Glossary
Activate plant
The function "Activate plant" is available for offline and online plants. In the program, the plant is entered on the Assigned list with "Activate".
Annual
An annual subscription operates under the prepaid principle and was previously referred to as the bundle offering. You receive a package with a defined amount of service for 1 year; the subscription cannot be prematurely canceled. The number of controllers, data points, and cloud event traffic are limited.
Apps menu
The 'Apps' menu has tools including plant or system dashboards, graphic configurator or rule editor. Access to this menu or the individual tools is based on your rights.
Assigned / unassigned
The command "Activate" assigns plants. A plant must be assigned to manage it (settings, assign users, etc.).
Climatix IC
Climatix IC is a cloud-based application for remote service and efficient operation of Climatix controllers.
Delete an account with no activity
A user account at a tenant is automatically deleted after a specified period of inactivity. The time to deletion is 3 years (1095 days) for a Siemens default tenant. The tenant administrator can change the time within its tenants. Note: A difference of at least 60 days must be specified between notification and deletion of a user account.
Distributor
The entry Distributor (also referred to as Tenant-Key) ensures that a controller logs on at the desired tenant. There are two possible entries: 1. On the controller > CSL-Config > Distributor. 2. In Climatix IC, as part of registration.
Firewall
A firewall protects networks against unauthorized access from the outside. Firewalls are hardware and/or software measures designed to control data exchanges between the private network to be protected and the unsecured network (e.g. the Internet).
Main-Tenant, Sub-Tenant
Main-Tenant and Sub-Tenant have a 1 to n relationship. The Main-Tenant, for example, is an OEM, the Sub-Tenant could be a regional company..
Member (on POL)
Data points consist of so-called members. The most important member of a data point is generally the present value.
MFA
MFA = Multi-factor authentication. Double protection in the Climatix IC registration procedure by including a second identification stage outside Climatix IC.
Monthly
Monthly operates under a pay as you go principle and was previously called the credit offering. Only the actual service is charged. The number of controllers, data points, and cloud event traffic are unlimited. The number of credits must be ordered in advance, credits must be available in the digital wallet and are charged automatically for each month per plant.
MTU
'MTU' denotes the 'Maximum Transmission Unit'.
Offline plants
A tenant admin can already manage the plant offline and assign, for example, the plant to a Sub-Tenant. The tenant admin only needs the activation key.
Online plants
Climatix IC connects as soon as a controller is connected to the Internet.
Plant
In the basic structure for Climatix IC, one plant corresponds to one physical controller. And yet a Climatix IC plant is not the same as a controller: Not all data points are mapped to the cloud and, conversely, not all plant data is maintained in the cloud, i.e. above and beyond the controller data points. Virtual Cloud Items (VCIs) and Virtual Cloud Plants (VCPs) further extend the original concept (see description:'Virtiual Cloud Items(VCIs) and Virtual Cloud Plants (VCPs).
POL controllers
Climatix 600, C600 and C400 controllers are freely programmable and can be used in a broad range of applications. The controller can connect to Climatix IC. They are referred to here as POL controller for simplicity.
Portal role
Portal roles define access to the system functions and menus in the portal.
Role
A role (e.g. owner) is comprised of the Scope access level and granted privileges on the portal. In other words, it corresponds to a specific user role within the rights management for Climatix IC.
Service+
"Service+" supports common installer-end customer applications and is visible in the Climatix IC user interface. An installer can (with the appropriate subscription) select between basic and advanced "Service+" functionality at the plant level (with expiration date, can be extended at any time). For example, "Service+" is activated on a concluded service agreement.
Subscription
(en: subscription). There are 2 basic types of available subscriptions: The 'Annual' and the 'Monthly' subscription.
System
A 'System' describes a grouping of multiple plants with common features that may be arranged hierarchically to one another. (See 'Plant')
Tenant
Tenant is the same here as company or organization. An area can be set up for each company/organization that individualizes the cloud-based application for the customer and closes it off to the outside world.
Tenant Administrator
The Tenant Administrator role is one of multiple portal roles. The Tenant Administrator manages plants and users within its tenant space.
Tenant key
Tenant-Key is synonymous with distributor. As part of registration, the tenant-key is generally a Sub-Tenant-key, intended to move the plant to the desired Sub-Tenant.
Token
A token (symbolic representative) permits simple access to internal program values. For example, the plant name can be displayed in the display field with the query [SiteName].