Naming Conventions

Although some NI Switch Executive objects can share the same name, the following are exceptions:

• Routes and route groups cannot share the same name in the same NI Switch Executive virtual device.
• Hardwires and channel aliases cannot share the same name in the same NI Switch Executive virtual device.
• Bus names and hardwire start indices cannot result in generated hardwire names that conflict with other hardwire names or channel aliases.

For example, you cannot name both a route and a route group Route1 in the same NI Switch Executive virtual device. However, you can name a channel and route group Power in the same NI Switch Executive virtual device.

Reserved Characters

The following characters are reserved by NI Switch Executive and must not be used in channel, exclusion, hardwire, bus, route, route group, or virtual device names. Refer to Route Specification Strings to learn how some of these characters are used.

Note  NI Switch Executive ignores white space in route specification strings.