Branch XNET implementation

[rtzoeller]

• [x] This contribution adheres to CONTRIBUTING.md.

What does this Pull Request accomplish?

Modifies the custom device such that the XNET implementation can be used alongside the template implementation.

• Update GUIDs such that VeriStand can distinguish between the custom devices.
• Update installation paths such that the installs do not conflict.
• Update the custom device menu and main page names.
• Rename PPLs such that they can be loaded simultaneously. The underlying lvlibs are not renamed.
• Rename the custom device lvlibs such that they can be loaded simultaneously. The LLBs are not renamed.
• Update control files to generate XNET-specific packages.

Why should this Pull Request be merged?

The changes here are being submitted to an xnet branch, which will contain an NI-XNET specific implementation of the template. The xnet branch should never be merged into main.

I am proposing that we do not squash merge this change, because the individual commit history here is potentially helpful.

What testing has been done?

Configured a system definition with both the XNET implementation and template implementation, and confirmed I could deploy them both concurrently and that I could alternate between their pages in System Explorer.

Additional information

Why are there still things with "Communication Bus Template" or "Communication Bus" in the name?

1. I tried to keep this PR as small as possible to make it reviewable. Only things which needed to be renamed were renamed.
2. I did not want to introduce unnecessary future merge conflicts. E.g. the PPLs have been renamed, but the top-level libraries in the PPLs have not been renamed, because renaming the lvlibs would force every VI to be re-saved.
3. I would argue that most things with "Communication Bus [Template]" in the name should have the string omitted entirely, rather than replacing it. Just because the Custom Device Wizard inserted this string does not mean we need to perpetuate it -- especially if a user would be expected to manually update it.

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