Preparing The Environment; Storage Environment - National Instruments NI R Series Getting Started Manual

This product is intended for use in industrial locations. However, harmful interference may
occur in some installations, when the product is connected to a peripheral device or test object,
or if the product is used in residential or commercial areas. To minimize interference with
radio and television reception and prevent unacceptable performance degradation, install and
use this product in strict accordance with the instructions in the product documentation.
Furthermore, any changes or modifications to the product not expressly approved by NI could
void your authority to operate it under your local regulatory rules.
Operate this product only with shielded cables and accessories.
Notice
The length of all I/O cables must be no longer than 3 m (10 ft).
Notice

Preparing the Environment

Ensure that the environment in which you are using the NI PCIe-7857 meets the following
specifications.
Refer to the device specifications on
Note
specifications.

Storage Environment

Temperature
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Operating
Storage
Humidity
Operating
Storage
Pollution Degree
Maximum altitude
1
For PCI Express adapter cards without integrated air movers, NI defines the local operational
ambient environment to be 25 mm (1 in.) upstream of the leading edge of the card with system
airflow of at least 0.4 m/s (80 LFM) for half length cards and 0.6 m/s (120 LFM) for three-quarter
length cards. For more information about the local operational ambient environment definition for
PCI Express adapter cards, visit
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ni.com/manuals
0 °C to 55 °C
-20 °C to 70 °C
10% RH to 90% RH, noncondensing
5% RH to 95% RH, noncondensing
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2,000 m (at 25 °C ambient temperature)
ni.com/info and enter the Info Code
for complete
pcielocalambient
.