Industrial automation

Industrial automation

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Industrial automation

Y axis

Automation; Industrial automation

The axis of motion that is perpendicular to both the X and Z axes.

GRAFIX® language

Automation; Industrial automation

The name of the programming language used for programming colour graphics displays.

Consecutive message control

Automation; Industrial automation

A programming technique that allows reports to be printed sequentially, in an orderly fashion, regardless of how quickly they are requested through the user program.

Information about a specific entity (an I/O chassis, an I/O module, an I/O). For example, an I/O definition file may contain a tag (definition) for each I/O. Each tag may consist of several items, ...

Direct numerical control (DNC)

Automation; Industrial automation

Using a direct communication link to transmit part programmes from a computer to a numerical control system.

Module slot

Automation; Industrial automation

A location for installing a module. In typical modular construction, modules plug into a backplane; each module slides into a slot that lines it up with its backplane connector.