National Instruments Documentation - National Instruments NI 6115 User Manual

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CompactPCI
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NI 6115/6120
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PXI

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NI 6115/6120 User Manual
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 denotes
parameter names and hardware labels.
CompactPCI refers to the core specification defined by the PCI Industrial
Computer Manufacturer's Group (PICMG).
Italic text denotes variables, emphasis, a cross reference, or an introduction
to a key concept. This font also denotes text that is a placeholder for a word
or value that you must supply.
Monospace text denotes text or characters that you should enter from the
keyboard, 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.
This phrase refers to any device in the NI 6115/6120 family.
Peripheral Component Interconnect—PCI is a high-performance
expansion bus architecture originally developed by Intel to replace ISA
and EISA.
Text in this font denotes a specific platform and indicates that the text
following it applies only to that platform.
A rugged, open system for modular instrumentation based on CompactPCI,
with special mechanical, electrical, and software features. The PXI bus
standard was originally developed by National Instruments in 1997, and is
now managed by the PXI bus Systems Alliance.
The NI 6115/6120 User Manual is one piece of the documentation set for
the DAQ system. You could have any of several types of documentation
depending on the hardware and software in the system. Use the
documentation you have as follows:
• DAQ Quick Start Guide—This guide describes how to install the DAQ
software and hardware, and confirm that the DAQ device is operating
properly. When using this guide, refer to the pinout diagram for the
NI 6110/6111. The pinouts for the NI 6110/6111 and the NI 6115/6120
are identical.
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