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NI CVS-1450 Series User Manual
About This Manual
NI CVS-1450 Series devices are easy-to-use, distributed, real-time imaging
systems that acquire, process, and display images from IEEE 1394 cameras
conforming to the
IIDC 1394-based Digital Camera Specification,
Version 1.30
. The NI CVS-1450 Series also provides multiple digital
input/output (I/O) options for communicating with external devices to
configure and start an inspection and to indicate results.
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 tip, which alerts you to advisory information.
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 hardware
labels and 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.
