Creating and Editing Waveforms...........................................................................................................13
Appendix A: Front Panels......................................................................................................................14
Where to Go for Support........................................................................................................................22
Conventions
Angle brackets that contain numbers separated by an ellipsis represent a range
of values associated with a bit or signal name—for example, AO <0..3>.
< >
Square brackets enclose optional items—for example, [response].
[ ]
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.
»
The
indicates that the following text applies only to a specific product, a
specific operating system, or a specific software version.
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.
When symbol is marked on a product, it denotes a warning advising you to
take precautions to avoid electrical shock.
When symbol is marked on a product, it denotes a component that may be hot.
Touching this component may result in bodily injury.
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.
Bold
Italic text denotes variables, emphasis, cross-references, 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.
italic
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.
monospace
Bold text in this font denotes the messages and responses that the computer
automatically prints to the screen. This font also emphasizes lines of code that
are different from the other examples.
monospace bold
Italic text in this font denotes text that is a placeholder for a word or value that
you must supply.
monospace italic
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