GE Bently Nevada FieldMonitor Operation Manual page 5

Vocabulary
In this manual we use these terms to mean the
following:
Term
Controller Any control system or network master such as a PLC®, DCS,
or PC.
Adapter Flex network adapter. The adapter acts as a gateway between
the Fieldbus network and Flexbus
Flexbus The serial communication bus between Flex adapters and Flex
modules
FieldMonitor A FieldMonitor system consists of a terminal base, a power
system
supply, an internal Proximitor® module or transducer I/O
module for Keyphasor® application (optional), monitor
modules, transducer I/O modules, and internal transducers
(such as internal Proximitor modules).
Flex Flex I/O or Flex Ex parts
internal A 1701 module that is equivalent to two external Proximitor
Proximitor Sensors, "internal" to the FieldMonitor system
module
Dual Galvanic A galvanically isolated safety barrier that plugs into the
Isolator (Isolator) 1701/06 Isolator Terminal Base. The isolator is used with any
internal Proximitor or transducer I/O module.
Transducer I/O A 1701 module that plugs into the terminal base and
Module interfaces to two external sensors.
internal A 1701 module that is a sensor or transducer and plugs
transducer directly into the terminal base. (An internal Proximitor module
module is a type of internal transducer.).
PLC Programmable logic controller
Section 1 - System Description
Description
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