TransCore 05531 User Manual
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Appendix A
Glossary
A
AAR
Association of American Railroads
AC
alternating current
ACK
acknowledge (data valid)
ANSI
American National Standards Institute
antenna
passive device that converts RF energy into magnetic energy (RF signal)
ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASIC
application-specific integrated circuit
ATA
American Trucking Association
aux
auxiliary
AWG
AWG (American Wire Gauge) is a U.S. standard set of non-ferrous wire conductor
sizes
sizes
B
backscatter
portion of an RF signal that is modulated by a tag and radiated back to the reader
baud
measure of number of bits per second of a digital signal; for example, 9600 baud =
9600 bits per second
9600 bits per second
BCKS
boot checksum
BCM
buffer control mode
bps
bits per second
byte
a binary character; for example, one 8-bit ASCII character
C
check tag
tag mounted inside a reader assembly, inside or in close proximity to an external
antenna that is used to check operation of the reader
antenna that is used to check operation of the reader