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8. Appendix
ADI16-4(USB)
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8. Appendix
Glossary
The glossary contains a brief description of terms used in this manual.
Terms Explanation
It is abbreviation for Application Program Interface.
It is the open program interface for OS corresponding to applications, and all
application processing are basically performed through the API. The API provided by
our company can control hardwares by calling device driver.
PDF file It is abbreviation for Portable Document Format.
It is the document format developed in order to display files not depending on
specified platform. It is developed by Adobe Co.
USB
[Universal Serial Bus] It is abbreviation for Universal Serial Bus. It is not only a specification for the
connection between a PC and a peripheral equipment but also a kind of terminal. It
can connect a wide range of devices and can be plugged/unplugged with the power
being
USB 2.0
[Universal Serial Bus 2.0] The latest USB specification that keeps up the low-compatibility with previous USB
and promotes the data transfer speed to 480Mbps (60MB/sec).
Device ID
[Device Identifier] It is the ID being set when connecting expansion modules and specifying connection
order. It is only for expansion modules.
The channel number is decided by the setting.
Self power Supplying power by using AC adapter is called Self-Power.
Please make use of AC adapter when using expansion modules.
Device driver It is softwares to operate and set peripheral equipment by a PC, and the peripheral
equipment is installed on the PC. It is simply called Driver.
Device manager It is a Windows tool which can confirm the behavior of the peripheral equipment
installed on a PC, and the state being identified by Windows and so on.
Device name The name is set by USB driver to specify modules.
It is set in Properties of Device Manager and specified in the course of API function
initialization and so on.
Hardware wizard It is support program for user without technical knowledge to add peripheral
equipment to a PC. It runs automatically after the device such as USB device has
b
t d
Bus power Power is supplied by a host when USB cable is being connected without connecting a
AC adapter.
Firmware It is the software incorporated into a equipment to perform basic control on hardware.
Properties Select USB Modules from Device Manager, right-click and select [Properties] dialog
box from pop-up menu to set the device name.
Module ID About the ID of the USB module.
Set unique ID value individually for the modules in order to distinguish the driver
when using multiple modules. Use the factory setting(=0) when using one module.
API
[Application Program
Interface]