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
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
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
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
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