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PROFIBUS terms
Term
Explanation
Acyclic communication
Communication in which messages are sent
only once on request
Array
Parameter consisting of data fields of equal
data type
Broadcast
Non-acknowledged message from master to all
bus participants (compare Multicast)
Cyclic communication
Communication in which parameter/process
data objects are sent cyclically at predefined
intervals
Drivecast
Broadcast and Multicast, a special message
frame for drives
Fault
Event that leads to tripping of the device
GSD file
ASCII-format device description file in a
specified form. Each different slave type on the
PROFIBUS network needs to have its own GSD
file.
Index
Access reference for objects in PROFIBUS
Master
Control system with bus initiative. In the
PROFIBUS terminology, master stations are
also called active stations.
Multicast
Non-acknowledged message from master to
one group of bus participants (compare
Broadcast)
Name
Symbolic name of a parameter
Parameter
Value that can be accessed as an object, eg,
variable, constant, signal
Parameter number
Parameter address
Parameter/Process
Special object that contains parameter and
process
Data object
Special object that contains parameter and
process data
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