FloBoss 103/104 Instruction Manual
A-4 Glossary Revised August-2017
Function Sequence Table, a type of user-written program in a high-level language
designed by Emerson Process Management’s Flow Computer Division.
Gigahertz, 10
9
cycles per second
Electrical ground, such as used by the ROC’s power supply.
A Foundation Fieldbus protocol operating at 31.25 kbit/s that interconnects field
devices (such as sensors or I/O devices).
Highway Addressable Remote Transducer.
Analog output number value to be read.
High Speed Ethernet protocol; a communications protocol operating at 100 Mbit/s used
to integrate high-speed controllers (or servers) connected via Ethernet.
Integrated Circuit. Also, Industry Canada (more recently known as Measurement
Canada), an organization that grants custody transfer approvals on certain ROC units.
Industrial Electrical Code or International Electrotechnical Commission. See
http://www.iec.ch.
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. A professional organization that, in
conjunction with the International Standards Organization (ISO), establishes and
maintains the Open System Interconnection (OSI) reference model and an international
standard for the organization of local area networks (LANs). Refer to
http://www.ieee.org.
Integral Multiplier Value, used in AGA3 (orifice) calculations.
Digital input, a bit to be read.
Input numeric value to be read.
Also LOI; the serial EIA-232 (RS-232) port on the ROC through which local
communications are established, typically for configuration software running on a PC.
Module that plugs into an I/O slot on a ROC to provide an I/O channel.
Interrupt Request. Hardware address oriented.
International Standards Organization. See http://www.iso.ch.
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