntax examples.
This font is also used for the proper names of disk drives, paths, directories,
programs, subprograms, subroutines, device names, functions, operations,
variables, filenames, and extensions.
CompactPCI Express/
The terms
CompactPCI Express
and
CPCIe
are interchangeable in this
CPCIe
manual.
PCI Express/PCIe
The terms
PCI Express
and
PCIe
are interchangeable in this manual.
PXI Express chassis
In this manual, whenever a PXI Express chassis is referenced, a
CompactPCI Express chassis could be used instead.
PXI Express/PXIe
The terms
PXI Express
and
PXIe
are interchangeable in this manual.
