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boîtier de signalisation

English translation: status panel / indicator panel

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French term or phrase:	boîtier de signalisation
English translation:	status panel / indicator panel
Entered by:	Claire Cox

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16:38 Jan 12, 2007

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Tech/Engineering - Electronics / Elect Eng / fire safety

French term or phrase: boîtier de signalisation

Still on my fire detection system manual:

Le boîtier de signalisation permet d’indiquer l’état (AUTO ou MANUEL) de chaque risque, ainsi que le ou les détecteurs en ALERTE dans le faux-plancher.

Signal box just doesn't sound right here. Does anyone have any better suggestions? I think my brain's got the Friday afternoon blues....

Claire Cox KudoZ activity Questions: 635 (none open) (66 closed without grading) Answers: 972
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status panel / indicator panel

Explanation:
Unless there's any other context this is what I would use for a collection of indicators

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Note added at 22 mins (2007-01-12 17:01:19 GMT)
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frexample:

http://www.apollo-security.com/alarm_status_panels.html

http://www.alarmscctv.com/firpanb.htm

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Martin Cassell
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:46

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Thanks Martin - I think this works well here. Unfortunately I don't have the photos that should go with this text, more's the pity...
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4 +4

indicator unit

Tony M

4 +2

status panel / indicator panel

Martin Cassell

check-box

blavatsky

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peer agreement (net): +4

indicator unit

Explanation:
Although "boîtier" is literally "box", in practice it is often used more generally just to mean a "unit" or "module"

Again, "signalling" is sometimes appropriate, but in this case, it sounds as if the more general "indicator" would be suitable.

Tony M
France
Local time: 09:46
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peer agreement (net): +2

status panel / indicator panel

Martin Cassell
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:46
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Grading comment

Thanks Martin - I think this works well here. Unfortunately I don't have the photos that should go with this text, more's the pity...

2 hrs confidence:

check-box

Explanation:
If this is on a monitor (screen) then this could be it...
you use a mouse to select either of the two options.

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"status"-box is in this context sounds better to me

blavatsky
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