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Conventions used
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1.2 Conventions used
This documentation uses the following conventions to distinguish between different
types of information:
Type of information Identification Examples/notes
Spelling of numbers
Decimal separator
Point In general, the decimal point is used.
For instance: 1234.56
Decimal Standard notation For example: 1234
Hexadecimal 0x[0 ... 9, A ... F] For example: 0x60F4
Binary
l Nibble
In quotation marks
Point
For example: ´100´
For example: ´0110.0100´
Text
Program name » « PC software
For example: »Engineer«, »Global Drive
Control« (GDC)
Icons
Page reference Reference to another page with additional
information
For instance: 16 = see page 16
1.3 Terminology used
Term Meaning
PROFIBUS The term stands for the PROFIBUS−DP variant according to IEC 61158/IEC 61784. A
different PROFIBUS variant is not described in this manual.
Standard device
Lenze controllers/frequency inverters for which the function module can be used.
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Frequency inverter
Master PROFIBUS station which takes over the master function in the fieldbus system.
Slave PROFIBUS station which acts as a slave in the fieldbus system.
Code "Container" for one or more parameters which can be used to parameterise or
monitor the controller.
Subcode If a code contains more than one parameter, these parameters are stored in
"subcodes".
In this documentation, a slash "/" is used as a separator when specifying a code and
its subcode (e.g. "C00118/3").
POW Process output data word
PIW Process input data word