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Glossary
µs
Microsecond, which is 0.000001 seconds.
A
Ampere. The unit of electrical current.
Amplifier
Servo drive.
ARMS
Ampere (RMS).Root Mean Square.
AWG
American Wire Gauge.
Baud Rate
The number of binary bits transmitted per second on a serial communications link such as RS-232. (1 character is
usually 10 bits.)
Check Box
In a dialog box, a check box is a small box that the user can turn “On” or “Off” with the mouse. When “On” it displays an
X in a square; when “Off” the square is blank. Unlike option buttons, check boxes do not affect each other; any check
box can be “On” or “Off” independently of all the others.
Configuration
The user-created application. It can be saved as a disk file or downloaded to configure the FM-3. It includes all the user-
defined setup, assignments and programs.
CRC
Cyclical Redundancy Check.
Dialog Box
A dialog box is a window that appears in order to collect information from the user. When the user has filled in the
necessary information, the dialog box disappears.
DIN Rail
Deutsche Industrie Norm Rail
DLL
In Microsoft Window, a Dynamic Link Library contains a library of machine-language procedures that can be linked to
programs as needed at run time.
Downloading
The transfer of a complete set of parameters from a PC to a drive.
Drive
Servo drive or amplifier.
EEPROM
An EEPROM chip is an Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory; that is, its contents can be both
recorded and erased by electrical signals, but they do not go blank when power is removed.
EMC
Electromagnetic Compatibility
EMI - Electro-Magnetic Interference
EMI is noise which, when coupled into sensitive electronic circuits, may cause problems.
Firmware
The term firmware refers to software (i.e., computer programs) that are stored in some fixed form, such as read-only
memory (ROM).
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