
10. Glossary
Vlinx MESR9xx Modbus Gateway
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Manual Documentation Number MESR9xx-4210m
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Term Definition
RS-232
Interface between Data Terminal Equipment and Data Circuit-Terminating
Equipment Employing Serial Binary Data Interchange
RS-422
Electrical Characteristics of Generators and Receivers for Use in Balanced
Digital Point to Point Systems
RS-485
Electrical Characteristics of Generators and Receivers for Use in Balanced
Digital Multipoint Systems
RTU
Remote Terminal Unit
Stop Bit
Number of bit times after a character is transmitted before the next character
can start transmission.
TCP
Transmission Control Protocol
Unit ID
Unit Identifier. This is the same as the slaves address.
MESR
B&B’s Modbus Ethernet Gateway Series
Vlinx
B&B’s family name for the Gateway line