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such asm enu items and dialog box options. Bold text also denotes
parameter names.
DTR Signaln ames with an overscore,such as DTR, indicate that the signal is
activelow.
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programs,subprograms, subroutines, device names, functions, operations,
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PCI serial boards PCI serialboards refers to all port versionsof the PCI serial boards.
PCMCIA serial boards PCMCIA serialb oards refers to all versionsof the PCMCIA serial boards.
PXI serial boards PXIserial boards refers to all port versions of the PXI serial boards.
Related Documentation
The followingdocuments cont ain information that you might findhelpfu l
asyou readthis manual:
•ANSI/EIA-232-D Standard, Interface Between Data Terminal
Equipment and Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment Employing
SerialBi nary Data Interchange
•EIA/RS-422-A Standard, Electrical Characteristics of Balanced
Voltage Digital Interface Circuits
•EIA-485 Standard, Standard for Electrical Characteristics of
Generatorsand R eceiversfor Use in Balanced Digital
Multipoint Systems
•Microsoft Win32 Software Developer Kit,Online Documentat ion for
Win32Overviews,Win32 Reference,Microsoft Programmer’s Gui de
to Windows 98/95,andMicrosoftWindows NT System Guide,
Microsoft Corporation