ABB S800 I/O Manual page 11

About This User Manual
commonly accepted industry standard definitions and definitions given in standard
dictionaries such as Webster's Dictionary of Computer Terms.
Terms that uniquely apply to this User Manual are listed in the following table.
Term
Device Type Manager
Fieldbus Communication
Interface
Frame Application
Field Device Tool
Graphical User Interface
Highway Addressable
Remote Transducer
I/O module
Instrument
Intrinsic Safety
Outputs Set as
Predetermined
3BSE027630-600 B
Abbreviation
DTM Software components (device drivers) for
configuring, diagnosing, simulating, displaying the
measured values, etc. of a field device.
FCI The Fieldbus Communication Interface (FCI)
device contains the interface to the fieldbus,
ModuleBus interface and power regulators. The
FCI module can manage 24 I/O devices (up to 12
directly and the others in 1 to 7 I/O clusters).
FA Frame application (run time environment) in
accordance with the FDT specification for
operating DTMs.
FDT Interfaces for integrating device-specific
components into a frame application.
GUI Graphical user interface.
HART Digital communication protocol developed for
applications in industrial process metrology.
- In this user manual the term I/O module is related
to a S800 I/O module.
- In this user manual the term instrument is related
to a HART instrument.
I.S. Intrinsic Safety is a protection technique to
prevent explosion in hazardous areas of a process
plant.
OSP A user configurable action on an output module
when communications is lost to the FCI or
Controller.
Terminology
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