TB8100 Service Kit User’s Manual Glossary 205GlossaryThis glossary contains an alphabetical list of terms andabbreviations related to the TB8100 base station. Forinformation about trunking, mobile, or portable terms, consultthe glossary provided with the relevant documentation.Aaccess level There are three different levels of access to a base station:Administrator, User, and Read-only. The User access level has aconfigurable access profile; the Administrator decides whichfunctions that access level can carry out.action An action is the second part of a Task Manager task. It specifieswhat the base station must do when the first part (the input)becomes true.active Digital outputs are active when the base station pulls their voltagelow and current is flowing. Digital inputs are active whenexternal equipment is pulling them to ground. All base stationdigital inputs and outputs are open collector.ADC Analog-to-Digital Converter. A device for converting an analogsignal to a digital signal that represents the same information.Alarm log The alarm log is a list of the last 50 alarms that the base stationgenerated. This list is stored in the base station. To view it, selectMonitor > Alarms > Reported Alarms.Alarm Center Alarm Center is a utility provided with the Service Kit that is ableto receive, store, and display alarms from any number of basestations with dial-up connections. Participating base stations needan Alarm Reporting license. Alarm Center also routes emailedmessages to the email server.alarm notification Alarm notification is the process by which the base station passeson information about an alarm condition. It can notify alarmsover the air, over the line, via email, or to an Alarm Center. Itcan also activate a digital output. If the Service Kit is logged onto the base station, it is automatically notified of any alarms.
