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Softing Linking Device –
Manual for Configuration, Installation and Maintenance
Glossary
V1.31 page 79 of 85
8 Glossary
Explains specialist terms of the organisation, configuration, device types and the handling of
FF-CONF.
8.1 General remarks of the user manual
Term
Definitions
Comment,
other term
softing Linking Device
Gateway between PC/LAN,
Modbus/LAN, Modbus serial and H1
Devices
HSE, Linking
Device
Linking Device
Gateway between PC/LAN,
Modbus/LAN, Modbus serial and H1
Devices
(softing) Linking
Device, HSE
HSE
Gateway and communication controller
between PC/LAN, Modbus/LAN,
Modbus serial and over the H1 Links
with the H1 Devices
(softing) Linking
Device
H1 Device
Terminal to record and communicate
measurements complying with the
fieldbus standards
H1 Link
Connected to the linking device.
Supplies up to 16 H1 devices with
power and data.
sometimes also
called “segment“
Network Configuration
The part of FF-CONF that allows you to
configure your plant offline.
Function Block
application
The part of FF-CONF where you build
your communication network between
the different blocks of your H1 Devices.
Network Livelist
Image of the existing installation: PC,
Network Card, Linking Devices, H1
Links, H1 Devices and Host devices
Modbus
A unit to communicate with the Linking
Device and to control the activities of
the H1 Devices. It is always a special
system and it has to prove whether it
works in combination with the Linking
Device.
The Modbus may exist as an Ethernet
version, then it is participant in the LAN.
Application In most cases works with
the serial interface RS485 and has to
be connected with the Linking Device
over an interface converter RS232 –
RS485.