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Terms and abbreviations
Type of programmable controller manufactured by ABB.
Types of control panel used with DCS880 drives and DCT880 units.
Adaptive Program
Adaptive Program of the drive/unit. See Adaptive programming, Application
Analog input; interface for analog input signals.
Analog output; interface for analog output signals.
Program written by the Automation Builder. See Drive (IEC61131-3) application
programming manual (3AUA0000127808).
Tool to write application programs. See Drive (IEC61131-3) application
programming manual (3AUA0000127808).
Control unit Contains the electronics and I/O connections of the drive/unit. The control unit is
connected to the power unit.
Drive-to-Drive or Device-to-Device; communication link between drives/units.
A product family of ABB drives.
Communication between the armature converter and the field exciters or 12-pulse
communication.
Distributed drives communication system. A protocol used in communication
between ABB equipment.
Digital input; interface for digital input signals.
Digital input/output; interface that can be used as a digital input or output.
Digital output; interface for digital output signals.
Converter to control DC motors/loads.
DriveBus A communication link used by, for example, ABB controllers. DCS880 drives/units
can be connected to the DriveBus link of the controller.
Adaptive Programming of the drive/unit. See Adaptive programming, Application
guide (3AXD50000028574).
PC tool for commissioning and maintenance of ABB drives/units.
Optional analog I/O extension module.
Optional CANopen adapter.
Optional ControlNet adapter.
Optional DDCS communication module.
Optional digital I/O extension module.
Optional DeviceNet adapter.
Optional I/O extension module.
Optional EtherCAT® adapter.
Optional TTL encoder interface module.
Optional absolute encoder interface module.
Optional resolver interface module.
Optional HTL encoder interface module.
Optional Ethernet/IP, Modbus/TCP and PROFINET IO adapter.