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About This Manual
This manual contains detailed instructions for installing and configuring
the National Instruments PXI-8820 embedded computer kit.
How to Use the Documentation Set
Begin by reading the
NI PXI-8820 Installation Guide
, a brief quick-start
guide that describes how to install and get started with your controller.
This manual, the
NI PXI-8820 User Manual
, contains more details about
changing the installation or configuration from the defaults and using the
hardware.
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 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 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.
