NI TestStand Reference Manual 373435e

NITestStandTMReferenceManualNITestStandReferenceManualOctober2010373435E-01SupportWorldwideTechnicalSupportandProductInformationni.comNationalInstrumentsCorporateHeadquarters11500NorthMopacExpresswayAustin,Texas78759-3504USATel:5126830100WorldwideOfficesAustralia1800300800,Austria43662457990-0,Belgium32(0)27570020,Brazil551132623599,Canada8004333488,China862150509800,CzechRepublic420224235774,Denmark4545762600,Finland358(0)972572511,France0157662424,Germany49897413130,India918041190000,Israel97236393737,Italy390241309277,Japan0120-527196,Korea820234513400,Lebanon961(0)1332828,Malaysia1800887710,Mexico018000100793,Netherlands31(0)348433466,NewZealand0800553322,Norway47(0)66907660,Poland48223289010,Portugal351210311210,Russia74957836851,Singapore18002265886,Slovenia38634254200,SouthAfrica270118058197,Spain34916400085,Sweden46(0)858789500,Switzerland41562005151,Taiwan8860223772222,Thailand6622786777,Turkey902122793031,UnitedKingdom44(0)1635523545Forfurthersupportinformation,refertotheTechnicalSupportandProfessionalServicesappendix.TocommentonNationalInstrumentsdocumentation,refertotheNationalInstrumentsWebsiteatni.com/infoandentertheInfoCodefeedback.©2003–2010NationalInstrumentsCorporation.Allrightsreserved.ImportantInformationWarrantyThemediaonwhichyoureceiveNationalInstrumentssoftwarearewarrantednottofailtoexecuteprogramminginstructions,duetodefectsinmaterialsandworkmanship,foraperiodof90daysfromdateofshipment,asevidencedbyreceiptsorotherdocumentation.NationalInstrumentswill,atitsoption,repairorreplacesoftwaremediathatdonotexecuteprogramminginstructionsifNationalInstrumentsreceivesnoticeofsuchdefectsduringthewarrantyperiod.NationalInstrumentsdoesnotwarrantthattheoperationofthesoftwareshallbeuninterruptedorerrorfree.AReturnMaterialAuthorization(RMA)numbermustbeobtainedfromthefactoryandclearlymarkedontheoutsideofthepackagebeforeanyequipmentwillbeacceptedforwarrantywork.NationalInstrumentswillpaytheshippingcostsofreturningtotheownerpartswhicharecoveredbywarranty.NationalInstrumentsbelievesthattheinformationinthisdocumentisaccurate.Thedocumenthasbeencarefullyreviewedfortechnicalaccuracy.Intheeventthattechnicalortypographicalerrorsexist,NationalInstrumentsreservestherighttomakechangestosubsequenteditionsofthisdocumentwithoutpriornoticetoholdersofthisedition.ThereadershouldconsultNationalInstrumentsiferrorsaresuspected.InnoeventshallNationalInstrumentsbeliableforanydamagesarisingoutoforrelatedtothisdocumentortheinformationcontainedinit.EXCEPTASSPECIFIEDHEREIN,NATIONALINSTRUMENTSMAKESNOWARRANTIES,EXPRESSORIMPLIED,ANDSPECIFICALLYDISCLAIMSANYWARRANTYOFMERCHANTABILITYORFITNESSFORAPARTICULARPURPOSE.CUSTOMER’SRIGHTTORECOVERDAMAGESCAUSEDBYFAULTORNEGLIGENCEONTHEPARTOFNATIONALINSTRUMENTSSHALLBELIMITEDTOTHEAMOUNTTHERETOFOREPAIDBYTHECUSTOMER.NATIONALINSTRUMENTSWILLNOTBELIABLEFORDAMAGESRESULTINGFROMLOSSOFDATA,PROFITS,USEOFPRODUCTS,ORINCIDENTALORCONSEQUENTIALDAMAGES,EVENIFADVISEDOFTHEPOSSIBILITYTHEREOF.ThislimitationoftheliabilityofNationalInstrumentswillapplyregardlessoftheformofaction,whetherincontractortort,includingnegligence.AnyactionagainstNationalInstrumentsmustbebroughtwithinoneyearafterthecauseofactionaccrues.NationalInstrumentsshallnotbeliableforanydelayinperformanceduetocausesbeyonditsreasonablecontrol.Thewarrantyprovidedhereindoesnotcoverdamages,defects,malfunctions,orservicefailurescausedbyowner’sfailuretofollowtheNationalInstrumentsinstallation,operation,ormaintenanceinstructions;owner’smodificationoftheproduct;owner’sabuse,misuse,ornegligentacts;andpowerfailureorsurges,fire,flood,accident,actionsofthirdparties,orothereventsoutsidereasonablecontrol.CopyrightUnderthecopyrightlaws,thispublicationmaynotbereproducedortransmittedinanyform,electronicormechanical,includingphotocopying,recording,storinginaninformationretrievalsystem,ortranslating,inwholeorinpart,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofNationalInstrumentsCorporation.NationalInstrumentsrespectstheintellectualpropertyofothers,andweaskouruserstodothesame.NIsoftwareisprotectedbycopyrightandotherintellectualpropertylaws.WhereNIsoftwaremaybeusedtoreproducesoftwareorothermaterialsbelongingtoothers,youmayuseNIsoftwareonlytoreproducematerialsthatyoumayreproduceinaccordancewiththetermsofanyapplicablelicenseorotherlegalrestriction.TrademarksCVI,LabVIEW,NationalInstruments,NI,ni.com,NITestStand,theNationalInstrumentscorporatelogo,andtheEaglelogoaretrademarksofNationalInstrumentsCorporation.RefertotheTrademarkInformationatni.com/trademarksforotherNationalInstrumentstrademarks.ThemarkLabWindowsisusedunderalicensefromMicrosoftCorporation.WindowsisaregisteredtrademarkofMicrosoftCorporationintheUnitedStatesandothercountries.Otherproductandcompanynamesmentionedhereinaretrademarksortradenamesoftheirrespectivecompanies.MembersoftheNationalInstrumentsAlliancePartnerProgramarebusinessentitiesindependentfromNationalInstrumentsandhavenoagency,partnership,orjoint-venturerelationshipwithNationalInstruments.PatentsForpatentscoveringNationalInstrumentsproducts/technology,refertotheappropriat