National Instruments RT Series - Manual (Page 8)

© National Instruments Corporation ix RT Series DAQ Device User Manual
About This Manual
This manual contains information about the RT Series Data Acquisition
(DAQ) devices and working with LabVIEW Real-Time (RT). The RT
Series DAQ hardware consists of the following devices:
• PCI-7030/6040E
• PCI-7030/6030E
• PCI-7030/6533
• PXI-7030/6040E
• PXI-7030/6030E
• PXI-7030/6533
The RT Series DAQ family of devices are multifunction I/O boards with an
embedded processor. Use LabVIEW RT and NI-DAQ to create embedded,
real-time applications that run on the RT Series DAQ device.
Conventions
The following conventions appear in this manual:
» 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.
This icon denotes a tip, which alerts you to advisory information.
This icon denotes a note, which alerts you to important information.
bold 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.
italic 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 in this font 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,