GE Industrial Solutions Control System Toolbox For an AV-300i Version 2 Drive - Manual (Page 72)

G-4 •••• Glossary of Terms GEH-6412 Toolbox for AV-300i Version 2 Drive
forcing
Setting a live signal to a particular value, regardless of the value blockware or I/O is
writing to that signal.
function
The highest level of the blockware hierarchy and the entity that corresponds to a
single .tre file.
gateway
A device that connects two dissimilar LAN or connects a LAN to a wide-area
network (WAN), PC, or a mainframe. A gateway can perform protocol and
bandwidth conversion.
Genius bus
GE Fanuc’s distributed network of intelligent I/O blocks.
Genius global data
Data that is automatically and repeatedly broadcast by a bus controller. All other bus
controllers on the same bus are capable of receiving the data, although some bus
controllers can choose not to. The controller can broadcast global data and receive
global data from certain devices, such as the Series 90-70 PLC and other controllers.
Graphic Window
A subsystem of the toolbox for viewing and setting the value of live signals.
groups
See Resources.
health
A term that defines whether a signal is functioning as expected.
heartbeat
A signal emitted at regular intervals by software to demonstrate that it is still active.
hexadecimal (hex)
Base 16 numbering system using the digits 0-9 and letters A-F to represent the
decimal numbers 0-15. Two hex digits represent 1 byte.
initialize
To set values (addresses, counters, registers, and such) to a beginning value prior to
the rest of processing.
I/O
Input/output interfaces that allow the flow of data into and out of a device.
I/O drivers
Interface the controller with input/output devices, such as sensors, solenoid valves,
and drives, using a choice of communication networks.