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GLOSSARY
GATE – A moving barrier such as a swinging, sliding, raising, lowering, or the like, barrier, that is a
stand-alone passage barrier or is that portion of a wall or fence system that controls entrance and/or
egress by persons or vehicles and completes the perimeter of a defined area.
RESIDENTIAL VEHICULAR GATE OPERATOR-CLASS I - A vehicular gate operator (or system)
intended for use in a home of one-to four single family dwelling, or garage or parking area associated
therewith.
COMMERCIAL / GENERAL ACCESS VEHICULAR GATE OPERATOR-CLASS II - A vehicular gate
operator (or system) intended for use in a commercial location or building such as a multi-family
housing unit (five or more single family units), hotels, garages, retail store, or other building servicing
the general public.
INDUSTRIAL / LIMITED ACCESS VEHICULAR GATE OPERATOR-CLASS III - A vehicular gate
operator (or system) intended for use in an industrial location or building such as a factory or loading
dock area or other locations not intended to service the general public.
RESTRICTED ACCESS VEHICULAR GATE OPERATOR-CLASS IV - A vehicular gate operator (or
system) intended for use in a guarded industrial location or building such as an airport security area
or other restricted access locations not servicing the general public, in which unauthorized access is
prevented via supervision by security personnel.
SYSTEM - In the context of these requirements, a system refers to a group of interacting devices
intended to perform a common function.
WIRED CONTROL - A control implemented in a form of fixed physical interconnections between the
control, the associated devices, and an operator to perform predetermined functions in response to
input signals.
WIRELESS CONTROL - A control implemented in means other than fixed physical interconnections
(such as radio waves or infrared beams) between the control, the associated devices, and an
operator to perform predetermined functions in response to input signals.
INHERENT ENTRAPMENT SENSOR SYSTEM - An automatic sensor system, which senses
entrapment of a solid object and is incorporated as a permanent and integral part of the operator.
ENTRAPMENT – The condition when an object is caught or held in a position that increases the risk
of injury.
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