NI DC Power Supplies Getting Started Guide 2 ni.com
Conventions
The following conventions are used in this guide:
<> Angle brackets that contain numbers separated by
an ellipsis represent a range of values associated
with a bit or signal name—for example, AO <3..0>.
» 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. When this symbol is marked on the
product, refer to the Read Me First: Safety and
Radio-Frequency Interference document that
shipped with your device for precautions to take.
When symbol is marked on a product, it denotes a
component that may be hot. Touching this
component may result in bodily injury.
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, or a
cross-reference. 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.
Platform Text in this font denotes a specific platform and
indicates that the text following it applies only to
that platform.