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Programming Manual ecomatController/60-1 (CR711S) Operating System V2.5.0.n
2017-12-19
Glossary of Terms
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Glossary of Terms
A
Address
This is the "name" of the bus participant. All participants need a unique address so that the signals can
be exchanged without problem.
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Application
Software that is programmed by the manufacturer into the machine specifically for the application. The
software usually contains logic sequences, limit values and expressions to control the corresponding
inputs and outputs, calculations and decisions.
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Architecture
Specific configuration of hardware and/or software elements in a system.
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B
Baud
Baud, abbrev.: Bd = unit for the data transmission speed. Do not confuse baud with "bits per second"
(bps, bits/s). Baud indicates the number of changes of state (steps, cycles) per second over a
transmission length. But it is not defined how many bits per step are transmitted. The name baud can
be traced back to the French inventor J. M. Baudot whose code was used for telex machines.
1 MBd = 1024 x 1024 Bd = 1 048 576 Bd
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Bootloader
The bootloader is a start program with which the operating system and the application can be reloaded
on the device.
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Bus
Serial data transmission of several participants on the same cable.
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C
CAN
CAN =
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ontroller
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rea
N
etwork
CAN is a priority-controlled fieldbus system for large data volumes. There are several higher-level
protocols that are based on CAN, e.g. 'CANopen' or 'J1939'.
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CAN stack
CAN stack = software component that deals with processing CAN messages.
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CiA
CiA = CAN in Automation e.V.
User and manufacturer organisation in Germany / Erlangen. Definition and control body for CAN and
CAN-based network protocols.
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