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Device menu
A menu used by some F
descriptions (cross-block DDs). A device menu displays the same parameters as the
Block List, but the parameters in a device menu are organized by function rather than
by block.
DDL
Device Description Language. A specialized programming language used to write
device descriptions for HART or F
Device Description.
Easy Upgrade option
A licensed feature that lets you use the Field Communicator Easy Upgrade Utility to
update the system software and DDs in your 475 Field Communicator. See your sales
representative or the Online Licensing feature in the Easy Upgrade Utility for more
information on purchasing this license.
EDDL
Electronic Device Description Language. Enhancements to the EDDL language
enable device information to be displayed as images, charts, and graphs.
Event Capture file
An ASCII file (.rec file) that captures your keystrokes, display windows, and protocol
communication messages on a 475 Field Communicator. Event Capture files can be
useful in diagnosing problems. To create Event Capture files on a 475, you must
enable the Event Capture function from the Settings menu.
Fieldbus device
A device that communicates information using the fieldbus protocol on a digital, serial,
multidrop data bus.
Fieldbus Foundation
The organization that develops and supports F
interoperable standard for communication of process automation and control
information. Members include suppliers and end users of process control and
manufacturing automation products. Support for the standard includes education,
interoperability and conformance testing, testing tools, and development software.
F fieldbus
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A specific fieldbus technology developed and supported by Emerson Process
Management and the other members of the independent Fieldbus Foundation.
F fieldbus technology uses device descriptions and function blocks to
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enable intelligent devices to execute control functions traditionally performed by a
distributed control system.
Graphics
A feature that enables the 475 Field Communicator to display device information as
images, charts, and graphs by using enhanced Electronic Device Description
Language, EDDL. To view the graphical representations, you need a device using an
enhanced EDDL device description.
HART device
A device that communicates information using the HART protocol.
HART loop
A communication network in which the master and slave device are HART-smart or
HART-compatible.
fieldbus devices, depending on their device
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fieldbus-compatible devices. See also
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fieldbus, an international,