National Instruments 6508 PCI-DIO-96 - Manual (Page 11)

About This Manual
© National Instruments Corporation xi PCI-DIO-96 User Manual
SCXI SCXI stands for Signal Conditioning eXtensions for Instrumentation
and is a National Instruments product line designed to perform
front-end signal conditioning for National Instruments plug-in DAQ
boards.
< > Angle brackets containing numbers separated by an ellipses represent a
range of values associated with a bit, signal, or port (for example,
ACH<0..7> stands for ACH0 through ACH7).
Abbreviations, acronyms, metric prefixes, mnemonics, symbols, and
terms are listed in the Glossary.
National Instruments Documentation
The PCI-DIO-96 User Manual is one piece of the documentation set for
your data acquisition system. You could have any of several types of
manuals, depending on the hardware and software in your system. Use
the manuals you have as follows:
• Getting Started with SCXI—If you are using SCXI, this is the first
manual you should read. It gives an overview of the SCXI system
and contains the most commonly needed information for the
modules, chassis, and software.
• Your SCXI hardware user manuals—If you are using SCXI, read
these manuals next for detailed information about signal
connections and module configuration. They also explain in greater
detail how the module works and contain application hints.
• Your DAQ hardware user manuals—These manuals have detailed
information about the DAQ hardware that plugs into or is
connected to your computer. Use these manuals for hardware
installation and configuration instructions, specification
information about your DAQ hardware, and application hints.
• Software documentation—Examples of software documentation
you may have are the LabVIEW, LabWindows/CVI, or
ComponentWorks documentation sets and the NI-DAQ
documentation. After you set up your hardware system, use either
the application software or the NI-DAQ documentation to help you
write your application. If you have a large and complicated system,
it is worthwhile to look through the software documentation before
you configure your hardware.