Emerson 3-9000-771A Manuel D’Utilisation
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Acronyms, abbreviations and definitions
Section 1: Introduction
Daniel 3818 LNG Liquid Ultrasonic Meter Installation Manual
May 2012
3-9000-771 Rev A
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Internet-ready communications
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Ethernet access
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Modbus TCP/IP
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On-board LED status indicators
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Analog pressure and temperature inputs
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Daniel MeterLink
TM
(a Windows
®
-based interface software)
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Acronyms, abbreviations and definitions
Table 1-1 Acronyms, abbreviations and definitions
Acronym or abbreviation
Definition
°
degree (angle)
o
C
degrees celsius (temperature unit)
o
F
degrees fahrenheit (temperature unit)
ADC
analog-to-digital converter
AI
analog input
AMS® Suite 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.
Backplane board
Backplane board for CPU board, I.S Barrier board, Power Supply, and Acquisition
cable connections
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
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
f
3
cubic foot
f
3
/s
Cubic foot per second