National Instruments MXI Series - Manual (Page 7)

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About This Manual
This manual describes the features, functions, and operation of the
NI ExpressCard MXI series of products. The products in this series
are the NI PXI-ExpressCard 8360, NI PXIe-ExpressCard 8360,
NI ExpressCard-8360, NI PXI-8360, and the NI PXIe-8360.
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 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.
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.
cPCI/cPCIe The terms cPCI and cPCIe refers to CompactPCI and
CompactPCI Express, respectively.
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.
NI PXI-ExpressCard NI PXI-ExpressCard 8360 refers to a kit containing an
8360 NI ExpressCard-8360, an NI PXI-8360, and a cable.
NI PXIe-ExpressCard NI PXIe-ExpressCard 8360 refers to a kit containing an
8360 NI ExpressCard-8360, an NI PXIe-8360, and a cable.