Glossary Of Terms

Terms and definitions used by REM.

Geography
An associated collection of Cities, Buildings, Rooms and Cabinets. Devices all have an association with a part of the geography structure.
Gross Type
This is the name given to broad categories of sensors, such as temperature or voltage. These categories are used in the creation of Alarm Point Profiles - each profile applies to one or more Gross Types. They exist to avoid having to handle different vendors' sensors differently when configuring thresholds.See also: Alarm Point Profile, Sensor (Device)