About This ManualSCXI-1120 User Manual xii © National Instruments Corporation• Appendix D, SCXI-1120 Front Connector, describes the pinout and signal names for theSCXI-1120 front connector, including a description of each connection.• Appendix E, SCXI-1120 Cabling, describes how to use and install the hardware accessoriesfor the SCXI-1120.• Appendix F, Revision A and B Photo and Parts Locator Diagrams, contains a photograph ofthe Revision A and B SCXI-1120 signal conditioning module and the general and detailedparts locator diagrams.• Appendix G, Customer Communication, contains forms you can use to request help fromNational Instruments or to comment on our products and manuals.• The Glossary contains an alphabetical list and description of terms used in this manual,including abbreviations, acronyms, metric prefixes, mnemonics, symbols, and terms.• The Index contains an alphabetical list of key terms and topics in this manual, including thepage where you can find each one.Conventions Used in This ManualThe following conventions are used in this manual.italic Italic text denotes emphasis, a cross reference, or an introduction to a keyconcept.Lab board Lab board refers to the Lab-LC, Lab-NB, Lab-PC, and Lab-PC+ boards,unless otherwise noted.MC MC refers to the Micro Channel series computers.MIO board MIO board refers to the AT-MIO-16, AT-MIO-16D, AT-MIO-16F-5,AT-MIO-16X, AT-MIO-64F-5, MC-MIO-16, NB-MIO-16, andNB-MIO-16X series of multichannel I/O data acquisition boards.monospace Lowercase text in this font denotes text or characters that are to be literallyinput from the keyboard, sections of code, programming examples, andsyntax examples. This font is also used for the proper names of diskdrives, paths, directories, programs, subprograms, subroutines, devicenames, functions, variables, filenames, and extensions, and for statementsand comments taken from program code.NB NB refers to the NuBus series computers.PC PC refers to the IBM PC/XT, the IBM PC AT, and compatible computers.SCXIbus SCXIbus refers to the backplane in the chassis. A signal on the backplaneis referred to as the SCXIbus line (or signal). The