National Instruments MXI Series User Manual

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© National Instruments Corporation vii NI ExpressCard MXI Series User ManualAbout This ManualThis manual describes the features, functions, and operation of theNI ExpressCard MXI series of products. The products in this seriesare the NI PXI-ExpressCard 8360, NI PXIe-ExpressCard 8360,NI ExpressCard-8360, NI PXI-8360, and the NI PXIe-8360.ConventionsThe following conventions appear in this manual:» 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.cPCI/cPCIe The terms cPCI and cPCIe refers to CompactPCI andCompactPCI Express, respectively.italic Italic text denotes variables, emphasis, a cross-reference, or an introductionto a key concept. Italic text 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.NI PXI-ExpressCard NI PXI-ExpressCard 8360 refers to a kit containing an8360 NI ExpressCard-8360, an NI PXI-8360, and a cable.NI PXIe-ExpressCard NI PXIe-ExpressCard 8360 refers to a kit containing an8360 NI ExpressCard-8360, an NI PXIe-8360, and a cable.