User manual

Glossary Operating guide for Alarm Receiver Exprecium D 50|52
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SIA Security Industry of America. Acronym is used to name a format designed under SIA guidance.
Several levels of SIA are used. MCDI supports level 1 and 2 and part of level 3.
S/N Serial number. Located at back of D4
.
Starts by 60
SMS Short message service. Alpha numeric messages sent over GSM networks.
Surge Protector Device for protection of electronic equipment from damaging voltage levels sometimes occurring
in electrical transients.
STRING Sometimes referred as an event. A chain of characters that amounts to an alarm signal.
TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. Communications protocol commonly used over
Ethernet networks or the Internet.
Transmitter Digital communicator – alarm panel – located at supervised location
SECURITHOR Software made by MCDI for processing of alarm signals. Used by Central Alarm stations r other
type of Monitoring Centers. Replaces SAMM and WinSAMM. Available for single workstation or
for network.
STM SECURITHOR Mobile Web Viewer. Component of SECURIHTOR used by Central station
supervisors and owners to view traffic and status of the Central Station.
STreceiver Component of SECURITHOR to interface with alarm receivers, IP receivers and SMS modems
Subscriber identity Module.
SIM Subscriber identity Module. SIM Card in a GSM phone. Contains phone identity, phone number
and sometimes address book
Start bit First bit in a byte
Stop bit First bit in a byte
SurGard formats Transmission formats from receiver to PC. Format designed by Surgard Company now a DSC
division. Close to Radionics 6500 format.
Telim FSK Format used in Europe, mostly in Germany. Reception of this format requires specific
frequency tuning on MCDI equipment.
USB Universal serial port
USB type A Type of connectors used in USB host devices
USB type B Type of connectors used in USB client devices. Connector used in D4
USB client Typically a peripheral device such as D4
who will send data to a USB host. Will not accept signal
from another USB client, Will transmit only to a USB host.