Glossary

The function "Activate plant" is available for offline and online plants. In the program, the plant is entered on the Assigned list with "Activate".

An 'Alarm' is a general event requiring the attention of the user in the Climatix Internet Cloud. In other words, it designates an incident but not necessarily an emergency. Alarms can have different priorities: From a very low priority that requires no action (for example, by reaching certain thresholds), up to events with a very high priority that require swift action from the user (such as faults that may cause damage to property). An alarm is saved as a separate data entry in Climatix IC. The data entry can be evaluated and filtered. Alarms and events are based on the Climatix alarm model.

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.

APK = Android Package. The file format from the Android operating system that can also be used in other operating systems. It represents a packet consisting various files that a program (APP) can jointly execute. Programming in Java or Kotlin.

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.

The command "Activate" assigns plants. A plant must be assigned to manage it (settings, assign users, etc.).

'Board Support Package'. Refers to the controller operating software.

A Cloud Item Update (CIU) refers to the update process of data at a data point (= Cloud-Item). Data for a data point is refreshed with every piece of information sent by a device. The data transmission generates 'traffic’ which for its part generates transmission costs.

Climatix IC is a cloud-based application for remote service and efficient operation of Climatix controllers.

On Climatix IC: Specific data points that generate and send data or receive data. They can either be IoT (Internet of Things) objects, such as sensors, control units or similar, or virtual objects, such as online settings, parameter files or similar. Cloud items enable data transfer, monitoring of settings, defaults for device control, access control, data analysis, connections between objects etc.

Here: Connect to the Cloud

Controller (English) = Regler (Deutsch)

Older payment model for subscriptions. Customer purchase 'Credits’ that are then used for services and data. The 'Post-Pay’ payment model has replaced it.

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.

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.

An 'event' in the Climatix Internet-Cloud is a general occurrence requiring the attention, but not immediate action by the user. In other words, it refers as well to status messages from the Climatix applications. An event is saved as a separate data entry in Climatix IC. The data entry can be evaluated and filtered. Alarms and events are based on the Climatix alarm model.

A plant that has been marked as a 'Favorites'. This permits searching and filtering by these plants.

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).

ICCID = 'Integrated Circuit Card Identifier' (En). Designates a uniquely identifiable serial number of a SIM or an eSIM.

IMSI = International Mobile Subscriber Identity (En). A unique number that identifies a participant on a mobile network. It must be connected to the network to authenticate the participant on that network.

'Key Performance Indicator'. Refers to the key plant performance data.

M2M = Machine to machine. Designates the exchange of digital data between different end devices without human intervention.

Main-Tenant and Sub-Tenant have a 1 to n relationship. The Main-Tenant, for example, is an OEM and the Sub-Tenant could be a regional company.

Data points consist of so-called members. The most important member of a data point is generally the present value.

MFA = Multi-factor authentication. Double protection in the Climatix IC registration procedure by including a second identification stage outside Climatix IC.

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' denotes the 'Maximum Transmission Unit'.

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.

Climatix IC connects as soon as a controller is connected to the Internet.

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).

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 roles define access to the system functions and menus in the portal.

Subscription payment model. The use of services and data is billed to the customer after each use. Replaces the outdated 'Credit’-based payment model.

'Regex' or 'RegExp' = 'Regular Expression'. In IT, it stands for specific and set characters or strings that express certain rules.

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+" 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.

(en: subscription). There are 2 basic types of available subscriptions: The 'Annual' and the 'Monthly' subscription.

Platform independent of Climatix IC for the conclusion and termination of service contracts, for the selection of subscription models, and for the opening of New Tenants: https://subscribe.siemens.com

A 'System' describes a grouping of multiple plants with common features that may be arranged hierarchically to one another. (See 'Plant')

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.

The Tenant Administrator role is one of multiple portal roles. The Tenant Administrator manages plants and users within its tenant space.

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.

In Climatix IC: A feature assigned by the user to the alarm. The user can acknowledge an alarm, close or mark it as still open. The 'Tickets’ status displays in the overview of active alarms, plant details, and plant history. In addition, the plants can by filtered by the impact of the attribute 'Ticket'.

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].

Here: Traffic = Datenverkehr

User (English) = Benutzer (Deutsch)