National Instruments NI-FBUS - Manual (Page 140)

Glossary
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Device Description Service A set of functions that applications use to access Device Descriptions.
Device ID An identifier for a device that the manufacturer assigns.
No two devices can have the same device ID.
Device tag A name you assign to a Fieldbus device.
DI Discrete Input.
Distributed control Process control distributed among several devices connected by
network.
DLL See Dynamic Link Library.
DO Discrete Output.
Dynamic Link Library A library of functions and subroutines that links to an application at
run time.
E
Event An occurrence on a device that causes a Fieldbus entity to send the
Fieldbus event message.
F
FAS Fieldbus Access Sublayer.
FB Function Block.
FBAP See Function Block Application .
FF Foundation Fieldbus.
Field device A Fieldbus device connected directly to a Fieldbus.
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.
Fieldbus Foundation An organization that developed a Fieldbus network specifically based
upon the work and principles of the ISA/IEC standards committees.
Foundation Fieldbus
specification The communications network specification that the Fieldbus
Foundation created.
FP-3000 National Instruments network interface module for the FieldPoint I/O
system.