About This Manual; Conventions - National Instruments DAQ X Series User Manual

About This Manual

The X Series User Manual contains information about using the National
Instruments X Series data acquisition (DAQ) devices with NI-DAQmx 9.5
and later. X Series devices feature up to 32 analog input (AI) channels, up
to four analog output (AO) channels, up to 48 lines of digital input/output
(DIO), and four counters.

Conventions

The following conventions are used in this manual:
<> Angle brackets that contain numbers separated by an ellipsis represent a
range of values associated with a bit or signal name—for example,
AO <3..0>.
» The » symbol leads you through nested menu items and dialog box options
to a final action. The sequence Options»Settings»General directs you to
pull down the Options menu, select the Settings item, and select General
from the last dialog box.
This icon denotes a note, which alerts you to important information.
This icon denotes a caution, which advises you of precautions to take to
avoid injury, data loss, or a system crash. When this symbol is marked on a
product, refer to the Read Me First: Safety and Electromagnetic
Compatibility for information about precautions to take.
bold Bold text denotes items that you must select or click in the software, such as
menu items and dialog box options. Bold text also denotes parameter names.
italic Italic text denotes variables, emphasis, a cross-reference, or an introduction
to a key concept. Italic text also denotes text that is a placeholder for a word
or value that you must supply.
Text in this font denotes text or characters that you should enter from the
monospace
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.
Platform Text in this font denotes a specific platform and indicates that the text
following it applies only to that platform.
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