DAQ VXI-SC-1000, User Manual

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About This Manual
VXI-SC-1102 User Manual x
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National Instruments Corporation
• The Glossary contains an alphabetical list and description of terms
used in this manual, including abbreviations, acronyms, metric
prefixes, mnemonics, symbols, and general data acquisition terms.
• The Index contains an alphabetical list of key terms and topics in
this manual, including the page where you can find each one.
Conventions Used in This Manual
The following conventions are used in this manual.
< > Angle brackets containing numbers separated by an ellipsis represent a
range of values associated with a port, bit, or signal name (for example,
ACH<0..7> stands for the signals ACH0 through ACH7).
bold italic Bold italic text denotes a note, caution, or warning.
italic Italic text denotes emphasis, a cross reference, or an introduction to a
key concept.
monospace
Denotes text or characters that are to be literally input 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, variables, filenames, and extensions, and for statements and
comments taken from program code.
PC Refers to the IBM PC/XT, the IBM PC AT, and compatible computers.
VXI-MIO module Refers to any of the National Instruments VXI-MIO Series of plug-in
data acquisition boards.
carrier module Refers to the VXI-SC-1000, which plugs directly into a VXI slot and on
which VXI-SC submodules are installed.
VXI-SC submodule Refers to VXI signal conditioning hardware that installs onto the carrier
module.
Abbreviations, acronyms, metric prefixes, mnemonics, symbols, and
terms are listed in the
Glossary .