Meggitt VM600 Hardware Manual

VM600 MPS hardware manual (standard version) MAMPS-HW/E D - 1
Edition 17 - February 2018
ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS
D ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS
This appendix defines the abbreviations and symbols used in this manual as well as in
associated Meggitt Sensing Systems documentation.
Only the basic measurement unit symbols are listed here (for example, Hz, V, W). Units
combined with metric prefixes (such as micro-, milli- and kilo-) have not been included.
.
Table D-1: Abbreviations and symbols
Abbreviation Definition
A Ampere (unit of electric current)
AB Absolute bearing vibration (= MPS processing function)
ABE04x
VM600 system rack (19" racks, including the ABE040 and ABE042, from
Meggitt Sensing Systems’ Vibro-Meter
®
product line)
ABE056
VM600 slimline rack (19" rack from Meggitt Sensing Systems’
Vibro-Meter
®
product line)
AC Alternating current
ADC Analog-to-digital converter
AMC Analog monitoring card (AMC8)
ANSI American national standards institute
API American petroleum institute (standards organisation)
AR Alarm Reset
AS Absolute shaft / shaft absolute vibration (= MPS processing function)
ASPS Auxiliary sensor power supply
ATEX
ATEX Directive (94/9/EC) concerning the use of equipment in potentially
explosive atmospheres (from the French term ATmosphères EXplosibles)
AVG Average
BBAB
Broad-band absolute bearing vibration
* (= MPS processing function)
BBP Broad-band pressure (= MPS processing function)
BIST Built-in self test
BIT Built-in test
BITE Built-in test equipment
BP Band pass (filter)
BW Bandwidth
C Coulomb (unit of electric charge)
CJ Cold junction
CJC Cold-junction compensation

Meggitt VM600 Specifications

General

Brand	Meggitt
Model	VM600
Category	Measuring Instruments
Language	English