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About This Manual
contains information about using the National
Instruments E Series and several B Series data acquisition (DAQ) devices
with NI-DAQ 8.0 or later. E Series devices feature up to 64 analog input
(AI) channels, two counters, eight or 32 lines of digital input/output (DIO),
and up to two analog output (AO) channels. The B Series devices discussed
in this document are similar to E Series devices, but do not support SCXI,
RTSI, or referenced single-ended AI mode.
Conventions
The following conventions are used in this manual:
<>
Angle brackets indicate function keys. Angle brackets that contain numbers
separated by an ellipsis represent a range of values associated with a bit or
signal name—for example, P0.<3..0>.
»
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 symbol 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.
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 you should enter from the
keyboard, the proper names of disk drives, paths, directories, programs,
functions, filenames, and extensions.
