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A5E32337685 SITRANS LR260 (PROFIBUS PA) – OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS Page 3
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SITRANS LR260
Abbreviations and Identifications
Short
form
Long Form Description Units
A/D Analog to digital
AIFB Analog Input Function Block
CE / FM /
CSA
Conformitè Europèene /
Factory Mutual / Canadian
Standards Association
safety approval
C
i
Internal capacitance F
D/A Digital to analog
DAC Digital Analog Converter
DCS Distributed Control System control room apparatus
dK dielectric constant
I
i
Input current mA
I
o
Output current mA
IS Intrinsically Safe safety approval
L
i
Internal inductance mH
LTB Level Transducer Block
mH milliHenry 10
-3
Henry
F microFarad 10
-6
Farad
s microsecond 10
-6
Second
PA
Process Automation
(PROFIBUS)
PED
Pressure Equipment
Directive
safety approval
pF pico Farads 10
-12
Farad
ppm parts per million
PV Primary Value
a)
a)
The output from the Level Transducer Block can be called the Primary Value (or
Secondary Value). When it becomes the input to the AIFB, it is called the
Process Variable.
measured value
SELV Safety extra low voltage
SV Secondary Value
a
equivalent value
TVT Time Varying Threshold sensitivity threshold
U
i
Input voltage V
U
o
Output voltage V