Terminology
Term
Description
AML
An abbreviation of AutomationML. AutomationML is an XML-based data modeling
language defined to model engineering data.
AML file
A file described in AML. In this manual, the term refers to a file exported from
EPLAN Electric P8.
Controller configurations
A generic term that refers to the Unit configurations of buses and network devices
connected to a Controller, such as EtherCAT configuration, EtherCAT Slave Termi-
nal configuration, and CPU and Expansion Rack configuration.
EPLAN Electric P8
The electrical design software developed by EPLAN GmbH & Co. KG.
Refer to https://www.eplanusa.com/ for details.
Component data
Data available for EPLAN Electric P8. In this manual, the term refers to component
data for OMRON devices that support the connector function.
EPLAN Data Portal
The name of the portal site for electrical design parts that provides component data
from various manufacturers.
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