National Instruments SCXI-1160 User Manual

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About This ManualSCXI-1160 User Manual xii © National Instruments Corporation• Appendix G, Customer Communication, contains forms you can use to request help fromNational Instruments or to comment on our products.• The Glossary contains an alphabetical list and description of terms used in this manual,including abbreviations, acronyms, metric prefixes, mnemonics, and symbols.• 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:! This icon below bold italicized text denotes a caution, which advisesyou of precautions to take to avoid injury, data loss, or a systemcrash.DIO board DIO board refers to the National Instruments AT-DIO-32F, MC-DIO-24,MC-DIO-32F, NB-DIO-24, NB-DIO-96, NB-DIO-32F, PC-DIO 24, andPC-DIO-96 digital I/O data acquisition boards unless otherwise noted.italic Italic text denotes emphasis, a cross reference, or an introduction to a keyconcept.Lab board Lab board refers to the National Instruments 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 National Instruments AT-MIO-16,AT-MIO-16F-5, AT-MIO-16X, MC-MIO-16, NB-MIO-16, andNB-MIO-16X multichannel I/O data acquisition boards unless otherwisenoted.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). TheSCXIbus descriptor may be omitted when the meaning is clear.Descriptions of all SCXIbus signals are given in Appendix C, SCXIbusConnector.Slot 0 Slot 0 refers to the power supply and control circuitry in the SCXI chassis.Abbreviations, acronyms, metric prefixes, mnemonics, symbols, and terms are listed in theGlossary.