NI-XNET I/O Names: System Class

The system class of I/O names describes hardware in your NI system, such as PXI or a desktop PC containing PCI cards.

NI-XNET Device I/O Name
Within NI-XNET, the term device refers to your NI hardware product, such as a PXI module or PCI card, and the Device I/O name exposes these devices. Each device contains one or more interfaces (ports) to communicate on a network.
NI-XNET Interface I/O Name
The NI-XNET interface represents a single communication connector (port) on the device. The NI-XNET interface I/O name is used to select an interface to pass to NI-XNET Create Session and to read hardware information properties.
NI-XNET Terminal I/O Name
Each interface contains various terminals, which support NI-XNET 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 NI-XNET Connect Terminals or Disconnect Terminals, both of which operate on the session.

Parent topic: NI-XNET I/O Names in LabVIEW

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