Dictionary of keywords of the application domain
keyword
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reference
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description
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german
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actual user
|
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current user of a room
|
Aktueller Benutzer
|
actual value |
|
actual value |
Istwert |
actuator
|
|
device that can be controlled
by control system or user
|
Aktuator
|
ambient light |
|
diffuse room lighting |
Umgebungslicht |
blind
|
|
used to shade window from the
outside
|
Jalousie
|
ceiling light |
|
luminaire under or in the ceiling |
Deckenlicht |
comfort temperature
|
|
desired value of temperature
during normal usage of a room
|
Komforttemperatur |
comfort time
|
|
time period in which full room
temperature comfort is expected
|
Benutzungszeit
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computer lab
|
|
room with many terminals, workstations,
open to all group members and temporarily to students of a class
|
Terminalraum
|
computer science department
building
|
|
building with typically offices,
computer labs, peripheral rooms etc.
|
Informatikgebäude
|
contact
|
|
electrical or magnetic gadget
to determine the state of a door, window etc.
|
Kontakt
|
control panel
|
|
small panel at the wall with
a keyboard, LED's for important states and a simple display for textual
messages
|
Kontroll-Panel |
control system
|
|
hardware system and software
system that controls indoor temperature and lighting
|
Kontrollsystem
|
customer |
|
persons, for whom the system is developed. Customers
are always right. |
Kunden |
desired value |
|
variable entered, which the control system shall
adjust and maintain. |
Sollwert |
dimmer actuator |
|
controls the output of a luminaire |
Dimmer |
door
|
|
object which makes it possible
to enter or leave a room
|
Tür
|
environment
|
|
surrounding of section of the
building, indoor and outdoor
|
Umgebung
|
facility manager |
|
person responsible for running a building on
a daily bases |
Hausmeister |
hallway
|
|
part of a building between
several rooms to connect each of them
|
Flur
|
heating period
|
|
period of the year in which
central heat is supplied
|
Heizperiode
|
heating up operation mode |
|
operation mode; the system tries to reach comfort
temperature |
Aufheizmodus |
heat-up time
|
|
time in which comfort temperature
is reached
|
Aufheizzeit
|
hold temperature operation mode |
|
operation mode; the system tries to maintain
the desired value of comfort temperature |
Temperaturhaltemodus |
illuminance |
|
amount of light incident on a surface, measured
in lux |
Beleuchtungsstärke |
impulse relais |
|
changes state ("on", "off") with each signal |
Stromstoßrelais |
installation
|
|
operative equipment belonging
to the building, e.g. radiators and sensors
|
Installation
|
light scene |
|
light scenes are predefined
settings of the light levels and an ordered list of luminaires which should
be used to reach them. One light scene consists of 4 parameters:
1. name of light scene
2. illuminance of the ambient
light of the room
3. illuminance for the desk
4. an ordered list, which consists
the installed illuminaires. The order of the list is the order, in which
the control system has to use the illuminaires to reach the given light
values.
|
Lichtszene |
light sensor |
|
measures the illuminance in a half sphere perpendicular
to it's flat bottom |
Lichtsensor |
luminaire |
|
light |
Licht |
motion detector |
imd |
detects motion of a person or animal in its range;
state is "on" during positive detection |
Bewegungsmelder |
non freeze auto |
|
only non freeze safety should be maintained;
typical operation mode during holidays |
Frostschutzautomatikbetrieb |
non freeze temperature |
|
value of temperature, which should not be reached
to avoid freeze damage |
Frostschutztemperatur |
office
|
|
room for one or two group members
with terminals and/or workstations for inhabitants
|
Büro
|
off time
|
|
time in which no usage is expected
|
|
outdoor temperature |
|
temperature of the air outside |
Außentemperatur |
outdoor temperature sensor |
|
sensor to measure the temperature of the air
outside |
Außentemperatursensor |
peripheral room
|
|
room for computer peripherals,
copy machines, general group access
|
Peripherieraum
|
pushbutton |
|
"on", as long as pushed manually |
Taster |
radiator
|
|
hot water radiator
|
Heizkörper
|
radiator control valve
|
|
radiator valve that can be
controlled
|
Regelbares Heizkörperventil
|
radiator valve |
|
radiator valve that can be controlled manually |
Heizungsventil (manuell) |
responsible person
|
|
person responsible for individual
settings of one room
|
Verantwortliche Person |
room
|
|
room can be an office, meeting
room, computer lab, or peripheral room.
|
Raum
|
room temperature
|
|
temperature of the air in the
room
|
Raumtemperatur
|
room temperature sensor |
|
sensor to measure the room temperature |
Raumtemperatursensor |
sensor
|
|
device that can sense state
of the building, users or environment
|
Sensor
|
solar radiation
|
|
Irradiance, measured in W/m^2
|
Sonneneinstrahlung
|
stand-by time
|
|
time in which an inhabitant
is expected in a room
|
Stand-by-Zeit |
status line |
|
a wire that has the status of a device as value |
|
switch |
|
sensor which gives "0" or "1" |
Schalter, als Sensor verwendet |
system
|
|
system
|
System
|
task light |
|
luminaire on desk |
Arbeitsleuchte |
temperature sensor |
|
sensor, with whom the temperature can be measured |
Temperatursensor |
university building
|
|
building in a university
|
Universitätsgebäude
|
user
|
|
people inside the building
|
Benutzer
|
wait operation mode |
|
operation mode; the system waits until the user
occupies a room for a longer time period. |
Wartemodus |
weather
|
|
outdoor temperature, radiation
|
Wetter
|
window
|
|
consists of a frame and glass,
you can look through
|
Fenster
|