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8. Appendix
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8. Appendix
Glossary
The glossary contains a brief description of terms used in this manual.
Terms Explanation
API It is abbreviation for Application Program Interface.
[Application Program It is the open program interface for OS corresponding to applications, and all
Interface] 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 It is abbreviation for Universal Serial Bus. It is not only a specification for the
[Universal Serial Bus] 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 ON (Hot Plug).
USB 2.0 The latest USB specification that keeps up the low-compatibility with previous USB
[Universal Serial Bus 2.0] and promotes the data transfer speed to 480Mbps (60MB/sec). By using USB 2.0,
you can connect high-speed peripheral devices such as digital video camera, external
attached storage device with high speed and broadband network device.
Device ID It is the ID being set when connecting expansion modules and specifying connection
[Device Identifier] 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
been connected.
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.
It is fixed on an equipment and does not be changed generally, it exists between
hardware and software.
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.