What should "电平" be understood in this case?
I have just bought a GPS tracking device for my car. There is one sentence like this in the user manual "打开车钥匙, 也就是绿 (ACC 绿) 为高电平, 会使得设备退出休眠模式". ACC is a cable of the device. I understand the meaning of the sentence but I would like to translate it correctly, especially the phrase "电平" in this case. It is awkward to translate it into "level" in this sense. Please explain to me. Thanks!

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What should "电平" be understood in this case?
I have just bought a GPS tracking device for my car. There is one sentence like this in the user manual "打开车钥匙, 也就是绿 (ACC 绿) 为高电平, 会使得设备退 出休眠模式". ACC is a cable of the device. I understand the meaning of the sentence but I would like to translate it correctly, especially the phrase "电平" in this case. It is awkward to translate it into "level" in this sense. Please explain to me. Thanks!

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电平，此处可以理解成电量的大小，作者在此对电平一词的使用不是很严谨，就是随口一说，不要和他太认真，通常我们说电瓶，用的是这个“瓶”，指的是电池，汽车、电瓶车里的那个大电池。

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Shifei made a right comment on the chinese sentence: what does ' 打开车钥匙‘ mean? It's an odd thing to say. ...

An attempting translation:  Insert and turn the car key (, to) put the ACC at the high level, and this will make the equipment out of the sleep mode.

About 电平 : (electrical) level can be roughly understood as the ratio of voltage, current, and electric power etc. under a same impedance.

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I think 电平 = high level (input) voltage here...which means you have to turn on the ACC switch.

btw that sentence is obscure in Chinese as well.

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