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Intrinsically safe equipment and wiring is equipment and wiring which is incapable of releasing
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Local control is a mode of operation where responsibility is assigned to an operator/equipment
located in the process environment close to the process object.
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A fieldbus developed and owned by Echelon Corporation, and with a public protocol.
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A module is a hardware unit, with or without accommodated software, or a software unit.
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Object oriented connection means a way of organizing the connection of field intermediate
cables from process objects which utilize different categories of signals, for example, DI and
DO. The purpose is to eliminate the need of marshalling and cable split-up.
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With off-line configuration, configuration data is created outside the application for later
installation, or the internal configuration data is directly affected, but the application is inactive.
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With on-line configuration, the internal configuration data of a system application is directly
affected, while the application is active.
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A process object is process concept/equipment, for example, valve, motor, conveyor, tank.
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Process station is a descriptive name for MasterPiece products.
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