User manual
Glossary Operating guide for Alarm Receiver Exprecium D 49|52
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PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect. A 32-bit local bus which is faster than ISA bus. Exprecium
and Exprecium
2
are of this type. Common in computer made since 2000.
Peripheral Auxiliary equipment such as D4
attached to a PC.
Pile Memory stack. Piling of events. Events are stacked in order memory. From the oldest to the
latest. Usually, latest erases the oldest when memory is full
Power Supplies Energy source for an electrical device. Can be AC powered through a standard wall socket, DC
powered through batteries or solar panel.
PPS Pulse per second. Signal sent by alarm panel. 10 pps, 20 pps, 40 pps indicates the frequency (or
number) of pulses per second.
PSTN Public system telephone network
Pulse Type of communication
Receiver Alarm receiver such a D4external receivers or Exprecium cards for PC
Relay A power switching device that completes or interrupts a circuit by physically moving electrical
contacts into contact with each other. Used in D4
to trigger an external device such as strobe
light, dialer, siren.
Relay normally close When relay closes the circuit, an electrical impulsion is sent. In D4, will send an impulsion to a
device connected to trigger said device.
Relay normally open When relay opens the circuit, an electrical impulsion is sent. In D4, will send an impulsion to a
device connected to trigger said device.
RJ11 Type of connector. Terminology used to described phone line connectors.
Robofon FSK format used in Europe, mostly in Scandinavia. Reception of this format requires sprecific
frequency tuning on MCDI equipment.
RS-232 DB9 connector. Interface between a computer input output port and a peripheral such as D4.
SAMM Software developed by MCDI Security Products Inc. for alarm monitoring and Central station
management.
SERIEE French DTMF format developed by AEM. Requires specific programming of MCDI equipment
Sescoa SS Legacy alarm format. Rarely used