General Observations; Typographical Conventions Used In This Document; General Conventions - Patton electronics IpLink 2884 Getting Started Manual

IpLink 2884 Getting Started Guide

General observations

• Clean the case with a soft slightly moist anti-static cloth
• Place the unit on a flat surface and ensure free air circulation
• Avoid exposing the unit to direct sunlight and other heat sources
• Protect the unit from moisture, vapors, and corrosive liquids

Typographical conventions used in this document

This section describes the typographical conventions and terms used in this guide.

General conventions

The procedures described in this manual use the following text conventions:
Convention
Garamond blue type
Futura bold type
Futura bold-italic type
Italicized Futura type
Futura type
Garamond bold type
< >
[ ]
{a | b | c}
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node
SN
#
Table 1. General conventions
Indicates a cross-reference hyperlink that points to a figure, graphic, table, or sec-
tion heading. Clicking on the hyperlink jumps you to the reference. When you
have finished reviewing the reference, click on the Go to Previous View
button in the Adobe® Acrobat® Reader toolbar to return to your starting point.
Commands and keywords are in boldface font.
Parts of commands, which are related to elements already named by the user, are
in boldface italic font.
Variables for which you supply values are in italic font
Indicates the names of fields or windows.
Indicates the names of command buttons that execute an action.
Angle brackets indicate function and keyboard keys, such as <SHIFT>, <CTRL>,
<C>, and so on.
Elements in square brackets are optional.
Alternative but required keywords are grouped in braces ({ }) and are separated
by vertical bars ( | )
Terminal sessions and information the system displays are in
The leading IP address or nodename of a IpLink is substituted with node in bold-
face italic font.
The leading SN on a command line represents the nodename of the IpLink
An hash sign at the beginning of a line indicates a comment line.
Meaning
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screen font
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