User's Manual

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acknowledgments. OIP makes the most use o
the available bandwidth
OTA (Over the Air). Standard for the
thernet transmission medium. Its
urpose is digital access of the modulated link
arameters
Internet
tility used to determine whether a particular IP
ogic Controller). An
telligent device that can make decisions,
her
at
uthorization, and accounting management for
algorithm
TU (Remote Terminal Unit). A SCADA device
orming
ntrol operations
ement
rotocol).
A protocol used by network
twork-attached devices.
ver packet-switched, variable-latency
orks. Uses UDP as its transport layer
Static IP Address. A fixed address assigned to
computer or device connected to a network
ork
ubnet Mask. An Ethernet address code
witch. A device connecting computing devices
ansmission Control Protocol). A
etwork protocol for transmitting data that
or network communications
col used
er Protocol). UDP/IP
ased file transfer protocol
ransparent. Device capable of transmitting all
Acts as a converter between
thernet/IP and RS-232 protocols
rk
itting data that does not
quire acknowledgement from the recipient of
pgrade. To replace existing software or
f a file located on the Internet
er
e
can
xchange data as if inside an internal network
f systems o
transmission and reception of application-related
information in a wireless communications system
PHY. A PHY chip (called PHYceiver) provides the
interface to E
p
(usually used together with an MII-chip). The
PHY defines data rates and transmission method
p
Ping (Packet Internet Groper). An
u
address is online
PLC (Programmable L
in
gather and report information, and control ot
devices
RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial In
User Service) is a networking
protocol th
provides centralized authentication,
a
computers to connect and use a network service
RIPv2. Dynamic IP routing protocol based on
the distance vector
Router. A networking device connecting multiple
networks
RS-232. Industry–standard interface for data
transfer
R
used to gather information or control other
devices
SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data
Acquisition). A general term referring to
systems gathering data and/or perf
co
SNMP (Simple Network Manag
P
management systems to manage and
monitor ne
SNTP (Simple Network Time Protocol)
Protocol for synchronizing clocks of computer
data netw
a
Static Routing. Forwarding data in a netw
via a fixed path
S
determining network size
S
to host computers, allowing a large number of
devices to share a limited number of ports
TCP (Tr
n
requires acknowledgement from the recipient of
data sent
TCP/IP (Transmission Control
Protocol/Internet Protocol). A set of
protocols f
Telnet. User command and TCP/IP proto
for accessing remote PCs
TFTP (Trivial File Transf
b
Topology. The physical layout of a network
T
data without regard to special characters, etc
Terminal Server.
E
UDP (User Datagram Protocol). Netwo
protocol for transm
re
the sent data
U
firmware with a newer version
URL (Universal Resource Locator). The
address o
VPN (Virtual Private Network)-
A comput
network that uses a public network (E.G., th
Internet) to transmit private data. VPN users
e
even if they are not directly interconnected.