Ever thought of including one on the site? - thinking of phrases like "pulse count", "double knock", "piece of sh*t"

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Ever thought of including one on the site? - thinking of phrases like "pulse count", "double knock", "piece of sh*t"

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Not a bad idea so why dont you get typing?

Ever thought of including one on the site? - thinking of phrases like "pulse count", "double knock", "piece of sh*t"

Agreed, anyone wanting to do a detailed glossary of alarm terminology please feel free to do so, I will feature it on the website with all due recognition if it's any good..!

would this be something for trade or public?

I can't see why public would need to know?

You can have these for a start!

ACFO

Association of Chief Fire Officers

ACPO

Association of Chief Police Officers

ARC

Alarm Receiving Centre. A Secure location where signals are monitored 24hours a day.

Area

Segmented section of a security system

BAFE

British Approval for Fire Equipment

BG

Break-Glass

BNC

One of the most popular of the coaxial connectors, the BNC was developed in the late 1940s. The name BNC sands for Bayonet Neill Concelman. Bayonet describes the coupling mechanism, while Neill and Concelman were the inventors of the N and C connectors. The BNC is essentially a miniature version of the C connector which is a bayonet version of the N connector. BNC connectors are available in both 50 and 75 ohm versions, both versions will mate together. The 50 ohm designs operate up to a frequency of 4GHz. BNC connectors are used in many applications, some of which are flexible networks, instrumentation and computer peripheral interconnections.

BS

British Standard(s)

BS4737

Standards for design, installation and maintenance of intruder alarm systems

BS5750

Internationally recognised quality standard.

BS5839

Standards for design, installation and maintenance of fire alarm systems.

BS5979

Standards for construction and working of an ARC.

BS6799

Standards for wireless intruder alarm systems.

BSI

British Standards Institute

BSIA

British Security Industry Association.

BT

British Telecom

C&E

Cause and Effect

CCTV

Closed Circuit Television

Corrective Maintenance

A call out, or engineer attendance to correct a fault.

CPU

Central Processing Unit (Computer)

Digi-Com

Digital Communicator

Door Contact

A normally magnetic switch, which detects if a door, is closed or open.

Dual Tech (DTEC)

Dual Technology - where a single device operates on two different typs of technology. Must common use is where a PIR and a Microwave detector is combined into one movement detector.

Dummy Sounder

An external sounder that provides a visual deterrent, but doesn't make any noise.

Duress Code

A number chosen by the user that, if used to unset the alarm will act as normal but will also send a personal attack (code 2) signal to the ARC.

DP

Distribution Point/Panel (Telecommunications)

DP

Double Pole (Relay)

EAS

Electronic Article protection System.

E/E

Entry/Exit

EN

European Norm

EN501-31

Standards for design, installation and maintenance of intruder alarm systems

Engineer Reset

Where a system can not be reset by the user without assistance from the maintaining company.

EOL

End Of Line

F/D

Fire Door

F/E

Final Exit

FSL

Fully Supervised Loop.

GPRS

General Packet Radio Service

GPS

Global Positioning System

GSM

Global System for Mobile communications

I.O

Im finding fault already, anyone else spot them?

Jef

Well if its on the main site it's public..

and just thinking of a few terms such as Double-knock & pulse count I can't really see the problem with that, and let's be honest most engineers wont need to referance it anyway..?

But it may help out the public, and give them a better understanding of some alarm features they aren't aware of, and stop those questions being asked in the forums.

Yeah I suppose

I can see most of Jef's list could be of benefit to public.

PIR = Passive Infra-Red Receiver.

Sorry for being pedantic - but if your doing meanings, then you might as well give the correct meaning.

Edited June 8, 200520 yr by DNS Security