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token rotation time
Automation; Industrial automation
The elapsed time between receiving a token by a station to the next receipt of the token by the same station. Usually, all stations will be passed the token during one token rotation time.
NEMA standards
Automation; Industrial automation
Consensus standards in the United States for electrical equipment approved by the members of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA).
remote terminal unit (RTU)
Automation; Industrial automation
A data-gathering and control element for SCADA systems.
ac input circuit
Automation; Industrial automation
A circuit on an I/O module that converts ac signals from a machine/process switching device to backplane logic level dc signals. By definition, it is always a digital circuit (on/off). By ...
open-system interconnect reference model (OSIRM)
Automation; Industrial automation
A standard means of communication between open systems proposed by the ISO. It is a 7-layer model that represents network architecture. The 7 layers and the services they provide are as follows:
overshoot
Automation; Industrial automation
The amount that a controlled variable exceeds the desired value after a change of input.