Kidde ARIES

August 2013 ii P/N 06-236530-001
TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
AAM:
Addressable Alarmline Module
LCD: Liquid Crystal Display
AC: Alternating Current LED: Light Emitting Diode
ACT: ARIES Configuration Tool MEA: Materials and Equipment Acceptance
Division of the City of New York
ADA: Americans with Disabilities Act
NAC: Notification Appliance Circuit
AH: Ampere Hour N.C.: Normally Closed
AHJ: Authority Having Jurisdiction NEC: National Electrical Code
AI:
Addressable Monitor Module
NFPA: National Fire Protection Association
AO: Addressable Relay
N.O.: Normally Open
ASM Addressable Signal Module
PALM: PEGAsys Addressable Loop Module
ATM-L: Annunciator Driver Module PAS: Positive Alarm Sequence
ATM-R: Relay Driver Module PCB: Printed Circuit Board
AWG: American Wire Gauge pF: Pico-farads
BPM:
Beats per Minute
P/N: Part Number
CPU: Central Processing Unit RAM: Random Access Memory
CSFM: California State Fire Marshal RDCM: Remote Display/Control Module
DACT: Digital Alarm Comm. Transmitter
RRM: Remote Release Module
DC: Direct Current RF: Radio-Frequency
EOC: Event Output Control SLC: Signaling Line Circuit
EOLD: End of Line Device SMPS: Switching Mode Power Supply
FM/FMRC: Factory Mutual (Research Corporation) TB: Terminal Block
Ft.: Feet UL/ULI: Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.
HSD: High Sensitivity Smoke Detector V: Volts
HSSD: High Sensitivity Smoke Detector Vac: Volts AC
Hz: Hertz (Frequency) Vdc: Volts DC
IRI: Industrial Risk Insurers VRMS: Volts Root Mean Square