Abbreviations

Results for area 3.2 In-vehicle equipment

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actual vehicle equipment – Transmodel
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item of equipment of a particular type actually available in an individual VEHICLE

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audio communicator
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provides the speech output of the visual information, particularly for the partially sighted and blind

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on-board transmission bus (OBTB)
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enables the control of IVMS by the board controller of the Vehicle Board Information and Control System (VBICS)

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bus arbiter
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bus master, which controls flow of data transmission on the bus and/or polls the bus members (slaves)

NOTE Intelligent network node should be able to include bus arbiter functionality. No separate bus arbiters requested, as software may be included in node-software.

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WORLDFIP
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a fieldbus network protocol designed to provide links between level zero (sensors/actuators) and level one (PLCs, controllers, etc.) in automation systems

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CAN
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Controller Area Network Data link layer protocol for serial communication as specified in ISO 11898-1.

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CANopen
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application layer and the communication profile for CAN-based networks

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digital acoustic announcer (DAA)
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a part of an AAS; DAA is designed to announce the names of stops and messages which are stored in its digital memory; DAA converts the digital data into an analogue audio signal

NOTE Parts of AAS are also audio power amplifiers when the DAA is integrated with the functions of AAS.

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installed equipment (Generic Equipment MODEL)
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an item of equipment either fixed (PLACE EQUIPMENT) or on board i.e. associated with vehicles. This equipment is materialised as opposed to a service (LOCAL SERVICE) considered as an immaterial equipment

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purpose of equipment profile (Vehicle Type MODEL)
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a functional purpose which requires a certain set of equipment of different types put together in a VEHICLE EQUIPMENT PROFILE or STOP POINT EQUIPMENT PROFILE

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