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1.2 Conventions used
This documentation uses the following conventions to distinguish between different
types of information:
Type of information Identification Examples/notes
Spelling of numbers
Decimal separator
Point In general, the decimal point is used.
For instance: 1234.56
Decimal Standard notation For example: 1234
Hexadecimal 0x[0 ... 9, A ... F] For example: 0x60F4
Binary
l Nibble
In quotation marks
Point
For example: ´100´
For example: ´0110.0100´
Text
Program name » « PC software
For example: »Engineer«, »Global Drive
Control« (GDC)
Icons
Page reference ^ Reference to another page with additional
information
For instance: ^ 16 = see page 16
1.3 Terminology used
Term Meaning
PROFIBUS The term stands for the PROFIBUS−DP variant according to IEC 61158 / IEC 61784. A
different PROFIBUS variant is not described in these Instructions.
Standard device
Lenze controllers/frequency inverters with which the communication module can be
used.
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Controller
Frequency inverter
Master PROFIBUS station which takes over the master function in the fieldbus system.
Slave PROFIBUS station representing a slave in the fieldbus system.
Code "Container" for one or several parameters used for parameter setting or monitoring of
the controller.
Subcode If a code contains several parameters, they are stored under "subcodes".
The documentation uses a slash "/" as a separator between code and subcode
(e.g. "C00118/3").
POW Process output data word
PIW Process input data word