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Automotive Diagnostic Command Set User Manual

About This Manual

This manual provides instructions for using the Automotive Diagnostic
Command Set. It contains information about installation, configuration,
and troubleshooting, and also contains Automotive Diagnostic Command
Set function reference for LabVIEW-based and C-based APIs.

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 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.

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,
programs, subprograms, subroutines, device names, functions, operations,
variables, filenames, and extensions.

monospace italic

Italic text in this font denotes text that is a placeholder for a word or value
that you must supply.

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