Ronan X501NET - Manual (Page 10)

Chapter 1 - Introduction
X501NET System Configuration Manual © 2008 Ronan Engineering Company 4
Term Definition
(Working Group 03) have developed a protocol standard for Telecontrol,
Teleprotection, and associated telecommunications for electric power
systems.
IEC 60870-5-104 Transmission Protocols that define network access for IEC 60870-5-101
using standard transport profiles.
JavaScript JavaScript is an interpreted programming or script language widely used
on the web.
LAN Local Area Network - A group of computers and other devices dispersed
over a relatively limited area and connected by a communications link
that enables any device to interact with any other on the network.
NTP Network Time Protocol as defined by the RFC 1305 standard.
SCADA Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition - A process control
application that collects data from sensors and machines on the shop
floor or in remote locations and sends them to a central computer for
management and control.
SNTP Simple Network Time Protocol. SNTP is simplified version of NTP.
SNTP can be used when the ultimate performance of the full NTP
implementation is not needed or justified.
SER Sequence of Events Recorder
TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol - A communications
protocol developed under contract from the U.S. Department of Defense
to internetwork dissimilar systems. Invented by Vinton Cerf and Bob
Kahn, this de facto Unix standard is the protocol of the Internet and the
global standard for communications.
Web Browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet.
1.5 Documentation Conventions
This documentation uses some typographical conventions to highlight the points of interaction
between the user and the configuration system.
Item Example
Font/Format
Button Save Arial Black.
Field Names User ID Arial bold.
Field Values User1 Arial.