Schneider Electric INTERBUS Basic Network Interface Module, 890USE19600 Version 1.0 manual

	Glossary
STD_P	standard profile. On a Fipio network, a standard profile is a fixed set of configuration
	and operating parameters for an agent device, based on the number of modules that
	the device contains and the device’s total data length. Three types of standard
	profiles are available—Fipio reduced device profile (FRD_P), Fipio standard device
	profile (FSD_P), and the Fipio extended device profile (FED_P).
stepper motor	A specialized DC motor that allows discrete positioning without feedback.
subnet	A part of a network that shares a network address with the other parts of a network.
	A subnet may be physically and/or logically independent of the rest of the network.
	A part of an internet address called a subnet number, which is ignored in IP routing,
	distinguishes the subnet.
surge	The process of absorbing and clipping voltage transients on an incoming AC line or
suppression	control circuit. Metal-oxide varistors and specially designed RC networks are
	frequently used as surge suppression mechanisms.

T

TC	thermocouple. A TC device is a bimetallic temperature transducer that provides a
	temperature value by measuring the voltage differential caused by joining together
	two different metals at different temperatures.
TCP	transmission control protocol. A connection-oriented transport layer protocol that
	provides reliable full-duplex data transmission. TCP is part of the TCP/IP suite of
	protocols.
telegram	A data packet used in serial communication.
TFE	transparent factory Ethernet. Schneider Electric’s open automation framework
	based on TCP/IP.
Tx	transmission. For example, in a CAN-based network, a PDO is described as a
	TxPDO of the device that transmits it.

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