DEV 1951 - 10 Glossary

User Manual DEV 1951
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10 Glossary
AC
Alternating Current
ARP
Address Resolution Protocol (cache)
ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
(character coding system)
ASI
Asynchronous Serial Interface, digital signal format
CEST
Central European Summer Time
CET
Central European Time
CPH
Communication Protocol Handler
CPU
Central Processing Unit (the controller of the product)
DA
Distribution Amplifier
DC
Direct Current
DPST
Double (or Dual) Pole Single Throw
(switch with two input ports and one output port)
E1
Digital signal format G.703 (Europe), clock rate 2.048 Mbit/s
IP
Internet Protocol
LED
Light Emitting Diode
LNB
Low Noise Block Converter
M&C System
Management and Control System
MAC
Media Access Control (address) is the hardware address for the unique identification of a
device within a network.
MIB
Management Information Base
NE
Network Element
NMS
Network Management System
NTP
Network Time Protocol
OID
Object IDentifier
Optribution
Optical Transmission and Distribution of RF Signals is the DEV Systemtechnik product line
for optical equipment
PC
Personal Computer
PE
Protective Earth
PLC
Programmable Logic Control (in German: SPS Speicherprogrammierbare Steuerung)
RF
Radio Frequency
RU
Rack Unit: Units of vertical height. 1 RU = 1 ¾" = 44.45 mm
Sometimes simply referred to as "U" (Unit).
SDI
Serial Digital Interface, digital signal format comprises here
SD-SDI (SMPTE 259M, max. 360 Mbit/s),
HD-SDI (SMPTE 292M, max. 1.485 Gbit/s) and
3G-SDI (SMPTE 424M, max. 2.97 Gbit/s)
SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol
T1
Digital signal format G.703 (North America), clock rate 1.544 Mbit/s
TCP
Transmission Control Protocol
TCP/IP
TCP/Internet Protocol
TRAC
Trap Receiver Action Controller
UDP
User Datagram Protocol
URL
Uniform Resource Locator
UTC
Universal Time Coordinated