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Although Warning hazards are related to personal injury, and Caution hazards are
associated with equipment or property damage, it should be understood that
operation of damaged equipment could, under certain operational conditions, result
in degraded process performance leading to personal injury or death. Therefore,
fully comply with all Warning and Caution notices.
Terminology
A complete and comprehensive list of Terms is included in the Industrial
IT
Extended Automation System 800xA, Engineering Concepts instruction
(3BDS100972*). The listing included in Engineering Concepts includes terms and
definitions as they apply to the 800xA system where the usage is different from
commonly accepted industry standard definitions and definitions given in standard
dictionaries such as Webster’s Dictionary of Computer Terms.
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Term/Acronym Description
AC 800M ABB Controller 800M series, general purpose process
controller series by ABB.
CIP Common Industrial Protocol.
Connector A coupling device used to connect the wire medium to a
Fieldbus device or to another segment of wire.
Device Tap A junction box that allows multiple drop lines to connect
to the trunk line.
DeviceNet The DeviceNet network is an open device level network
that provides connections between simple industrial
devices (such as sensors and actuators) and
higher-level devices (such as programmable controllers
and computers).
Drop Line The drop line is made up of thick or thin cable. It
connects taps to nodes on the network.
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