AKD-C Installation | 2 General
2.5 Abbreviations Used
Abbreviation
Meaning
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CE
Communité Européenne
COM
Serial interface for a personal computer
DCOM
Communication line for digital inputs
Disk
Magnetic storage (diskette, hard disk)
EEPROM
Electrically erasable programmable memory
EMC
Electromagnetic compatibility
KAS
Kollmorgen Automation Suite
KAS IDE
Setup software (Kollmorgen Automation Suite Integrated Development
Environment)
LED
Light-emitting diode
LSB
Low significant byte (or bit)
MSB
Main significant byte (or bit)
NI
Zero pulse
OSSD
Output signals Switching Device
PC
Personal computer
PE
Protective earth
PELV
Protective extra low voltage
PLC
Programmable logic control
PWM
Pulse-width modulation
RAM
Random access memory (volatile memory)
R
Brake
/R
B
Regen resistor (also called a brake resistor)
RBext
External regen resistor
RBint
Internal regen resistor
RCD
Residual current device
RES
Resolver
ROD
Incremental encoder (A quad B)
STO
Safe torque off
VAC
Volts, alternating current
VDC
Volts, direct current
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