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P.3 Conventions & Terminology
The following conventions are used throughout this document:
• Numbered lists provide sequential steps
• Bulleted lists provide information, not procedural steps
• The term “user” refers to the person or persons responsible for installing the Anybus Commu-
nicator in a network.
• The term “ABC” refers to the Anybus Communicator.
• Hexadecimal values are written in the format 0xNNNN, where NNNN is the hexadecimal value.
• Decimal values are represented as NNNN where NNNN is the decimal value
• As in all communication systems, the terms “input” and “output” can be ambiguous, because
their meaning depend on which end of the link is being referenced. The convention in this doc-
ument is that “input” and “output” are always being referenced to the master/scanner end of the
link.
P.3.1 Glossary
P.4 Support
For general contact information and support, please refer to the contact and support pages at
www.anybus.com
Term Meaning
ABC
Anybus
®
Communicator™
PRT PROFINET-IO
ACM Anybus Configuration Manager
Broadcaster A protocol specific node in the subnetwork scan- that hold transactions destined to all nodes.
Command A protocol specific transaction.
Configuration List of configured nodes with transactions on the subnetwork.
Fieldbus The network to which the communicator is connected.
Fieldbus Control System Fieldbus master
Frame Higher level series of bytes forming a complete telegram on the subnetwork
Monitor A tool for debugging the ABC and the network connections.
Node A device in the configuration that defines the communication with a node on the subnetwork
Scan list List of configured slaves with transactions on the subnetwork.
Subnetwork
The network that logically is located on a subsidiary level with respect to the fieldbus and to
which the ABC acts as a gateway.
Transaction
A generic building block that is used in the subnetwork scan-list and defines the data that is
sent and received on the subnetwork.
IO Controller
PROFINET device which acts as a client for several IO devices, usually a PLC. (Comparable to
a PROFIBUS-DP class 1 master).
IO Supervisor
PROFINET programming device with commissioning and diagnostic functions (Comparable to
a PROFIBUS-DP class 2 master).
IO Device Field device assigned to an IO Controller. In this case the ABC.
Module (or I/O module) Hardware or logical component of a PROFINET network device.
Higher Level Network In this case, PROFINET
Network
Fieldbus
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