17BTerms and abbreviations
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Terms and abbreviations
A/B slave
→
Slave with an A or B being appended to its address num-
ber and which may therefore be present in the
→
master
twice.
Address
This is the "name" of the bus participant. All participants
need a clearly defined address so that the signals can be
exchanged without problem.
AS-i AS-i
=
a
ctuator
s
ensor
i
nterface
Bus system for the first binary field level.
ASIMON
Software for configuration of the AS-i safety monitor
Download of the demo version:
Baud, abbreviation: 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
Operating system Basic program in the device, establishes the connection
between the hardware of the device and the user software.
Bus
Serial data transmission of several participants at the same
cable.
CAN CAN
=
C
ontroller
A
rea
N
etwork
CAN is a priority controlled fieldbus system for larger data
volumes. It is available in different variants, e.g. CANopen,
CAN in Automation (CiA) or
→
DeviceNet. CAN can be used
over larger distances, e.g. provide AS-i with information.
Corresponding
→
gateways are available.
CoDeSys
CoDeSys for Automation Alliance combines companies of
the automation industry whose hardware devices can be
programmed using the widely used IEC 61131-3 develop-
ment tool CoDeSys
®
.
CoDeSys
®
is a registered trademark of 3S – Smart Software
Solutions GmbH, Germany.
Controllere
Master in the AS-i bus system of the generation E
DeviceNet
Fieldbus system for larger data volumes based on the
→
CAN technology, requires special cables, complex connec-
tion technology. Can be used over longer distances as field-
bus for AS-i. Corresponding
→
gateways are available.
