VEMCO – ASCENT–AR / AR2 Manual
28 July
2018
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9.6
Glossary
Bluetooth wireless technology:
A technology based on the
Bluetooth
standard which provides for
fast wireless communication in air, typically over a 10 meter range.
Bluetooth USB Adapter:
This is a physical device that attaches to the PC USB port and enables
your PC to communicate wirelessly to the ASCENT-AR.
Firmware:
A computer program that is contained as a read-only memory in a hardware device.
This program controls the hardware device and may be able to be upgraded, depending
on the design of the product. The ASCENT-AR firmware can be upgraded if there is a
design change.
MSDS/SDS:
Material Safety Data Sheet/Safety Data Sheet are summary documents that provide
information about the hazards of a product and advice about safety precautions. SDSs
are usually written by the manufacturer or supplier of the product.
Offloading:
Retrieving data from a VEMCO release and storing it in a VRL file.
Safe Working Load (SWL)
: Sometimes stated as the Normal Working Load (NWL), is the
maximum safe force that a piece of lifting equipment, lifting device or accessory can
exert to lift, suspend, or lower, a given mass without fear of breaking.
Station Name:
Name for a specific deployment location including lat and long parameters.
UTC:
Co-ordinated Universal Time is a worldwide standard for time, sometimes referred to as
Greenwich Mean Time. VUE configures VEMCO release in UTC time.
VRL files:
Binary file format for VEMCO data logs read from VEMCO release.
VUE:
VEMCO User Environment PC software from VEMCO.
VUE Database:
A collection of imported VRL files. VRL files are all that is needed to recreate a
database or to create other databases.