Revision 4 Foundation Fieldbus RMA803 Remote Indicator User's Guide Page vii
Terms and Acronyms
Term Definition
Alarm The detection of a block leaving a particular state and when
it returns back to that state.
Analog Input (function
block)
One of the standard function blocks define by the
Foundation Fieldbus
AP Absolute Pressure
Application A software program that interacts with blocks, events and
objects. One application may interface with other
applications or contain more than one application.
AWG American Wire Gauge
Block A logical software unit that makes up one named copy of a
block and the associated parameters its block type specifies.
It can be a resource block, transducer block or a function
block.
Configuration (of a
system or device)
A step in system design: selecting functional units, assigning
their locations and identifiers, and defining their
interconnections.
Device A physical entity capable of performing one or more specific
functions. Examples include Remote Indicators, actuators,
controllers, operator interfaces.
DCS (Distributed Control System)
DD Device Description
Device Description Description of FBAPs within a device. Files that describe the
software objects in a device, such as function blocks and
parameters. The DD binary are created by passing DD
source files through a standard tool called a tokenizer.
Device Description
Language
A standardized programming language (similar to C) used to
write device description source files.
Device Tag The Physical Device Tag of the device as specified in the
Foundation Fieldbus specifications.
DP Differential Pressure
DTM Device Type Manager
EDD Electronic Device Description
EDDL
Electronic Device Description Language
EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
EMI Electromagnetic Interference
Event An instantaneous occurrence that is significant to scheduling
block execution and to the operational (event) view of the
application.
Field Device A fieldbus-compatible device that contains and executes
function blocks.
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