FM-3 Programming Module Reference Manual

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, the data transfer error checking mechanism.

Destination

A function (i.e., Stop, Preset) that may be assigned to an input line. In FM-3, the input function is connected to the action through click and drag operations in PowerTools Software on the Assignment View.

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® Windows®, 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 an FM 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. The relative immunity of a drive to the effects of electromagnetic fields.

EMI - Electro-Magnetic Interference

EMI is noise which, when coupled into sensitive electronic circuits, may cause problems.

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