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DIO device Refers to any DIO-24, DIO-32, DIO-6533, or DIO-96.

DIO-24 Refers to the PC-DIO-24, PC-DIO-24PnP, DAQCard-DIO-24, PCI-6503.

DIO-32F Refers to the AT-DIO-32F.

DIO-96 Refers to the PC-DIO-96, PC-DIO-96PnP, PCI-DIO-96, DAQPad-6507,

DAQPad-6508, and PXI-6508.

DSA device Refers to the NI 4451 for PCI, NI 4452 for PCI, NI 4454 for PCI,

NI 4551 for PCI, NI 4552 for PCI, and NI 4472 for PXI/CompactPCI

dynamic signal acquisition devices.

E Series device These are MIO and AI devices. Refer to Table 1 for a complete list of these

devices.

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Lab and 1200 analog Refers to the DAQCard-1200, DAQPad-1200, Lab-PC+, Lab-PC-1200,

output device PCI-1200, and SCXI-1200.

Lab and 1200 device Refers to the DAQCard-1200, DAQPad-1200, Lab-PC+, Lab-PC-1200,

Lab-PC-1200AI, PCI-1200, and SCXI-1200.

LPM device Refers to the PC-LPM-16 and PC-LPM-16PnP.

MIO device Refers to multifunction I/O devices. See Table 1 for a list of these devices.

MIO-16XE-50 device Refers to the AT-MIO-16XE-50, DAQPad-MIO-16XE-50, and

NEC-MIO-16XE-50, and PCI-MIO-16XE-50.

MIO-64 Refers to the AT-MIO-64E-3, PCI-6031E, PCI-6071E, VXI-MIO-64E-1,

and VXI-MIO-64XE-10.

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