Glossary
56 Challenger10 Administrators Manual
Alarm group
A panel programming concept that defines a group of areas,
functions and menu options. Alarm groups are assigned to
users, arming stations, or door readers, to define what areas
can be controlled and what functions can be performed by that
user, or from that device. An alarm group can also be assigned
to certain input types such as key switches.
Alarm reporting A procedure to transmit alarm events or other events to a
remote monitoring company by means of a dialler and a set of
rules called a protocol.
Anti-passback Anti-passback affects the ability of users to move from one
region to another. Entering a re
gion twice in succession is either
not possible (hard anti-passback), or will only result in an event
being logged in the history log, reported to the printer and to
management software (soft anti-passback).
Note: This functionality requires the use of an
A logical grouping of input devices that are armed and disarmed
simultaneously.
Area group A Challenger10 system can have 99 areas, so area groups are
used to help manage them. There can be 255 area groups.
Armed See “secure”.
Arming station (RAS) A device that provides a user interface for security functions for
areas or for access points (doors). The arming station may be
an LCD keypad, or any other device which can be used to
perform security functions such as arm or disarm, open doors,
and so on.
Card A portable device (card or fob) that holds information to identify
a user to the Challenger system. The information to identify a
user can be stored in a chip (smart card), on a magnetic strip, a
bar-code, a Wiegand card, or in biometric data such as a
fingerprint.
Central station See “remote monitoring company”.
CID Ademco Contact ID alarm reporting format.
Console See "arming station".
Console warning Same as keypad buzzer.
DGP Data Gathering Panel. A DGP expands the capacity of the
Challenger system.
Dialler An electronic device that allows the intrusion detection system
to transmit alarms and other events to a remote monitoring
company via telephone lines. Can also be used to perform
upload and download of access control data with management
software.
Disarmed See “access”.
Door code
An optional version of the user’s PIN shortened by the number
of digits specified in the alarm code prefix. The door code is
used for access control (for example, to open a door) without
revealing the entire PIN used for alarm control.
Door contact A magnetic contact used to detect if a door or window is
opened.
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