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Rockwell Automation 1769-SDN Compact I/O DeviceNet Scanner Module User Manual User Manual

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Publication 1769-UM009E-EN-P - August 2009

Glossary 149

Network

The DeviceNet network or the RSNetWorx for DeviceNet software
representation of the network.

Node

Hardware that is assigned a single address on the network. Also referred to as a
device.

Offline

When the host platform is not communicating on the network.

Online

When the host platform is configured and enabled to communicate on the
network.

Output Data

Data produced by the host platform that is written to the scanner module’s
memory. This data is sent by the scanner module to DeviceNet devices.

Point-to-Point

Used when describing a poll message. The message solicits a response from a
single, specified device on the network.

Polled

A type of input/output-data communication. A polled message solicits a
response from a single, specified device on the network (a point-to-point
transfer of data).

Record

The node address and channel-specific memory assigned in the scanner
module’s nonvolatile storage for a node in the scanlist.