token

Definition

The appropriate product category Programmable Controllers: A token can be thought of as a circulating envelope. This envelope is circulated through the network and the person who receives the envelope will put a destination and a memo into the envelope to send his or her message to somebody else. This method is called "token passing." The Controller Link Network is a bus network that uses token passing."

Glossary of Industrial Automation

Automation Systems
- Programmable Controllers
  - token

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