Honeywell SLG 700 Option Manual page 8

Term
Link Active Scheduler
LRV
Macrocycle
mAdc
Manufacturer's Signal
Processing
mV
Network Management
Network Management
Agent
Network Management
Information Base
Nm
NVM
Object Dictionary
Objects
OOS
Parameters
PKS
PM
Proportional Integral
Derivative control
PV
RFI
SFC
Stack
Status
System Management
System Management
Agent
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A device which is responsible for keeping a link operational. The LAS executes
the link schedule, circulates tokens, distributes time messages and probes for
new devices.
Lower Range Value
The least common multiple of all the loop times on a given link.
Milliamperes Direct Current
A term used to describe signal processing in a device that is not defined by FF
specifications.
Millivolts
A part of the software and configuration data in a Foundation Fieldbus device
that handles the management of the network.
Part of the device software that operates on network management objects.
A collection of objects and parameters comprising configuration, performance
and fault-related information for the communication system of a device.
Newton. Meters
Non-Volatile Memory
Definitions and descriptions of network visible objects of a device. There are
various object dictionaries within a device. The dictionaries contain objects and
their associated parameters which support the application in which they are
contained.
Entities within the FBAP, such as blocks, alert objects, trend objects,
parameters, display lists, etc.
Out of Service
A value or variable which resides in block objects
Process Knowledge System
Process Manger
A standard control algorithm. Also refers to a PID function block.
Process Variable
Radio Frequency Interference
Smart Field communicator
The software component that implement the Foundation Fieldbus
communications protocol specifications, including FMS, FAS, DLL, SM and NM.
A coded value that qualifies dynamic variables (parameters) in function blocks.
This value is usually passed along with the value from block to block. Status is
fully defined in the FF FBAP specifications.
Provides services that coordinate the operation of various devices in a
distributed fieldbus system.
Part of the device software that operates on system management objects.
FOUNDATION Fieldbus Option User's Manual
Definition
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