Conventions Used In This Guide - ABB RCNA-01 User Manual

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Programming explains how to program the drive before the
communication through the adapter module can be started.
Communication contains a description of the ControlNet
functionality supported by the RCNA-01.
Fault tracing describes how to diagnose the ControlNet
connection during installation, commissioning, and normal
operation.
Technical data contains information on physical dimensions,
configurable settings and connectors of the module and a
specification of the fieldbus link.

Conventions used in this guide

Communication Module
Communication Module is a name for a device (e.g. a fieldbus
adapter) through which the drive is connected to an external serial
communication network (e.g. a fieldbus). The communication with
the communication module is activated by a drive parameter.
Data Words
The Control Word (sometimes called the Command Word) and the
Status Word, References and Actual Values (see chapter
Communication) are types of data words; the contents of some
data words are user-definable. For information, see the drive
documentation.
Input
In this manual, the word 'input' is used to describe data flow to the
ControlNet Scanner.
MacID
Every node on ControlNet network has to have a unique identifier.
This node number is called MAC ID (Media Access Control
Identification).
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