National Instruments 8330 Series User Manual

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© National Instruments Corporation ix PXI-PCI 8330 Series User ManualAbout This ManualThis manual describes the features, functions, and operation of thePXI-PCI 8330 Series. The four products in this series are the PCI-8330, thePXI-8330, the PCI-8335, and the PXI-8335. The PXI-PCI 8330 Seriesincorporates MXI-3 technology, which couples two physically separatePCI, CompactPCI, or PXI buses with a data link capable of 1.5 Gbit/s serialdata rates.ConventionsThe following conventions appear in this manual:This icon denotes a note, which alerts you to important information.This icon denotes a caution, which advises you of precautions to take toavoid injury, data loss, or a system crash.This icon denotes a warning, which advises you of precautions to take toavoid being electrically shocked.bold Bold text denotes items that you must select or click on in the software,such as menu items and dialog box options. Bold text also denotesparameter names.italic Italic text denotes variables, emphasis, a cross reference, or an introductionto a key concept. This font also denotes text that is a placeholder for a wordor value that you must supply.monospace Text in this font denotes text or characters that you should enter from thekeyboard, 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.monospace italic Italic text in this font denotes text that is a placeholder for a word or valuethat you must supply.MXI-3 card MXI-3 card refers to both the PCI MXI-3 and PXI MXI-3 cards, unlessotherwise noted.