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Industrial automation
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Industrial automation
Serial access
Automation; Industrial automation
A memory characteristic wherein all data is entered sequentially at a single input or retrieved sequentially from a single output.
Multibus
Automation; Industrial automation
An open-architecture backplane (bus) developed by Intel Corporation. It is used as the base platform for the AutoMax DCS system.
Network efficiency
Automation; Industrial automation
The ratio of non-network information transferred to the potential information transfer of the communication channel.
DeviceLink cable
Automation; Industrial automation
A cable assembly that includes a status indicator and filtering to interface a hard-contact or solid-state sensor to a DeviceNet network.
Parallel output
Automation; Industrial automation
1) Simultaneous availability of two or more bits, channels, or digits. 2) In ladder logic, branched output instructions.
Request to send (RTS)
Automation; Industrial automation
A request from the module to the modem to prepare to transmit. It typically turns on the data carrier.
Slave (communication)
Automation; Industrial automation
On a communication link, a station that cannot initiate communication. Only a master can initiate communication.
