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Terminology
1.8.
The following is a list of terms associated with COM600 that you should be familiar
with. The list contains terms that are unique to ABB or have a usage or definition that
is different from standard industry usage.
Description
Term
An abnormal state of a condition.
Alarm
An OPC service for providing information about alarms and
events to OPC clients.
Alarms and Events; AE
A physical device that behaves as its own communication node
in the network, for example, protection relay.
Device
Change of process data or an OPC internal value. Normally, an
event consists of value, quality, and timestamp.
Event
A physical IEC 61850 device that behaves as its own commu-
nication node in the IEC 61850 protocol.
Intelligent Electronic Device
Series of standards specifications aiming at open connectivity
in industrial automation and the enterprise systems that support
industry.
OPC
Named data item.
Property
Abbreviations
1.9.
The following is a list of abbreviations associated with COM600 that you should be
familiar with. See also 1.8, Terminology.
Description
Abbreviation
Alarms and Events
AE
Data Object
DO
Gateway, component connecting two communication networks together
GW
Web Human Machine Interface
WebHMI
International Electrotechnical Commission
IEC
Intelligent Electronic Device
IED
Local Area Network
LAN
Station Automation Builder 600
SAB600
Single Line Diagram
SLD
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