List of abbreviations
A.1 Abbreviations
Fundamentals
A-2 Programming Manual, 10.2004 Edition, 6FC5 298-7AB00-0BP1
CTS Clear To Send: Signal from serial data interfaces
CUTOM Cutter Radius Compensation: Tool radius compensation
DAC Digital-to-Analog Converter
DB Data Block in the PLC
DBB Data Block Byte in the PLC
DBW Data Block Word in the PLC
DBX Data Block Bit in the PLC
DC Direct Control: Movement of the rotary axis via the shortest path to the absolute
position within one revolution
DCD Data Carrier Detect
DDE Dynamic Data Exchange
DTE Data Terminal Equipment
DIN Deutsche Industrie Norm (German Industry Standard)
DIO Data Input/Output: Data transfer display
DIR Directory: Directory
DLL Dynamic Link Library
DOE Data Transmission Equipment
DOS Disk Operating System
DPM Dual-Port Memory
DPR Dual-Port RAM
DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory
DRF Differential Resolver Function: Differential resolver function (DRF)
DRY Dry Run: Dry run feedrate
DSB Decoding Single Block: Decoding single block
DW Data Word
I Input
I/O Input/Output
I/R Infeed/Regenerative Feedback Unit (power supply) of the
SIMODRIVE 611(D)
EIA Code Special punched tape code, number of holes per character always odd
ENC Encoder: Actual value encoder
EPROM Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
ERROR Error from printer
FB Function Block
FBS Slimline Screen
FC Function Call: Function block in the PLC
FDB Product Database
FDD Floppy Disk Drive
FEPROM Flash-EPROM: Read and write memory
FIFO First In First Out: Memory that works without address specification and whose data
are read in the same order, in which they were stored.
FIPO Fine InterPOlator