17BTerms and abbreviations
18-3
IP address
IP =
I
nternet
P
rotocol
The IP address is a number necessary to clearly identify an
internet participant. For the sake of clarity the number is
written in 4 decimal values, e.g. 127.215.205.156.
LAS
L
ist of
A
ctive
S
laves
In this slave list the controllere enters the slaves detected as
active for this AS-i master.
LDS
L
ist of
D
etected
S
laves
In this slave list the controllere enters the slaves detected as
present for this AS-i master.
LED LED
=
L
ight
E
mitting
D
iode
Light emitting diode, also called luminescent diode, an elec-
tronic element of high coloured luminosity at small volume
with negligible power loss.
LFS
L
ist of
F
ailed
S
laves
In this slave list the controllere enters the slaves with a pro-
jection error on this AS-i master.
LPS
L
ist of
P
rojected
S
laves
In this slave list the controllere enters the slaves projected for
this AS-i master.
MAC ID
MAC =
M
anufacturer‘s
A
ddress
C
ode
= manufacturer's serial number
→
ID =
Id
entifier
Every network card has a MAC address, a clearly defined
worldwide unique numerical code, more or less a kind of
serial number. Such a MAC address is a sequence of 6
hexadecimal numbers, e.g. "00-0C-6E-D0-02-3F".
Marginalia
Marginal column beside a text used for notes and comments.
Because of its outstanding position well suited for quickly
finding certain sections in the text.
Master
Handles the complete organisation on the bus. The master
decides on the bus access time and polls the
→
slaves cycli-
cally.
Master-slave
communication
AS-i strictly operates to the master-slave principle. The mas-
ter polls all slaves one after the other in always the same
order. Only one master per network line is allowed (
→
cyclical
polling).
MBd
→
Baud
