National Instruments Fieldbus User Manual

Also see for FBUS-HSE/H1 LD: Installation guide Installation guide

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© National Instruments Corporation vii FBUS-HSE/H1 LD User ManualAbout This ManualThis manual describes the mechanical and electrical aspects of theFBUS-HSE/H1 Linking Device (LD) and contains information concerningits installation and operation. The FBUS-HSE/H1 LD product is a HighSpeed Ethernet to Foundation H1 Linking Device.How To Use the Manual SetBegin by reading the Getting Started with Your FBUS-HSE/H1 LinkingDevice manual, a brief quick-start manual that describes how to set up andget started with your kit using the default settings.This manual contains more details about changing the installation orconfiguration from the defaults, and about using the hardware.ConventionsThis manual uses the following conventions:» The » symbol leads you through nested menu items and dialog box optionsto a final action. The sequence File»Page Setup»Options directs you topull down the File menu, select the Page Setup item, and select Optionsfrom the last dialog box.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.bold Bold text denotes items that you must select or click in the software, suchas menu items and dialog box options. Bold text also denotes parameternames.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,