Terminal I/O Name

Each interface contains various terminals, which support synchronization features to connect triggers and timebases (clocks) to/from the interface hardware. Use the Terminal I/O name to select a string input to the Connect Terminals or Disconnect Terminals, both of which operate on the session.

User Interface

When you select the drop-down arrow on the right side of the I/O name, you see a list of all terminals any interface uses.

You can select a terminal from the drop-down list or by typing the name. As you type a name, LabVIEW selects the closest match from the list.

The list of terminals is not specific to a particular interface: the list presents terminal types for all protocols.

String Use

Use a terminal name from the drop-down list.

For a description of each name, refer to Connect Terminals.

Lowercase letters (a–z), uppercase letters (A–Z), numbers, and the underscore (_) are valid characters for the name. The space ( ), period (.), and other special characters are not supported within the name. The terminal name is not case-sensitive.

The terminal name scope always is local to the Connect Terminals interface used within the session that you pass to the Connect Terminals. One of the terminals (source or destination) is on the trigger bus (PXI backplane or PCI RTSI cable), and the other is within the interface.

You can use the Terminal I/O name term as follows:

  • Connect Terminals: Connect a source terminal to a destination terminal on the interface.
  • Disconnect Terminals: Disconnect a pair of terminals on the interface.

Refnum Use

Terminal does not provide refnum features such as property nodes.