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German term or phrase:
fallen- und schwerpunktmäßig
English translation:
trap-guarded and predominantly guarded by cover-protected motion detectors
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German term
fallen- und schwerpunktmäßig
German to English
Tech/Engineering
Electronics / Elect Eng
Alarm systems
Die den Depots und Ausstellungsbereichen vorgelagerten Bereiche sind zusätzlich fallen- und schwerpunktmäßig mit abdecküberwachten Bewegungsmeldern überwacht,...
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trap-guarded and predominantly guarded by cover-protected motion detectors
fallen- refers to fallenüberwacht and not to fallenmäßig; the space is guarded by traps and motion detectors
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High-probability traffic paths and high-priority areas
High-probability traffic paths and high-priority areas in front of the depots and the exhibition areas are additionally monitored by...
According to this source, fallenmäßig refers to areas an intruder is most likely to use or cannot avoid using.
"Fallenmäßig = Überwachung von Be- reichen (z.B. mit Bewegungsmeldern), die Täter mit hoher Wahrscheinlichkeit betreten, z.B. Stiegenhausbereiche, Gangbereiche usw."
https://vsoe.at/files/auszug_aus_der_trve-31-7_-_kurzfassung...
According to this source, fallenmäßig refers to areas an intruder is most likely to use or cannot avoid using.
"Fallenmäßig = Überwachung von Be- reichen (z.B. mit Bewegungsmeldern), die Täter mit hoher Wahrscheinlichkeit betreten, z.B. Stiegenhausbereiche, Gangbereiche usw."
https://vsoe.at/files/auszug_aus_der_trve-31-7_-_kurzfassung...
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for prevention of falling and injury
the detectors are specifically placed in a way as to prevent falling and injury.
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The explanation in German is utterly wrong and abdecküberwacht is not cover-protected:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bewegungsmelder#Melder_mit_Abd...
This seems to be called anti-mask(ing):
http://www.honeywellvideosystems.com/secure/sensors/800-1567...
"Supports anti-masking feature on 'smart' motion detectors (e.g. DT7500SN)"
https://www.tucsonaz.gov/sirepub/cache/2/2wax32xor5aulw042di...
-mäßig is a popular German word that basically means "in terms of," though I like neither the German nor the English one.
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