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TERMINOLOGY DRAWING AND INDEX
1. Activating Zone – The detection pattern (zone)
of approximately five feet deep and as wide as
the clear door opening protected by the motion
sensor. When someone enters the zone, the
control is actuated and the sliding door panels
open.
2. Emergency Egress Position (Breakout) ‐The
sliding door panel(s) swing outward for
emergency egress. The door system is
inoperative in this position.
3. Header – The top horizontal aluminum tube
that contains the operating mechanism.
4. IN Door(s) – Designed for traffic into the
building only.
5. Motion & Presence Sensor – Self‐contained
unit mounted on the header. When someone
enters the zone, the control is activated and the
sliding door panels open and detects the
presence of a person or object in the pathway of
the door.
6. OUT Doors – Designed for traffic out of the
building
7. Recycle – When a door is closing and it is activated, it
immediately reverses and goes to its “open” position.
8. Breakout – A term applied to describe the
ability to allow emergency egress through the door(s)
in a manner different from its normal operation. In
sliding doors, the sliding panel swings out.
9. Reset Door Panels from Breakout Position –Push
the swing out door panel(s) closed to their normal
position.
10. Safety Zone – The area covered by motion
sensors and presence sensors.
11. Sliding Door – A door sliding parallel with the
wall or face of the building allowing access.
12. Threshold – Area of the floor that contains the door
track where the panels move over.
13. Holding Beam – A device which employs an
invisible light beam across or through an
opening. When the beam is interrupted by a
person or object, a signal is generated to open
or keep the doors open.