Installation guide

Glossary

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Fipio Fieldbus Interface Protocol (FIP). An open fieldbus standard and protocol that

conforms to the FIP/World FIP standard. Fipio is designed to provide low-level

configuration, parameterization, data exchange, and diagnostic services.

Flash memory Flash memory is nonvolatile memory that can be overwritten. It is stored on a special

EEPROM that can be erased and reprogrammed.

FRD_P Fipio reduced device profile. On a Fipio network, the standard device profile type for

agents whose data length is two words or less.

FSD_P Fipio standard device profile. On a Fipio network, the standard device profile type

for agents whose data length is more than two words and equal to or less than eight

words.

full scale The maximum level in a specific range—e.g., in an analog input circuit the maximum

allowable voltage or current level is at full scale when any increase beyond that level

is over-range.

function block A function block performs a specific automation function, such as speed control. A

function block comprises configuration data and a set of operating parameters.

function code A function code is an instruction set commanding one or more slave devices at a

specified address(es) to perform a type of action, e.g., read a set of data registers

and respond with the content.

gateway A program or /hardware that passes data between networks.

global_ID global_identifier. A 16-bit integer that uniquely identifies a device’s location on a

network. A global_ID is a symbolic address that is universally recognized by all other

devices on the network.

GSD generic slave data (file). A device description file, supplied by the device’s

manufacturer, that defines a device’s functionality on a Profibus DP network.