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Glossary and Abbreviations
Abbreviation/Term Meaning
Analog Video
Video values are represented by a scaled signal
ATEX
Atmosphere Explosives
AWG
American Wire Gauge
BIT
Built-In-Test
CMOS
Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor image
sensor
Digital Video
Each component is represented by a number
representing a discrete quantization
DSP
Digital Signal Processing
EMC
Electromagnetic Compatibility
EMI
Electromagnetic Interference
EOL
End of Line
FOV
Field of View
HART
Highway Addressable Remote Transducer
–
communications protocol
IAD
Immune at Any Distance
IECEx
International Electro-Technical Commission
Explosion
IP
Internet Protocol
IPA
Isopropyl Alcohol
IR
Infrared
IR3
Refers to the 3 IR sensors in the VID
JP5
Jet Fuel
LED
Light Emitting Diode
MODBUS
Serial communications protocol using Master-Slave
messaging
N/A
Not Applicable
N.C.
Normally Closed
NFPA
National Fire Protection Association
N.O.
Normally Open
NPT
National Pipe Thread
NTSC
National Television System Committee (a color
encoding system)
PAL
Phase Alternation by Line (a color encoding
system)
P/N
Part Number