Conventions
The following conventions are used in this manual:
»
The
»
symbol leads you through nested menu items and dialog box options
to a final action. The sequence
File»Page Setup»Options
directs you to
pull down the
File
menu, select the
Page Setup
item, and select
Options
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.
When this icon is marked on the
product, refer to the
Read Me First: Safety and Radio-Frequency
Interference
document, shipped with the product, for precautions to take.
When symbol is marked on a product it denotes a warning advising you to
take precautions to avoid electrical shock.
When symbol is marked on a product it denotes a component that may be
hot. Touching this component may result in bodily injury.
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.
NI-DAQ
Refers to both NI-DAQmx and Traditional NI-DAQ (Legacy) unless
otherwise noted.
SCXI chassis
Refers to the SCXI-1000, SCXI-1000DC, and SCXI-1001. When
information pertains to only one chassis, that chassis is named explicitly;
for example, the SCXI-1001 has 12 module slots.
SCXIbus
Refers to the backplane in the chassis. A signal on the backplane is referred
to as the SCXIbus <signal name> line (or signal). The SCXIbus descriptor
may be omitted when the meaning is clear.
Slot 0
Refers to the power supply and control circuitry in the SCXI chassis.
