Lenze PC-based Automation Industrial PC - Manual (Page 213)

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Industrial PC | Parameter setting & configuration
Glossary
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A
Axis Is a special variant of a system module and usually comprises at least a
controller and a motor, but can - depending on the application - also comprise
other devices (e.g. gearbox, encoder).
AIF Abbreviation for "AutomationInterface". Lenze-specific interface at the
controller onto which a communication module can be plugged.
Communication module
System module Generic term for a mechatronic unit which can include several devices, one or
several networks, information on parameter values, program logic and
documentation.
A system module provides a specific technological function. It interacts with
its environment and can usually be reused in another environment or system.
The interfaces of a system module are provided by the interfaces of its
components.
Controller Generic term for Lenze frequency inverters, servo inverters, and PLCs.
Application Implementation of a specific function (e. g. speed control) on an individual
device.
Application variable Structure consisting of element variables, communicated via network(s) using
a certain transmission mode. The definition of an application variable is
completely independent of a concrete network type.
Element variable
B
Bus server Fieldbus-specific OPC server according to DRIVECOM specification.
OPC
DRIVECOM
C
CAL Abbreviation for "CAN Application Layer". Communication standard (CiA DS
201-207) providing objects, protocols and services for the event or polling-
controlled transmission of CAN messages and for the transmission of larger
amounts of data between CAN nodes. Furthermore, CAL provides efficient
methods for the automatic assignment of message identifiers, for the
initialisation and monitoring of network nodes and for the assignment of an
individual identifier to a network node.
CAN Abbreviation for "Controller Area Network". Serial, message-oriented (not
node-oriented) bus system for max. 63 nodes.
CANopen Communication profile (CiADS301, version 4.01), developed under the CiA
umbrella association ("CAN in Automation") in conformity with CAL ("CAN
Application Layer").
CiA Abbreviation for "CAN in Automation (e. V.)": International manufacturer and
user organisation with the target to distribute worldwide the knowledge
about the internationally standardised CAN bus system (ISO 11898) and
promote its further technical development.
Internet: http://www.can-cia.org/
Code Parameter of a Lenze device for setting the device functionality.
COM Abbreviation for "Component Object Model": Architecture developed by
Microsoft® for the interaction of individually executable software
components (objects) which communicate with each other in the same way
and which are only linked when the program is running.