AboutThis Manual
PXI-846xand NI-CAN for Windows NT xii ni.com
Use the NI-CANProgrammer Reference Manual for specific information
abouteach NI-CAN function and object, including format, parameters, and
possible errors.
Conventions
The followingconventions appear in this manual:
»The»symbol leads you through nested menu items and dial og box options
to a finalaction. Th e sequence File»Page Setup»Options directs you to
pull downthe 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
avoidinjury, data loss, or a system crash.
bold Bold textden otes items that you must select or click on in the software,
such asm enu items and dialog box options. Bold text also denotes
parameter names.
italic Italictext denotes variables, emphasis, a cross reference, or an introduction
toa key concept. This font also denotes text that is a placeholder for a word
orvalue that you must supply.
monospace Textin this font denotes text or characters that you should enter from the
keyboard,sections of code, programming examples, and syntax examples.
Thisfont is also used for the proper names of disk drives, paths, directories,
programs,subprograms, subroutines, device names, functions, operations,
variables,filenames and extensions, and code excerpts.
monospace italic Italic textin this font den otes textthat is a placeholder f or a wordor value
thatyou must supply.