National Instruments NI-DNET User Manual page 82

master/slave
MB
member
method
multi-drop
N
network interface
network management
utility
network who
NI-DNET driver
notification
O
object
object-oriented
ODVA
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DeviceNet communication scheme in which a master device allocates
connections to one or more slave devices, and those slave devices can only
communicate with the master and not one another.
Megabytes of memory
Individual data value within a DeviceNet I/O Assembly.
See service.
A physical connection in which multiple devices communicate with one
another along a single cable.
A device's physical connection onto a network.
Utility used to manage configuration of DeviceNet devices.
A search of a DeviceNet network to determine information about its
devices.
Device driver and/or firmware that implement all the specifics of a
National Instruments DeviceNet interface.
Within NI-DNET, an operating system mechanism that the NI-DNET
driver uses to communicate events to your application. You can think of a
notification of as an API function, but in the opposite direction.
See instance.
A software design methodology in which classes, instances, attributes, and
methods are used to hide all of the details of a software entity that do not
contribute to its essential characteristics.
Open DeviceNet Vendor's Association
G-5
Glossary
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