GLOSSARY

Term Definition
AdvancedTiming Fasttiming,meaningthefuelisinjectedearlierintothecylinderduringthe
compressionstroke.
BTDC BeforeTopDeadCenter
CM570 ACumminselectroniccontrolmodule.
CM870 ACumminselectroniccontrolmodule.
CM871 ACumminselectroniccontrolmodule.
CPL ControlPartsList
Dataplate Identifyinginformationforanengineorvehicle.
ECM(ElectronicControlModule) Acomputerportionoftheelectroniccontrolsystemthatisresponsibleforengine
control,diagnostics,anduserfeatures.Thiscomponentreceivessignalsfromengine
sensorsandOEMswitches.Itcontainssoftwarebasedcontrolalgorithmsand
diagnosticalgorithms.Thesealgorithmsprocesstheinputsignalsandtransmitsignals
totheappropriateoutputdevices.
ESN EngineSerialNumber
QuickServeOnline Cumminsonlineserviceinformationsystem.
RetardedTiming Slowtiming,meaningthefuelinjectionoccursclosertoTDCinthecylinder.
StaticInjectionTiming Theamountofinjectiontravelontheinjectorcamshaftloberemainingwhenthe
pistonis5.161mm(0.2032in),or17.5degreesbeforetopdeadcenter(TDC)onthe
compressionstroke.
TDC TopDeadCenter.Theenginepositionwherethenumberonecylinderpistonisatthe
uppermostpointinthetravel.

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