System and method for managing current of a notification appliance circuit
AssigneeSiemens Industry, Inc.
InventorsRichard Kriete, Eugene Mastroianni
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Abstract
There is provided an alarm system and method for managing current of a notification appliance circuit. The system comprises a notification appliance circuit, in which a control panel and notification appliances are coupled to the notification appliance circuit. The control panel provides an activation signal in response to an emergency condition. The notification appliances are configured with time delays and receive an activation signal from the control panel. The notification appliances discharges energy storage components based on at least the activation signal and recharges the energy storage components at different time intervals based on the time delays in response to discharging the energy storage components.
Claims21
An alarm system for managing current of a notification appliance circuit, the system comprising:
- a notification appliance circuit;
- a control panel coupled to the notification appliance circuit, the control panel providing an activation signal in response to an emergency condition;
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- a plurality of notification appliances coupled to the notification appliance circuit, the plurality of notification appliances being configured with time delays, receiving the activation signal from the control panel, discharging energy storage components based on at least the activation signal, and recharging the energy storage components at different time intervals based on the time delays in response to discharging the energy storage components.
A method of an alarm system for managing current of a notification appliance circuit, the method comprising:
- configuring a plurality of notification appliances with time delays;
- receiving, by the plurality of notification appliances, an activation signal in response to an emergency condition from a control panel coupled to the plurality of notification appliances via a notification appliance circuit;
- discharging, at the plurality of notification appliances, energy storage components based on at least the activation signal;
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- recharging, at the plurality of notification appliances, the energy storage components at different time intervals based on the time delays in response to discharging the energy storage components.
A notification appliance of an alarm system for managing current of a notification appliance circuit, the notification appliance comprising:
- an interface component configured to receive an activation signal in response to an emergency condition from a control panel coupled to the notification appliances via a notification appliance circuit;
- a processor configured with a time delay;
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- an energy storage component configured to be discharged based on at least the activation signal and recharged at a time interval based on the time delay in response to discharging the energy storage component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.