Building Automation Flashcards
What does IoT stand for?
Internet of Things
What are the system signal types?
Security systems and surveillance equipment
audio and visual communication equipment
timing devices
HVAC controls
Lighting
What is ethernet?
a family of wired computer networking technologies commonly used in local area networks, metropolitan area networks and wide area networks
What does LAN stand for?
Local area networks
What does WAN stand for?
Wide area networks
What does MAN stand for?
Metropolitan area networks
What is the most trusted pathway, and is the hardest to hack when it comes to signal types?
Ethernet/ low voltage signal via cable
what does STP stand for?
Shileded twisted pair
What dies UTP stand for?
Unshielded twisted pair
what is intra-office?
voice communcation via intercom
inter is the prefix that is indicative of the sense of ____
between
intra is a prefix that is indicative of the sense of ___
within
what does POE stand for?
power over ethernet
what does POE describe?
any of several standards of ad hoc systems that pass electric power along with data on tiwsted-pair ethernet cabling.
what is the cloud?
the IoT
the ___ ____ ___ is equipped withcomputers that process data to make operational decisions and is routinely installed in office buildings
Supervisory control center
what does BAS stand for?
Building automation systems
A ___ ____ __ as opposed to an automated system manually employs a technique by which an action can be performed the device being controlled from a remote location
Remote control system
what does EMCS stand for?
Energy Management control systems
what do EMCSs do?
turn off equipment that is not in use, optimize HVAC operation, and cycle electrical loads to limit overall demand