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Appendix A – Glossary of Terms
A
| Alarm Confirmation Time | Duration of time an alarm signal is received before an alarm message triggered. |
| Analog | A continuous signal for which the time-varying feature. |
B
| BLE Access Point | Controls the Bluetooth receiver of the S1000 Control Panel |
C
| Credential | Represents some form of identification. The most common form will be the byte representation of raw card data, as scanned by a reader when swiping a card or typing a PIN. |
| Contact ID | Ademco alarm communications protocol. |
D
| Dashboard | Provides graphical and geographical screens provide easy management and data consolidation showing the current and historical status of your system. |
| Digital | A signal in which the original information is converted into a string of bits before being transmitted. |
E
| Ethernet (TCP) | Transmission Control Protocol cable connection. |
| Ethernet (UDP) | User Datagram Protocol cable connection. |
G
| GPRS (TCP) | Transmission Control Protocol mobile connection. |
| GPRS (UDP) | User Datagram Protocol mobile connection. |
L
| Logical ID | The unique identifier assigned to a device connected to the S1000 Smart Controller. |
N
| Navigation Panel | Links to different sections for each module can consistently be found on the left side of the screen. |
P
| PSTN | Public Switched Telephone Network connection. |
| Pulse Counter | A signal pulses during a specified amount of time. |
Q
| Quick Access | Commands displayed when hovering the mouse pointer over an item or information. |
R
| Role | Control how and what people can access on your system |
| Role Capabilities | Capability to perform certain ARCO features are assigned to specific Operator Roles. |
S
| Search bar | Enables you to search for specific information in different ARCO Platform interface. The search bar automatically starts searching after typing at least four characters. |
| Suspect Activation Counter | The number of times an alarm trigger will send before it stops. |
| SIA | Security Industry Association alarm communications protocol. |
| Sites | Different locations in your system. |
W
| WiFi (TCP) | Transmission Control Protocol wireless connection. |
| WiFi (UDP) | User Datagram Protocol wireless connection. |