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Glossary
DLL
Driver
Dynamic Link Library
E
EMI
Event
F
FB
Field device
Fieldbus
Fieldbus cable
Fieldbus Foundation
Fieldbus Messaging
Specification
Fieldbus Network Address
FMS
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See Dynamic Link Library.
Device driver software installed within the operating system.
A library of functions and subroutines that links to an application
at run time.
Electromagnetic interference.
An occurrence on a device that causes a Fieldbus entity to send the
Fieldbus event message.
Function Block.
A Fieldbus device connected directly to a Fieldbus.
An all-digital, two-way communication system that connects control
systems to instrumentation. A process control local area network
defined by ISA standard S50.02.
Shielded, twisted pair cable made specifically for Fieldbus that has
characteristics important for good signal transmission and are within
the requirements of the Fieldbus standard.
An organization that developed a Fieldbus network specifically based
upon the work and principles of the ISA/IEC standards committees.
The layer of the communication stack that defines a model for
applications to interact over the Fieldbus. The services FMS provides
allow you to read and write information about the OD, read and write
the data variables described in the OD, and perform other activities
such as uploading/downloading data and invoking programs inside
a device.
Location of a board or device on the Fieldbus; the Fieldbus node
address.
See Fieldbus Messaging Specification.
The communications network specification that the Fieldbus
Foundation created.
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