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© National Instruments Corporation G-5 HSE Linking Device and NI-FBUS Software
N
Network address The Fieldbus network address of a device.
Nifb.exe The NIFB process that must be running in the background for you to
use your AT-FBUS or PCMCIA-FBUS interface to communicate
between the board and the Fieldbus.
NI-FBUS API The NI-FBUS Communications Manager.
NI-FBUS Communications
Manager
Software shipped with National Instruments Fieldbus interfaces that
lets you read and write values. It does not include configuration
capabilities.
NI-FBUS Configurator National Instruments Fieldbus configuration software. With it, you
can set device addresses, clear devices, change modes, and read and
write to the devices.
NI-FBUS Fieldbus
Configuration System
See NI-FBUS Configurator.
NI-FBUS process Process that must be running in the background for you to use your
AT-FBUS or PCMCIA-FBUS interface to communicate between the
board and the Fieldbus.
O
Object An element of an object dictionary.
OPC OLE for Process Control.
P
Parameter One of a set of network-visible values that makes up a function block.
PC Personal Computer.
Physical Layer The layer of the communication stack that converts digital Fieldbus
messages from the communication stack to actual physical signals on
the Fieldbus transmission medium and vice versa.
PLC See Programmable Logic Controller.
Programmable Logic
Controller
A device with multiple inputs and outputs that contains a program
you can alter.