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NI 435
x
Refers to all devices in the National Instruments 4350 and 4351 families.
NI 435
x
for PCI,
Refers to the all the devices in the National Instruments 4350 and 4351
PXI and USB
families that have the PCI, PXI, and USB buses.
NI PCI-4351
Refers only to the NI 4351 for PCI bus computers.
NI PXI-4351
Refers only to the NI 4351 for PXI bus computers.
NI USB-4350
Refers only to the NI 4350 for computers that are USB compatible.
You may have software that refers to this device as the DAQPad-4350.
Related Documentation
The
NI 435x User Manual
is one piece of the documentation set for the
computer-based instrument system. Refer to the following documents at
ni.com/manuals
for additional information that is relevant to the NI 435
x
devices.
•
DAQ Quick Start Guide
•
Read Me First: Safety and Radio-Frequency Interference
•
Software documentation—You may have application software and
NI-DAQ software documentation. National Instruments application
software includes LabVIEW, LabWindows
™
/CVI
™
, and
VirtualBench-Logger. After you set up the hardware system, use either
the application software documentation or the NI-DAQ documentation
to help you write your application. If you have a large, complicated
system, it is worthwhile to look through the software documentation
before you configure the hardware.
•
Accessory installation guides or manuals—If you are using accessory
products, read the terminal block, adapter, and cable assembly
installation guides. They explain how to physically connect the
relevant pieces of the system. Consult these guides when you are
making connections.
Note
The latest NI 435
x
documentation is included on the NI-DAQ Device
Documentation CD and may be installed at
Start»Programs»National Instruments»
NI-DAQ
. You should refer to this location for all NI 435
x
documentation. Old versions
of the NI 435
x
documentation are also installed at
Start»Programs»National
Instruments 435x
, but these documents are
not
the most up-to-date documentation for
the NI 435
x
devices.