How to Use the NI Product Documentation Center

Learn how to use NI Product Documentation Center features like login, browse, and search so you can find the answers you need.

What is the NI Product Documentation Center?

The NI Product Documentation Center is NI's product documentation portal, and it is where you can find technical content for NI hardware, software, and systems.

What Documentation Can You Find in the NI Product Documentation Center?

NI provides a variety of documentation that you can use to learn more about your product or system and how to be successful with it. The following list describes the different content types you will find in the NI Product Documentation Center.

  • Getting Started—Steps to unpack, install, configure, and validate that your product or system is working as intended.
  • Specifications—Operating conditions and requirements, physical characteristics, test and measurement capabilities, performance, tolerances, and durability.
  • User Manual—Detailed descriptions of the product functionality and the step by step processes to use the product.
  • Processes—Instructions to accomplish a task.
  • API Overview—Information on how and why to use an API, including concepts, best practices, and programming flows.
  • API Reference—Detailed description of an API, including classes, palettes, functions, properties, methods, and events.
  • Calibration Procedure—Instructions to complete the performance verification and adjustment of your instrument.