Others

Abbreviations and generic terms

Description

IAI

Abbreviation of IAI Corporation

 

 

AZBIL

Abbreviation of Azbil Corporation (former Yamatake Corporation)

 

 

OMRON

Abbreviation of OMRON Corporation

 

 

KEYENCE

Abbreviation of KEYENCE CORPORATION

 

 

KOYO EI

Abbreviation of KOYO ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.

 

 

SHARP

Abbreviation of Sharp Manufacturing Systems Corporation

 

 

JTEKT

Abbreviation of JTEKT Corporation

 

 

SHINKO

Abbreviation of Shinko Technos Co., Ltd.

 

 

CHINO

Abbreviation of CHINO CORPORATION

 

 

TOSHIBA

Abbreviation of TOSHIBA CORPORATION

 

 

TOSHIBA MACHINE

Abbreviation of TOSHIBA MACHINE CO., LTD.

 

 

HITACHI IES

Abbreviation of Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.

 

 

HITACHI

Abbreviation of Hitachi, Ltd.

 

 

FUJI FA

Abbreviation of Fuji Electric FA Components & Systems Co., Ltd.

 

 

PANASONIC

Abbreviation of Panasonic Corporation

 

 

FUJI SYS

Abbreviation of Fuji Electric Systems Co., Ltd.

 

 

YASKAWA

Abbreviation of YASKAWA Electric Corporation

 

 

YOKOGAWA

Abbreviation of Yokogawa Electric Corporation

 

 

ALLEN-BRADLEY

Abbreviation of Allen-Bradley products manufactured by Rockwell Automation, Inc.

 

 

GE FANUC

Abbreviation of GE Fanuc Automation Corporation

 

 

LS IS

Abbreviation of LS Industrial Systems Co., Ltd.

 

 

SCHNEIDER

Abbreviation of Schneider Electric SA

 

 

SICK

Abbreviation of SICK AG

 

 

SIEMENS

Abbreviation of Siemens AG

 

 

RKC

Abbreviation of RKC INSTRUMENT INC.

 

 

HIRATA

Abbreviation of Hirata Corporation

 

 

MURATEC

Abbreviation of Muratec products manufactured by Muratec Automation Co., Ltd.

 

 

α2

Abbreviation of α2 Simple Application Controller

 

 

PLC

Generic term for programmable logic controllers of each manufacturer

 

 

Temperature controller

Generic term for temperature controllers of each manufacturer

 

 

Indicating controller

Generic term for indicating controllers of each manufacturer

 

 

Control equipment

Generic term for control equipment manufactured by each corporation

 

 

Controller

Generic term for controllers of each manufacturer

 

 

PC CPU module

Abbreviation of PC CPU Unit manufactured by CONTEC CO., LTD

 

 

GOT (server)

Abbreviation of GOTs that use the server function

 

 

GOT (client)

Abbreviation of GOTs that use the client function

 

 

Windows® font

Abbreviation of TrueType font (Other than the True Type fonts settable with GT Designer3) and

OpenType font available for Windows®

 

Intelligent function module

Indicates the modules other than the PLC CPU, power supply module and I/O module that are mounted

to the base unit

 

 

 

MODBUS®/RTU

Generic term for protocols designed to use MODBUS® protocol messages on a serial communication

MODBUS®/TCP

Generic term for the protocol designed to use MODBUS® protocol messages on a TCP/IP network

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