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

Glossarypre-alarm timeDefines the start time for a video segment.primarycommunicationspathThe Primary Communications Path is the first communication path that isused by two controllers or by a controller and a host.print moduleA feature called from the C•CURE 800/8000 application, allowing users topreview and print badges, barcodes, and the encoding of magnetic stripes.priorityA method by which the system orders events at the event monitor andresolves conflicts between two or more causes with conflicting actions. If twoevents affect the same security object, the prevailing action is that of the eventwith the highest priority.Programmable BidirectionalInterfaceA feature of C•CURE 800/8000 that enables a third party device tocommunicate with C•CURE 800/8000. With the bi-directional interfaceC•CURE 800/8000 can understand third party device messages and interpretthese either as journal messages or eventC•CURE 800/8000 causingmessages. See Software Device Receiver.propertyThe definition of attributes for a tab control, widget, field, or group of fields.This term is applicable to the configuration layout dialog boxes for personnel.pulseTo activate or deactivate an output for a previously specified length of time.R/8 Output Module A Reader-bus Module that controls 8 outputs and monitors 1 tamper input.RadionicsA brand of alarm system that works with the C•CURE 800/8000 system.RAMRandom access memory.RAS/RRAS(Remote AccessService)A Windows 2000/NT feature that allows remote users access to the network.Also used by iSTAR for dialup and direct serial connections.Glossary–26C•CURE 800/8000 Monitoring Station User Guide