National Instruments NI-CAN User Manual page 75

Glossary
Prefix
m-
k-
A
action
actuator
Application
Programming
Interface (API)
arbitration ID
attribute
B
b
bus off
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Meaning
milli-
kilo-
See method.
A device that uses electrical, mechanical, or other signals to change the
value of an external, real-world variable. In the context of device networks,
actuators are devices that receive their primary data value from over the
network; examples include valves and motor starters. Also known as final
control element.
A collection of functions used by a user application to access hardware.
Within NI-CAN, you use API functions to make calls into the NI-CAN
driver.
An 11- or 29-bit ID transmitted as the first field of a CAN frame. The
arbitration ID determines the priority of the frame, and is normally used to
identify the data transmitted in the frame.
The externally visible qualities of an object; for example, an instance Mike
of class Human could have the attributes Sex and Age, with the values Male
and 31. Also known as property.
Bits.
A CAN node goes into the bus off state when its transmit error counter
increments above 255. The node does not participate in network traffic,
because it assumes that a defect exists that must be corrected.
Value
10 –3
10 3
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