Abbreviations For Functional Safety - Siemens SIPART PS2 Series Operating Instructions Manual

Abbreviations
G.2 Abbreviations for functional safety
Abbreviation Long form
NAMUR Standards working group for meas‐
urement and control technology in the
chemicals industry
µC Microcontroller
NCS Non-Contacting Sensor
NEMA National Electrical Manufacturers As‐
sociation
NPT National Pipe Thread Taper
OPOS interface Open Positioner Interface
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PA Process Automation
PDM Process Device Manager
PROFIBUS Process Field Bus
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VDE Verband der Elektrotechnik, Elektro‐
nik und Informationstechnik e. V.
VDI Verein Deutscher Ingenieure e. V.
G.2

Abbreviations for functional safety

Abbreviation Full term in English
FIT Failure in Time
HFT Hardware Fault Tolerance
MooN "M out of N" voting
MTBF Mean Time Between Failures
MTTR Mean Time To Restoration
PFD Probability of Dangerous Failure on
Demand
PFD Average Probability of Dangerous Fail‐
AVG
ure on Demand
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Meaning
Association of users in process conductor technology
One-Chip computer system
Sensor for non-contacting position detection
US standards institution
National Electrical Manufacturers Association
Pipe threading for self-sealing threads as per ANSI B.1.20.1
Standard interface for the connection between a positioner and
a pneumatic linear or part-turn actuator
Process automation
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Fieldbus
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Industrial and professional association
Technical/scientific association
Meaning
Frequency of failure
Number of faults within 10
Hardware fault tolerance:
Capability of a function unit to continue executing a required
function in the presence of faults or deviations.
Classification and description of the safety-instrumented system
in terms of redundancy and the selection procedures used.
A safety-instrumented system or part that consists of "N" inde‐
pendent channels. The channels are connected to each other in
such a way that "M" channels are in each case sufficient for the
device to perform the safety instrumented function.
Example:
Pressure measurement: 1oo2 architecture. A safety-instrumen‐
ted system decides that a specified pressure limit has been ex‐
ceeded if one out of two pressure sensors reaches this limit. In a
1oo1 architecture, there is only one pressure sensor.
Average period between two failures
Average period between the occurrence of a fault in a device or
system and restoration of functionality
Probability of dangerous failures of a safety function on demand
Average probability of dangerous failures of a safety function on
demand
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