About This Manual
Getting Started with Your PCI/PXI-6810 SDA
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Conventions Used in This Manual
The following conventions are used in this manual:
< >
Angle brackets containing numbers separated by an ellipses represent a
range of values associated with a bit or signal name (for example,
ACH<0..7>).
»
The » symbol leads you through nested menu items and dialog box
options to a final action. For Example, the sequence File»Page
Setup»Options» Substitute Fonts directs you to pull down the File
menu, select the Page Setup item, select Options, and finally select the
Substitute Fonts options from the last dialog box.
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The
♦
symbol indicates that the text following it applies only to a
specific product, a specific operating system, or a specific software
version.
This icon to the left of bold italicized text denotes a note, which alerts
you to important information.
This icon to the left of bold italicized text denotes a caution, which
advises you of precautions to take to avoid injury, data loss, or a
system crash.
This icon to the left of bold italicized text denotes a warning, which
advises you of precautions to take to avoid being electrically shocked.
bold
Bold text denotes menus, menu items, or dialog box buttons or options.
italic
Italic text denotes emphasis, a cross reference, or an introduction to a
key concept. This font also denotes text for which you supply the
appropriate word or value, such as in Windows 3.x.
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, paths, directories, programs, subprograms, subroutines, device
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