National Instruments 7340 User Manual - Important Information

Important Information

Warranty

The National Instruments 7340 is warranted against defects in materials and workmanship for a period of one year from the date of shipment, 

as evidenced by receipts or other documentation. National Instruments will, at its option, repair or replace equipment that proves to be defective 

during the warranty period. This warranty includes parts and labor. 

The media on which you receive National Instruments software are warranted not to fail to execute programming instructions, due to defects 

in materials and workmanship, for a period of 90 days from date of shipment, as evidenced by receipts or other documentation. National 

Instruments will, at its option, repair or replace software media that do not execute programming instructions if National Instruments receives 

notice of such defects during the warranty period. National Instruments does not warrant that the operation of the software shall be 

uninterrupted or error free.

A Return Material Authorization (RMA) number must be obtained from the factory and clearly marked on the outside of the package before 

any equipment will be accepted for warranty work. National Instruments will pay the shipping costs of returning to the owner parts which are 

covered by warranty.

National Instruments believes that the information in this document is accurate. The document has been carefully reviewed for technical 

accuracy. In the event that technical or typographical errors exist, National Instruments reserves the right to make changes to subsequent 

editions of this document without prior notice to holders of this edition. The reader should consult National Instruments if errors are suspected. 

In no event shall National Instruments be liable for any damages arising out of or related to this document or the information contained in it.

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. This limitation of the liability of National Instruments will apply regardless of the form of action, whether in contract or tort, including 

negligence. Any action against National Instruments must be brought within one year after the cause of action accrues. National Instruments 

shall not be liable for any delay in performance due to causes beyond its reasonable control. The warranty provided herein does not cover 

damages, defects, malfunctions, or service failures caused by owner’s failure to follow the National Instruments installation, operation, or 

maintenance instructions; owner’s modification of the product; owner’s abuse, misuse, or negligent acts; and power failure or surges, fire, 

flood, accident, actions of third parties, or other events outside reasonable control.

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recording, storing in an information retrieval system, or translating, in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of National 

Instruments Corporation.

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National Instruments Corporation.

Product and company names mentioned herein are trademarks or trade names of their respective companies.

Patents

For patents covering National Instruments products, refer to the appropriate location: 

Help»Patents

 in your software, the 

patents.txt

 file 

on your CD, or 

ni.com/patents

.

WARNING REGARDING USE OF NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS PRODUCTS

(1) NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS PRODUCTS ARE NOT DESIGNED WITH COMPONENTS AND TESTING FOR A LEVEL OF 

RELIABILITY SUITABLE FOR USE IN OR IN CONNECTION WITH SURGICAL IMPLANTS OR AS CRITICAL COMPONENTS IN 

ANY LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS WHOSE FAILURE TO PERFORM CAN REASONABLY BE EXPECTED TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT 

INJURY TO A HUMAN.

(2) IN ANY APPLICATION, INCLUDING THE ABOVE, RELIABILITY OF OPERATION OF THE SOFTWARE PRODUCTS CAN BE 

IMPAIRED BY ADVERSE FACTORS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO FLUCTUATIONS IN ELECTRICAL POWER SUPPLY, 

COMPUTER HARDWARE MALFUNCTIONS, COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEM SOFTWARE FITNESS, FITNESS OF COMPILERS 

AND DEVELOPMENT SOFTWARE USED TO DEVELOP AN APPLICATION, INSTALLATION ERRORS, SOFTWARE AND 

HARDWARE COMPATIBILITY PROBLEMS, MALFUNCTIONS OR FAILURES OF ELECTRONIC MONITORING OR CONTROL 

DEVICES, TRANSIENT FAILURES OF ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS (HARDWARE AND/OR SOFTWARE), UNANTICIPATED USES OR 

MISUSES, OR ERRORS ON THE PART OF THE USER OR APPLICATIONS DESIGNER (ADVERSE FACTORS SUCH AS THESE ARE 

HEREAFTER COLLECTIVELY TERMED “SYSTEM FAILURES”). ANY APPLICATION WHERE A SYSTEM FAILURE WOULD 

CREATE A RISK OF HARM TO PROPERTY OR PERSONS (INCLUDING THE RISK OF BODILY INJURY AND DEATH) SHOULD 

NOT BE RELIANT SOLELY UPON ONE FORM OF ELECTRONIC SYSTEM DUE TO THE RISK OF SYSTEM FAILURE. TO AVOID 

DAMAGE, INJURY, OR DEATH, THE USER OR APPLICATION DESIGNER MUST TAKE REASONABLY PRUDENT STEPS TO 

PROTECT AGAINST SYSTEM FAILURES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO BACK-UP OR SHUT DOWN MECHANISMS. 

BECAUSE EACH END-USER SYSTEM IS CUSTOMIZED AND DIFFERS FROM NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS' TESTING 

PLATFORMS AND BECAUSE A USER OR APPLICATION DESIGNER MAY USE NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS PRODUCTS IN 

COMBINATION WITH OTHER PRODUCTS IN A MANNER NOT EVALUATED OR CONTEMPLATED BY NATIONAL 

INSTRUMENTS, THE USER OR APPLICATION DESIGNER IS ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE FOR VERIFYING AND VALIDATING 

THE SUITABILITY OF NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS PRODUCTS WHENEVER NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS PRODUCTS ARE 

INCORPORATED IN A SYSTEM OR APPLICATION, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE APPROPRIATE DESIGN, 

PROCESS AND SAFETY LEVEL OF SUCH SYSTEM OR APPLICATION.