Industrial automation

Industrial automation

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Force-on function

Automation; Industrial automation

A function that allows the user to turn on an input image bit regardless of the state of the input circuit or to turn on an output circuit regardless of the state of the output image bit.

An electrical circuit common that is not at earth ground potential or the same ground potential as circuitry with which it interfaces. A voltage difference can exist between the floating ground and ...

Data table

Automation; Industrial automation

The part of processor memory that contains I/O values and files where data is monitored, manipulated, and changed for control purposes.

Token

Automation; Industrial automation

1) A transmission from the present bus master that grants bus mastership to a station. Mastership is required for a station to originate communication. 2) The logical right to initiate communication.

Axis

Automation; Industrial automation

A principal direction along which a movement of the tool or work piece occurs.

Transmitted beam

Automation; Industrial automation

In a photoelectric control, a scanning mode in which the light source and the receiver are opposite each other so that the object being sensed breaks the beam.

Link v

Automation; Industrial automation

To produce an executable programme from compiled modules (programs, routines, libraries) by merging the object code of the programme and resolving internal connecting references (such as a library ...