Honeywell Series A User Manual page 28

2. What is Fieldbus?
2.3. Fieldbus Terms
Term
Common File
Format
Connection
Manager
Device Description
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Abbreviation
CFF The format of a Capability file is a readable text
document based on a Windows Initialization (INI) file
type.
A Fieldbus Foundation service to manage connection
information about device types, devices, and blocks
that are actively communicating with a host
application.
DD A binary file that provides the definition for parameters
in the FBAP of a device. For example, what Function
Blocks a device contains, and what parameters are in
those blocks.
Honeywell
Description
R400
July 2010