Glossary - Siemens SIMATIC ET 200AL System Manual

Glossary

Automation system
Programmable logic controller for the open-loop and closed-loop control of process chains of
the process engineering industry and manufacturing technology. The automation system
consists of different components and integrated system functions according to the
automation task.
Bus
Transmission medium that connects several devices together. Data transmission can be
performed electrically or via optical fibers, either in series or in parallel.
Client
Device in a network that requests a service from another device in the network (server).
CM
Communications module
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Communications module
Module for communications tasks used in an automation system as an interface expansion
of the CPU (for example PROFIBUS) and providing additional communications options
(PtP).
Communications processor
Module for expanded communications tasks covering special applications, for example in the
area of security.
Consistent data
Data that belongs together in terms of content and must not be separated when transferred.
CP
Communications processor
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CPU
Central Processing Unit - Central module of the S7 automation system with a control and
arithmetic unit, memory, operating system and interface for programming device.
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