Support Abbreviations
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For many people who are involved in their day-to-day basis with designing, supporting and studying many of our solutions you might come across many names and abbreviations that in some particular cases get you confused and sometimes it creates misunderstanding due to the fact that some other person call it differently.
ex. ACS stands for Access Control System while others also called ECAS Electronic Card Access System
We created this article to try to minimize the questions marks at our clients and help them in identifying the right name of each product.
Abbreviations are as follows:
ACS = Access Control System
ECAS = Electronic Door Access System
AMS = Access Management System
CCTV = Closed Circuit Television
IP = Internet Protocol
LAN = Local Area Network
WAN = Wide Area Network
PTZ = Pan, Tilt, Zoom
PoE = Power Over Ethernet
VMS = Video Management System
DVR = Digital Video Recorder
NVR = Network Video Recorder
SVR = Software Video Recorder
WDR = Wide Dynamic Range
VR = Vandal Resitant
PA = Public Address
GA = General Announcement
FA = Fire Alarm
FACP = Fire Alarm Control Panel
DC = Door Contact
EM LOCK = Electro Magnetic Lock
DS = Door Strike
EL = Electric Lock
EDS = Electric Door Strike
VA = Voice Alarm
CAT6 = Category 6 Cables
CAT5 = Category 5 Cables
MATV = Master Antenna Television
SMATV = Satellite Master Antenna Television
IPTV = Internet Protocol Television
ITV = Interactive Television
PB = Push Button
EDR = Emergency Door Release
BGU = Break Glass Unit
ACU = Access Control Unit
DAC = Door Access Controller
DT = Door Terminal
PMS = Parking Management System
PGS = Parking Guidance System
CR = Card Reader
IR = Infra Red
WP = Weather Proof
FP = Face Plate
QMS = Queue Management System
ELV = Electric Low Voltage
We will keep updating this list frequently, so stay posted for new nicknames and abbreviations in the future
Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 March 2012 15:09
