About This Manual
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PCI-MIO E Series User Manual
SCXI
SCXI stands for Signal Conditioning eXtensions for Instrumentation
and is a National Instruments product line designed to perform
front-end signal conditioning for National Instruments plug-in DAQ
boards.
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indicates that the text following it applies only to specific
PCI-MIO E Series boards.
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Angle brackets containing numbers separated by an ellipsis represent a
range of values associated with a bit, port, or signal name (for example,
ACH<0..7> stands for ACH0 through ACH7).
Abbreviations, acronyms, definitions, metric prefixes, mnemonics,
symbols, and terms are listed in the Glossary at the end of this manual.
National Instruments Documentation
The PCI-MIO E Series User Manual is one piece of the documentation
set for your DAQ system. You could have any of several types of
manuals depending on the hardware and software in your system. Use
the manuals you have as follows:
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Getting Started with SCXI—If you are using SCXI, this is the first
manual you should read. It gives an overview of the SCXI system
and contains the most commonly needed information for the
modules, chassis, and software.
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Your SCXI hardware user manuals—If you are using SCXI, read
these manuals next for detailed information about signal
connections and module configuration. They also explain in greater
detail how the module works and contain application hints.
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Your DAQ hardware documentation—This documentation has
detailed information about the DAQ hardware that plugs into or is
connected to your computer. Use this documentation for hardware
installation and configuration instructions, specification
information about your DAQ hardware, and application hints.
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Software documentation—You may have both application software
and NI-DAQ software documentation. National Instruments
application software includes ComponentWorks, LabVIEW,
LabWindows
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/CVI, Measure, and VirtualBench. After you set up
your hardware system, use either your application software
documentation or the NI-DAQ documentation to help you write
your application. If you have a large, complicated system, it is