Feb 2, 2008 13:54
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German term
Sammelstörung
German to English
Tech/Engineering
Electronics / Elect Eng
I cannot seem to find the correct term for this word in English.
Control technology specifications.
Two examples:
Der Ausfall ist über eine Sammelstörmeldung zu melden.
or
Leuchtmelder Sammelstörung (rot)
The second one is in a list defining the red and green indicator lamps in the control cabinet's door.
This relates to control cabinet technology. I've found "internal error" but I'm really not sure.
Any help greatly appreciated....
Control technology specifications.
Two examples:
Der Ausfall ist über eine Sammelstörmeldung zu melden.
or
Leuchtmelder Sammelstörung (rot)
The second one is in a list defining the red and green indicator lamps in the control cabinet's door.
This relates to control cabinet technology. I've found "internal error" but I'm really not sure.
Any help greatly appreciated....
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general fault
That is certainly the term used all those years ago when I worked on the footplate. Any fault in fact which meant that the whole machine would not work; the fault would normally have been in the power supply circuits, or a main safety device.
Note from asker:
| Thanks, David! Yes, I believe we used that one, too.... |
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David Williams
: Admittedly it boils down to the same thing in the end, but surely that would be "allgemeiner Fehler" in German, and not the Sammelstörung itself.
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Overall or total failure, overall interference or breakdown,total breakdown, overall disturbance
It can also be collective failure. If you separate the two words the meaning of sammel means collective, accumulative. But collective failure sounds more appropriate than accumulative.
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| Thanks, babli! |
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Klaus Herrmann
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common fault / common alarm
or possibly common alarm as in John's comment on my suggestion at http://www.proz.com/kudoz/785457
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Note added at 46 Min. (2008-02-02 14:40:43 GMT)
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Hoppala. Make that a CL 4, please.
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Note added at 46 Min. (2008-02-02 14:40:43 GMT)
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Hoppala. Make that a CL 4, please.
Reference:
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| Hoppala indeed :)) I didn't see this one while I was searching....Thank you! |
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Jonathan MacKerron
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joint error message
is what I have in my glossary, but not guarantees
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| Thanks, Jonathan! |
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David Williams
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group fault
This is the term used by Siemens, for example.
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Note added at 1 day16 hrs (2008-02-04 06:28:29 GMT)
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Siemens also uses "group error" sometimes.
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Note added at 1 day16 hrs (2008-02-04 06:28:29 GMT)
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Siemens also uses "group error" sometimes.
Example sentence:
Störungsanzeige für Sammelstörung
Fault display for group fault
Reference:
http://www.automation.siemens.com/mc/plastics/de/2b1c6a10-0b55-11d7-b4dd-0050da4caaa9/index.aspx
http://www.automation.siemens.com/mc/plastics/en/2b1c6a10-0b55-11d7-b4dd-0050da4caaa9/index.aspx
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