Emerson 3812 User Manual

3-9000-765 Rev D

March 2013

°

degree (angle)

o

C

degrees celsius (temperature unit)

o

F

degrees fahrenheit (temperature unit)

ADC

analog-to-digital converter

AI

analog input

AMS® Device Manager

Asset Management Software - Device Manager

AO

analog output

ASCII MODBUS

A Modbus protocol message framing format in which ASCII characters are used to 

delineate the beginning and end of the frame. ASCII stands for American Standard 

Code for Information Interchange.

boolean

a type of data point that can only take on values of TRUE or FALSE (generally TRUE is 

represented by a value of 1, FALSE is represented by a value of 0)

bps

bits per second (baud rate)

cPoise

centipoise (viscosity unit)

CPU

central processing unit

CTS

Clear-to-Send; the RS-232C handshaking signal input to a transmitter indicating that 

it is okay to transmit data – i.e., the corresponding receiver is ready to receive data. 

Generally, the Request-to-Send (RTS) output from a receiver is input to the Clear-to-

Send (CTS) input of a transmitter.

DAC

Digital-to-Analog Converter

Daniel MeterLink

TM

Daniel ultrasonic meter interface software

DI

digital input

Direct Mount

Transmitter electronics enclosure and base electronics enclosure is directly 

mounted to meter body

DO

digital output

DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

dm

decimeter (10

-1

 meters, length unit)

ECC

Error Correction Code

EEPROM

Electrically-Erasable, Programmable Read-Only Memory

Flash

non-volatile, programmable read-only memory