réveil à quai

writeaway Aug 10, 2017:

So What was the answer found elsewhere? Please do reply.

Daryo Aug 9, 2017:

what is really odd is that there are no ghits whatsoever for **implantation de type "approche" ou "réveil à quai"**, which could mean that it's some brand new type of system, or that the ST itself is a (clumsy) translation from ...???

Without more context, the only sensible thing to do is to downgrade to "not worth bothering ..."

polyglot45 Aug 9, 2017:

guesswork The acronym is more likely to be in French. P could be for "poste" etc.

writeaway Aug 9, 2017:

Guesswork Some people seem happy to do it. Ok as long as it's clear that's what it is.
If Asker would chime in with more context as requested, guesswork could be upgraded to brainstorming.

Daryo Aug 9, 2017:

PIRs = Passive Infra Red motion detectors (can't see what else it could be)

that would fit with "being activated on an approaching movement"

while ""réveil à quai" could be "activated when the train reaches / is on the platform"

However all this seems very plausible, without more context, it's only guessing ...

chris collister Aug 9, 2017:

PIRs again Although confidence is far from high, I took PIRS to mean passive infra red sensor, since these are commonly used to detect motion. If (and this is a big if) these are part of some sort of security or gate system on a railway platform, this could make sense. I.e. that they detect something (passengers, trains, who knows?) approaching and/or "stirring" (réveil??) on the platform. Other than that, it's all guesswork.

Nikki Scott-Despaigne Aug 9, 2017:

Context Hello Shilpa,
It is difficult (impossible?) to understand the term, or to do effective research, without more context. In providing context, you have to remember that you have the complete text and we do not. So you need to convey something of the overall context to us. Then you need to indicate something of the context directly around the term.
What we know so far:
- transport/shipping/railway signalling
- problem with the term "réveil à quai".
What is being transported? Is it relevant? Is this part of the text connected to shipping or connected to signalling?

Another big problem, in addition to "PIRS/PIRs" which we can only guess at, is that your context is part of a sentence and without a verb.

Please could you post more context, including the term in a complete sentence?

I get some hits for PIR UMROD railway station but that is probably completely irrelevant, but w/o more context...

chris collister Aug 9, 2017:

PIRs Motion detectors, I guess. More context would, as always, be helpful....

polyglot45 Aug 9, 2017:

and what does the § quoted in reference have to say for itself ?

philgoddard Aug 9, 2017:

What's a PIRS?