TransCore MPRX Series - Appendix A Glossary

MPRX User Guide
AppendixAGlossary
AAR Association of American Railroads
AC Alternating current
ACK Acknowledge (data valid)
ANSI American National Standards Institute
antenna Passive device that converts RF energy into magnetic energy (RF signal)
ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASIC Application-specific integrated circuit
ATA American Trucking Association
aux Auxiliary
AWG AWG (American Wire Gauge) is a U.S. standard set of non-ferrous wire conductor
sizes
backscatter Portion of an RF signal that is modulated by a tag and radiated back to the reader
baud Measure of number of bits per second of a digital signal; for example, 9600 baud
= 9600 bits per second
BCKS Boot checksum
BCM Buer control mode
bps Bits per second
byte A binary character; for example, one 8-bit ASCII character
check tag Tag mounted inside a reader assembly, inside or in close proximity to an external
antenna that is used to check operation of the reader
cmd Command
TransCore Proprietary A–106