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Appendix B – Definitions and Abbreviations
Parameter Description
Parameter Number
Parameter/Process
Data Object
Process Data
Profile
Request Label
Response Label
Slave
Status Word
Warning
B-2
Specification of a parameter
Parameter address
Special object that contains Parameter and Process Data
Data that contains Control Word and Reference value or Status Word
and Actual value. May also contain other (user-definable) control
information
Adaptation of the protocol for certain application field, e.g. drives
Coded information specifying the required service for the parameter
part sent from master to slave
Coded information specifying the required service for the parameter
part sent from slave to master
Passive bus participant. In PROFIBUS terminology, slave stations (or
slaves) are also called passive stations
16-bit word from slave to master with bit-coded status messages
Signal caused by an existing alarm which does not lead to tripping of
the device
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