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Glossary of IoT building automation and its systems
No other industry uses as many technical terms as in IT / ITK. What terms are used regularly in IT / ITK and what do they mean? Is there a special IoT vocabulary that you should know and need for a good understanding? We have compiled a list of the most important technical terms and explain their meaning.
Glossary of IoT terms for building automation
Overview
adaptiv
Easy to adopt in case of changes or enhancementsadaptive agil
Kind of working in an short period fashionagile Ambient Assisted Living (AAL)
Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI)
Application Centric InfrastructureApplication Programming Interface (API)
An interface for developersAutomatisierung
Fully automatic handling instead of error prone human handlingautomation Betriebliches Kontinuitätsmanagement (BKM)
Concept to avoid operational disruptions or total failuresBusiness Continuity Management (BCM )Black-Box
A part of an application, which does work in an unknown fassionblack box Building Automation and Control Networks (BACnet)
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An interacting group of systemsConstrained Application Protocol
Constrained Application ProtocolConstrained Application Protocol () Consumer Electronics Control (CEC)
Consumer Electronics ControlController Area Network (CAN) Bus (CAN-Bus)
CAN Bus - high quality technology for industry & production
With such its possible to capture measurement data flexibly, control digital inputs and outputs, flexibly expand systems, internal error management, design production processes sustainably - all this and much more can be implemented quickly and easily with CAN Bus.Controller Area Network (CAN) bus (CAN bus )dezentral
When services or functionality is locally provideddecentalised Digitalisierung
Providing a digital sibling for all real objectsdigitizion Do it yourself (DIY)
A synonym for technical experienced makers.Edge
A special way of data processing at the edge of the company.Emergency recovery
A digital disaster recovery techniqueETS
ETS is the programming software for KNX / EIB systemEvent Driven Architecture (EDA)
Event Driven ArchitectureEvent-Bus
A kind (loosely coupled) communication by messages between componentsEventBus Fern UV-C
Fern UV-CFar UV-C Gebäudemanagementsystem (GMS)
Building management system (BMS)Building management system (BMS )Grid
An interacting group of systemsHeizkreislauf Verstellung
German: HKV (Heizkreislauf verstellung)( ) Home Energy Management System (HEMS)
Home Energy Management SystemHuman Centric Lightning (HCL)
Generic term for lighting adapted to human needs (bright white light in the morning, warm light dimmed in the evening)Informations- und Kommunikationstechnik (ITK)
An abroviation for IT and communication. Mostly prefered in producing environmentsopen (ITC )Informationstechnik (IT)
A term for all kind of systems and components which are used for information and data handlinginformation technolgy (IT )Infrastruktur Repository (ISR)
A central datastore, where the setting is been stored for all kind of systems and componentsinfrastructure repository (ISR )International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
International Electrotechnical Commission is a standard for ...Internet of Things (IoT)
A term for all kind of systems and machines which are communicating between the internetInteroperabilität
interoperabilityinteroperability KNX® (KNX)
KNX® is a (worldwide & free) standard system, which is used to interconnect specific smart home devices
Last but not least, KNX systems are characterized by a high level of convenience and have been proven to reduce operating and energy costs.
See also: KNX AssociationLegacy
A legacy software ore system is a older / longer used software or systemLevel of Control
Level of automation- Level 1: Remote Control
- Level 2: Programmed Sequences (Macros)
- Level 3: Conditional Control
- Level 4: Interactive
- Level 5: Self-learning
Lichtwellenleiter (LWL)
Optical fiberOptical Fiber (LWL )Lock-in
vendor lock-inlose Kopplung
When software components are coupled by just exchanging messages and eventsloose coupling monolitisch
Single and locally operating systemmonolithic MQ Telemetry Transport (MQTT)
MQTT is an open OASIS and ISO standard for interconnecting devices via publish-subscribeMultiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Multiprotocol Label SwitchingNetzzugangskontrolle
Network access controlNetwork access control () Object Linking and Embedding for Process Control (OPC)
OPC StandardObservability
Observabilityoffen
An interface or program which can be used and enriched by everybodyopen Privileged Access Management (PAM)
Privileged Access ManagementProduct Data Management (PDM)
Product Data ManagementProfinet
Profinetproprietär
Vendor dependent lock instead of an open and standardized technology or systemproprietary Publish/Subscribe
Publish/SubscribeRedundanz
Redundancyredundancy Reihenklemmen
A terminal block is an electric mounting point, for cable installation purposeterminal blocks Representational State Transfer (REST)
A de facto standard for using IT-services over HTTP/HTTPSResidual Current Device (RCD)
Residual Current DeviceRetrofit
RetrofitSanitär / Heizung / Klima (SHK)
SHK is a German term for the crafts of plumbing, heating and air conditioningplumbing, heating and air conditioning (SHK )Schichten
Applications and their data flow are divided into different technical horizontal partslayer Service-Level-Agreement (SLA)
Service-Level-Agreement (SLA)Single Board Computer (SBC)
Single board computerSmart Cluster
A group of loosely coupled modules, which are working like on intelligent pieceSmart Grid
A connected group of mostly electrical components which can be easily reoganizedSoftware Defined Networks (SDN)
Software Defined Networks (SDN)Speicherprogrammierbare Steuerung (SPS)
A programmable logic controllerprogrammable logic controller (PLC )Standard
A clearly defined and adoptable kind of interfaceStellantrieb
actuatoractuator System
A term for IT components which are providing some kind of serviceSystem Engineering (SE)
System EngineeringTransparenz
Full overview of the IT landscape an all its ongoing services and datatransparency universal machine technology interface (umapi)
Adaption of OPC UA standard as a brand of the mechanical engineering associations VDMA and VDWumapi (umapi )Zigbee Light Link (ZLL)
A Zigbee 2.x profile for the light controlZigbee®
Zigbee® is an wireless protocol standard, which is used to interconnect specific smart home devices
In addition to the low energy requirement, ZigBee impresses with its high flexibility and simple application. The participating IoT devices manage the network completely independently and communicate using IoT sensors and digital signals.
See also Philips HUE® and ZLL