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Glossary

Alarm receiving centre (ARC)
A place where operators receive signals from customer alarm systems around the clock and respond according to agreed procedures.
SIA DC-09
A standard for sending events from an alarm panel to a monitoring centre over IP. It carries Contact ID and SIA codes, optionally with AES encryption.
Contact ID
A format of alarm event codes. The code says what happened, in which partition and on which zone or by which user.
Alarm window
The operator screen opened on an alarm: the site, the procedure, the contact people, the actions and the outcome of the case.
Dispatch
An order sent to a patrol crew to attend a specific site or event.
Response time
The time from the event to the operator accepting it, the crew setting off and the arrival on site. SYNARMOS records each of these stages.
GPS tracker
A device in a vehicle that works out its position and sends it to the server over the mobile network, often with data from the vehicle.
CAN
The data bus of a vehicle. A tracker connected to CAN reads mileage, fuel level, engine speed and warning lights, among other things.
Zone (geofence)
An area on the map shaped as a circle or a polygon. Entering, leaving and staying in a zone can raise an alert or go into a report.
DDD file
A file with data from a digital tachograph or a driver card. Hauliers are required to download and keep them.
Node
The SYNARMOS installation of one company: a server with the database, the receivers and the panel.
Webhook
A call the system sends to a given address when something happens, for example when a vehicle enters a zone.