About This Manual
GPIB-140 User Manual
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Conventions Used in This Manual
The following conventions are used in this manual.
bold
Bold text denotes light-emitting diodes (LEDs).
italic
Italic text denotes emphasis, a cross reference, or an
introduction to a key concept.
bold italic
Bold italic text denotes a note, caution, or warning.
monospace
Text in this font 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, directories,
programs, subprograms, subroutines, device names, functions,
variables, field names and filenames.
< >
Angle brackets enclose the name of a key on the keyboard—
for example, <Shift>.
-
A hyphen between two or more key names enclosed in angle
brackets denotes that you should simultaneously press the
named keys—for example, <Control-Alt-Delete>.
GPIB-140
GPIB-140 refers to a National Instruments GPIB extender that
extends the GPIB to a maximum distance of 1 km.
GPIB-140/2
GPIB-140/2 refers to a National Instruments GPIB extender
that extends the GPIB to a maximum distance of 2 km.
GPIB extender
GPIB extender refers generically to either the GPIB-140 or the
GPIB-140/2 in cases where the material can apply to either
extender.
IEEE 488 and
IEEE 488 and IEEE 488.2 refer to the ANSI/IEEE Standard
IEEE 488.2
488.1-1987 and the ANSI/IEEE Standard 488.2 -1992,
respectively, which define the GPIB.
Abbreviations, acronyms, metric prefixes, mnemonics, symbols, and terms are listed in
the Glossary.