Specifications

Glossary
Glossary - 4
database point
Any point that has one or more parameters with database addresses.
DCD
Data Carry Detect.
DCS
Digital Control System.
DDE
Dynamic Data Exchange.
default
The value that an application automatically selects if the user does not explicitly select
another value.
deleted item
In Quick Builder, an item that has been flagged for deletion from the server database
and appears in the Recycle Bin grouping. When a download is performed, the item is
deleted from both the server database and the Quick Builder project database.
demand scan
A one-time-only scan of a point parameter that can be requested either by an operator,
a report, or an application.
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol.
display
Station uses displays to present PlantScape information to operators in a manner that
they can understand. The style and complexity of displays varies according to the type
of information being presented.
Displays are created in Display Builder.
Display Builder
The Honeywell tool for building customized graphical displays representing process
data.
display object
A display object is a graphic element, such as an alphanumeric, a pushbutton or a
rectangle, in a display.
Display objects that represent point information (such as an alphanumeric) or issue
commands (such as a pushbutton) are called “dynamic” display objects.
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