FGEN Arbitrary Waveform Normalization

I have been using the "Open Front Panel" option of the FGEN Arb Express VI to help me construct my own Arbritrary Waveform VI. I noticed in the Express VI, there is a piece of code that appears to normalize the waveform. I think this is affecting my output in undesirable ways. Is this code necessary? I am using the 5421 which has a 12V limit, so I don't think I need to normalize to 1 volt.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
-Billy Maier

Forgot to include the image and I couldn't see the edit option for some reason on the opening post.
Sorry for the bump.
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