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Glossary
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downlink
Link-layer data transfer from the host to the FTXL Transceiver.
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Eclipse
An open-source software framework written primarily in Java. In its default
form, it is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for Java
developers, consisting of the Java Development Tools (JDT) and the Eclipse
Compiler for Java (ECJ). The Nios II IDE is an Eclipse-based development
environment.
execution context
A general term for a thread of execution for an operating system. Depending
on the operating system and hardware, this could be a process, task, thread,
or fiber.
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FTXL application
An application for a L
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device based on the LonTalk API and FTXL
Transceiver.
FTXL Developer’s Kit
Software required to develop high-performance LonTalk applications for an
Altera Nios II host processor with an FTXL Transceiver. The kit includes
software tools, examples, documentation, plus the LonTalk API and the
FTXL LonTalk protocol stack.
FTXL device
A L
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device based on the LonTalk API and an FTXL Transceiver.
FTXL Firmware
The firmware embedded within an FTXL Transceiver.
FTXL 3190 Free Topology Smart Transceiver
A chip that is used as a transceiver to attach an FTXL host processor to a
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network; the FTXL Transceiver runs the FTXL Firmware and
implements layers 1 and 2 of the ANSI/CEA-709.1 (EN14908-1) Control
Network Protocol.
FTXL host processor
An Altera FPGA (or similar device) with a Nios II processor that is integrated
with the LonTalk API and an FTXL Transceiver to create a L
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device.