Conventions - National Instruments 5401 Getting Started Manual

9. Generating Waveforms Interactively.....................................................15
Generating a Standard Waveform......................................................16
Generating an Arbitrary Waveform ...................................................17
Generating a Video Signal (NI 5431 Only) .......................................18
10. Generating Waveforms Programmatically ..........................................19
NI-FGEN Examples...........................................................................19
NI-FGEN Instrument Driver..............................................................19
NI Composite Video Generator (NI 5431 Only) ...............................19
11. Creating and Editing Waveforms ........................................................20
Appendix A: Front Panels..........................................................................20
NI PXI/PCI-5401 ...............................................................................21
NI PXI/PCI-5402/5406 ......................................................................23
NI PXI-5404 ......................................................................................25
NI PXI-5411/5431 .............................................................................27
NI PCI-5411/5431..............................................................................29
NI PXI/PCI-5412/5421/5422/5441....................................................30
NI PXIe-5442.....................................................................................32
Where to Go for Support ...........................................................................34

Conventions

The following conventions are used in this manual:
»
♦
NI SIgnal Generators Getting Started Guide
The » symbol leads you through nested menu items
and dialog box options to a final action. The
sequence File»Page Setup»Options directs you to
pull down the File menu, select the Page Setup
item, and select Options from the last dialog box.
The ♦ symbol indicates that the following text
applies only to a specific product, a specific
operating system, or a specific software version.
This icon denotes a tip, which alerts you to advisory
information.
This icon denotes a note, which alerts you to
important information.
This icon denotes a hot surface, which indicates
that a device may be hot. Touching the device may
result in bodily injury.
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