====== List of Abbreviations ======

^ AL        | Application Layer |
^ DC        | Distributed Clock |
^ DCM        | Distributed Clock Management |
^ DPRAM        | DualPort RAM |
^ EASII        | Elmo Application Studio 2 |
^ EC        | EtherCAT |
^ ENI           | EtherCAT Network Information: This XML file describes the whole EtherCAT network. It further describes all information, that is transmitted by the the PDOs. |
^ ESC        | EtherCAT Slave Contorller |
^ ESI           | EtherCAT Slave Information: This XML file describes a certain slave type. The manufacturer of the slave should provide this file. It is necessary to create the ENI file. |
^ ESM        | EtherCAT State Machine |
^ FMMU        | Fieldbus Memory Management System |
^ OD        | Object Dictionary |
^ PDO           | Periodic Data Object: This frame is transmitted periodically (e.g. every millisecond) |
^ PDI        | Process Data Interface |
^ SDO        | Service Data Object |