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Industrial automation

Utility software

Automation; Industrial automation

A programme or routine, such as an editor or debugger, designed to perform a particular function of general usefulness. Compare to application programme and operating system

Wait before transmitting positive acknowledgment (WACK)

Automation; Industrial automation

In binary synchronous communications, this DLE sequence is sent by a receiving station to indicate that it is temporarily not ready to receive.

Hunting

Automation; Industrial automation

Undesirable fluctuations in motor speed that can occur after a step change in speed reference (either acceleration or deceleration) or load.

Processor input interrupt (PII)

Automation; Industrial automation

A hardware interrupt that triggers a single scan execution of a PII programme whenever an interrupt signal is detected at an input circuit of a PLC processor module.

Encoder bandwidth

Automation; Industrial automation

An expression for maximum encoder speed in Hz. May also refer to the maximum rate at which the control loop can accept encoder signals. The actual bandwidth of the encoder and the capability of the ...

Hysteresis loss

Automation; Industrial automation

The power loss in an iron-core transformer or other ac device because of magnetic hysteresis.

Source output

Automation; Industrial automation

1) An output that, when turned on, supplies a positive dc current to its load. 2) Contrasted with sink output

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