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AERCO International, Inc.
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100 Oritani Dr.
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Blauvelt, New York 10913
11/22/2017
GF-131
Phone: 800-526-0288
OMM-0081_0F
Technical Terms and Acronyms
Term/Acronym
Meaning
GND
Ground
HDR
Header
HDX
Half-Duplex
Hex
Hexadecimal Number (0 - 9, A - F)
Hz
Hertz (Cycles Per Second)
INTLK
Interlock
I/O
Input/Output
I/O Box
Input/Output (I/O) Box currently used on all Benchmark and KC Series products
IP
Internet Protocol
ISO
Isolated
LSB
Least Significant Byte
LSD
Least Significant Digit
MA (mA)
Milliampere
MAX (Max)
Maximum
MIN (Min)
Minimum
Modbus®
A serial, half-duplex data transmission protocol developed by AEG Modicon
MSB
Most Significant Byte
MSD
Most Significant Digit
MS/TP
Master-Slave/Token-Passing (usually over RS485 networks)
OFFS
Offset
OUTD
Outdoor
PTP
Point-to-Point (usually over RS232 networks)
REF (Ref)
Reference
Response Time
The maximum amount of time allowed to receive a response to a request
RS232
(or EIA-232)
A standard for serial, full-duplex (FDX) transmission of data based on the
RS232 Standard
RS422
(or EIA-422)
A standard for serial, full-duplex (FDX) transmission of data based on the
RS422 Standard
RS485
(or EIA-485)
A standard for serial, half-duplex (HDX) transmission of data based on the
RS485 Standard
RTN
Return
RTU
Remote Terminal Unit
SEN
Sensor
SETPT (Setpt)
Setpoint Temperature
SHLD (Shld)
Shield
SLTA
Serial LonTalk Adapter
SYS
System
TEMP (Temp)
Temperature
Terminating
Resistor
A resistor placed at each end of a daisy-chain or multi-drop network in order to
prevent reflections that may cause invalid data in the communication
VAC
Volts, Alternating Current
VDC
Volts, Direct Current
VFD
Vacuum Fluorescent Display