Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Jun 13, 2008 17:06
15 yrs ago
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German term
Lebensmeldung
German to English
Tech/Engineering
Telecom(munications)
system signal
As far as I can work out, this is a signal emitted at regular intervals to show that part of system is still functioning correctly.
Anyone know if there is a proper name for this? No guesses please. I can guess myself:-)
TVINAFYA
Anyone know if there is a proper name for this? No guesses please. I can guess myself:-)
TVINAFYA
Proposed translations
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| 4 | alert signal |
David Moore (X)
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| 4 +5 | Test signal |
John Dale D.D.
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| 3 +1 | sign of life signal |
Christian Schneider
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Change log
Jun 13, 2008 17:10: Johanna Timm, PhD changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
Jun 15, 2008 07:59: Ventnai changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/48208">Ventnai's</a> old entry - "Lebensmeldung"" to ""alert signal""
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alert signal
This is a term much used in railway circles to signal that a specific safety device is still working, or that a I/O port on the train-bus is in order, and as a n ENS, I am inclined to favour this over "test signal", purely because my understanding of a test signal is rather one which is manual rather than automatic - IOW, the electrician tests after an appliance is initialised by sending a test signal, but that's the lot. An alert signal by contrast is sent every so often all the time an appliance is "alive", or alert. If it fails to arrive at its designated receptor, the alarm is sounded.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks very much. Test signal was too general for me and there are quite a few Google hits for this. "
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Test signal
Lebensmeldung - message
in your context a message to confirm functionality, therefore - test signal
in your context a message to confirm functionality, therefore - test signal
Note from asker:
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silviya stoimenova (X)
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thanks silviya
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Ingeborg Gowans (X)
: makes sense here
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thanks Ingeborg
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Kinga Elsewesi-Korcsmaros
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thanks Kinga
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Susan Zimmer
: How do you know that your alarm system will reach us when you need it to? We will program your alarm to periodically send a test signal to ensure that it is working properly. http://www.wyandottealarm.com/centralstation.html
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Thanks Susie, like the link also.
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KARIN ISBELL
: definitely
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Christian Schneider
Germany
Germany
Native in German
Germany
Engineer and Certified Translator
Native in: German 
Works in: English to German, Italian to German, Portuguese to German
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sign of life signal
test signal seems a bit too general to me
"a sign-of-life signal is sent every 15 minutes to ensure that the contact is still communicating"
see link
"a sign-of-life signal is sent every 15 minutes to ensure that the contact is still communicating"
see link
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