Lenze 931K - Manual (Page 6)

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1.3 Terminology used
Term Meaning
EtherCAT Fieldbus sytem of the EtherCAT Technology Group
Standard device Lenze controllers with which the bus system can be used.
Controller
Master EtherCAT node which takes over the master function in the fieldbus system.
Slave EtherCAT node representing a slave in the fieldbus system.
Station alias address By means of the station alias address, a permanent address is assigned to the
EtherCAT slave.
EtherCAT configuration
tool Software system for real−time execution, programming, configuration, and
diagnostics of »Small Drives Control SDC« control programs
HW Hardware
SW Software
CoE CANopen over EtherCAT
PDO Process data object
SDO Service data object
DC "Distributed clocks" for fieldbus synchronisation