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DIO device Refers to any digital I/O devices, such as the PC-DIO-96/PnP
PCI-DIO-32HS, or PXI-6533.
italic Italic text denotes variables, emphasis, a cross reference, or an introduction
to a key concept. This font also denotes text that is a placeholder for a word
or value that you must supply.
Lab/1200 device Refers to the DAQCard-1200, DAQPad-1200, Lab-PC+, Lab-PC-1200,
Lab-PC-1200AI, SCXI-1200, and PCI-1200.
MIO device Refers to the multifunction I/O devices.
MIO-16D Refers to the AT-MIO-16DE-10.
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, and code excerpts.
NI-DAQ Refers to the NI-DAQ driver software unless otherwise noted.
PXI Refers to PCI eXtensions for Instrumentation and is derived from the
CompactPCI Standard.
Remote SCXI Refers to an SCXI configuration where either an SCXI-2000 chassis or an
SCXI-2400 remote communications module is connected to the serial port
of your computer.
SCXI analog input Refers to the SCXI-1100, SCXI-1102/B/C, SCXI-1104/C,
module SCXI-1112, SCXI-1120/D, SCXI-1121, SCXI-1122, SCXI-1125,
SCXI-1126, SCXI-1140, SCXI-1141, SCXI-1142, SCXI-1143,
SCXI-1520, SCXI-1530/1531, and SCXI-1540.
SCXI analog output Refers to the SCXI-1124.
module
SCXI chassis Refers to the SCXI-1000, SCXI-1000DC, SCXI-1001, and SCXI-2000.
SCXI communication Refers to the SCXI-2400.
module
SCXI digital module Refers to the SCXI-1160, SCXI-1161, SCXI-1162, SCXI-1162HV,
SCXI-1163, and SCXI-1163R.
SCXI DAQ module Refers to the SCXI-1200.