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LabWindows/CVI PID Control Toolkit User Manual
About This Manual
The
LabWindows/CVI PID Control Toolkit User Manual
describes the PID
Control Toolkit for LabWindows
™
/CVI
™
. The manual describes the
features, functions, and operation of the toolkit. To use this manual, you
need a basic understanding of process control strategies and algorithms.
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
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.
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 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.
Related Documentation
The following documents contain information that you may find helpful as
you read this manual:
•
LabWindows/CVI PID Control Toolkit Help
•
LabWindows/CVI Help
•
NI-DAQmx Help
•
Traditional NI-DAQ (Legacy) C Function Reference Help