Reference Manual
748384-C
September 2003
P-4 Preface
Rosemount Analytical Inc. A Division of Emerson Process Management
NGA2000 Reference
Distribution Assembly
The Backplane and the card cages that hold I/O and Expansion Modules.
Echelon
Echelon Corporation.
Enumerated
An integer number whose value corresponds to a phrase. These are used to express one of several pos-
sibilities.
Expansion Module
A circuit board that plugs into the Backplane from the front of the Platform and performs special features
not related to I/O functions.
Expert
Refers to the controls and configuration capability appropriate for engineering personnel.
Failure
A form of alarm: Failure indicates an unrecoverable hardware or software failure such as some component
not responding to network communications or a safety related failure such as lack of purge air in a FID
module.
FID
Flame Ionization Detector Analyzer module.
Floating point
A four byte IEEE floating point number (in Motorola format). This is a number that can take a very wide
range of values, but provides only about seven digits of precision. The analyzer main reading is expressed
as a floating point number. There can be up to 7 floating point variables in an array.
Health
Alarm status.
HFID
Heated Flame Ionization Detector Analyzer module.
I/O Module
A circuit board that plugs into the Backplane from the rear of the Platform. Has a connector terminal for
communication with external data acquisition devices and provides an input/output function.
Inrush Current Limiting
To limit the current drawn by a piece of electronics when it is first switched on.
IIR
Infinite-Impulse-Response