ProSoft Technology 3170-PDP User Manual
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Glossary 3170-PDP
♦ FLEX Platform
FLEX I/O™ PROFIBUS Adapter
ProSoft Technology, Inc.
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August 23, 2007
PICS
Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement. System conformance
requirements associated with network communications, consisting of four parts:
implementation and system information, supported services, supported
parameters and their options, and local implementation values
PLC-5
™ processor
Any one of the family of Rockwell Automation Programmable Logic Controllers
that support the coprocessor interface: PLC-5/11
™ , -5/20™ , -5/30™ , -5/40™ , -
5/60
™ and -5/80™ .
PNO
PROFIBUS Nutzerorganisation, or PROFIBUS User Organization.
PORT 1 LED
a bicolor LED, located on the front panel of the coprocessor that indicates the
condition of the FMS communication channel of the coprocessor
PORT 2 LED
a bicolor LED, located on the front panel of the coprocessor that indicates the
condition of the DP communication channel of the coprocessor
power supply
module that supplies power to the I/O chassis containing the processor and
coprocessor and other modules
processor
Any one of the family of Rockwell Automation Programmable Logic Controllers
that support the coprocessor interface: PLC-5/11
™ , -5/20™ , -5/30™ , -5/40™ , -
5/60
™ and -5/80™.
processor interface
a 58-pin connector located on the left side of the coprocessor that uses a PLC-5
Connector Header to attach to the processor for communication between the two
modules.
PROFIBUS
PROcess FIeld BUS. A German standard (DIN 19245 Parts 1, 2 and 3) that
specifies a fieldbus for communications at the process level.