C•CURE 800/8000 Monitoring Station Guide - Tyco Security Products

Glossaryalternate shuntThe Alternate Shunt (ADA) flag on a cardholder’s record is set when a personhas Americans with Disabilities (ADA) status. You configure the door outputthat activates to open the door when a user with the Alternate Shunt (ADA)flag set swipes his or her card on a door-by-door basis.Americans withDisabilities (ADA)ActSee alternate shunt.analogPertaining to or being a device or signal that is continuously varying instrength or quantity, such as voltage or audio, rather than being a signalbased on discrete units, such as the binary digits 1 and 0. A lighting dimmerswitch is an analog device because it is not based on absolute settings.annunciateTo report the state of a security object (such as an event or input) on theC•CURE 800/8000 Event Monitor or General Activity monitor.ANSIAcronym for American National Standards Institute. A voluntary, nonprofitorganization of business and industry groups formed in 1918 for thedevelopment and adoption of trade and communication standards in theUnited States. ANSI is the American representative of ISO (the InternationalStandards Organization). Among its many concerns, ANSI has developedrecommendations for the use of programming languages includingFORTRAN, C, and COBOL, and various networking technologies.antipassbackAntipassback prevents a person from going through any door if they are notat that door “legally.” It prevents “passing back” a card for another person touse as well as “tailgating.” See also global anti-passback by cluster.apCThe first generation of the local processor that performs access controlfunctions. See also apC/8X (advanced processing Controller) and apC/L.apC/8X (advancedprocessingController)The local processor that performs access control functions, such as granting acardholder access. The apC/8X is housed in a wall-mounted metal cabinet,and comprises a control board with 8 inputs, 8 outputs, and a reader port thatsupports 8 readers. The generic term for this processor is ‘panel.’ The currentmodel of the panel has a higher storage capacity and uses newer technologythan the earlier apC model.Glossary–4C•CURE 800/8000 Monitoring Station User Guide