GE Industrial Solutions Control System Toolbox For an AV-300i Version 2 Drive - Manual (Page 71)

GEH-6412 Toolbox for AV-300i Version 2 Drive Glossary of Terms •••• G-3
dead band
A range of values in which the incoming signal can be altered without changing the
outgoing response.
device
A configurable component of a process control system.
DLAN+
GE Industrial System's LAN protocol, using an ARCNET controller chip with
modified ARCNET drivers. A communications link between exciters, drives, and
controllers, featuring a maximum of 255 drops with transmissions at 2.5 MBs.
gateway
A device that connects two dissimilar LANs or connects a LAN to a wide-area
network (WAN), PC, or a mainframe. A gateway can perform protocol and
bandwidth conversion.
download gateway
A controller that communicates to Ethernet and DLAN+, running the special
software that can download an OC2000.
Ethernet
LAN with a 10/100 MB baud collision avoidance/collision detection system used to
link one or more computers together. Basis for TCP/IP and I/O services layers that
conforms to the IEEE 802.3 standard, developed by Xerox, Digital, and Intel.
event
A property of Status_S signals that causes a task to execute when the value of the
signal changes.
fault code
A message from the controller to the HMI indicating a controller warning or failure.
Finder
A subsystem of the toolbox for searching and determining the usage of a particular
item in a configuration.
firmware
The set of executable software that is stored in memory chips that hold their content
without electrical power, such as EEPROM.
flash
A non-volatile programmable memory device.
font
One complete collection of letters, punctuation marks, numbers, and special
characters with a consistent and identifiable typeface, weight, posture, and size.