Control panel for processing a fault associated with a thermographic detector device of a fire alarm control system

A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer readable instructions stored thereon that are executable by a processor to:

• receive, at a control panel for a fire alarm control system, a fault signal from a thermographic detector device, wherein the fault signal corresponds to a fault associated with the thermographic detector device;
• determine a type of the fault, wherein the determined type is an alteration of a focal length of a lens of the thermographic detector device that is detected by comparing a series of images collected over a period of time by the thermographic detector device to an image collected at a time of commission by the thermographic device;
• and
• provide a notification of the fault that includes an indication of the determined type of the fault that is sent, via a wireless network, from the control panel to a computing device located remotely from a facility in which the control panel is installed.

A fire alarm control system, comprising:

• a thermographic detector device to capture a thermal image;
• and
• a control panel configured to:
• receive a fault signal from the thermographic detector device, wherein the fault signal corresponds to a fault associated with the thermographic detector device;
• determine a type of the fault associated with the thermographic detector device, wherein the determined type of the fault is an alteration of a focal length of a lens of the thermographic detector device that is detected by comparing a series of images collected over a period of time by the thermographic detector device to an image collected at a time of commission by the thermographic device;
• provide a notification of the fault using the fault signal, wherein the notification includes an indication of the determined type of the fault that is sent, via a wireless network, from the control panel to a computing device located remotely from a facility in which the control panel is installed;
• receive an alarm signal and the thermal image from the thermographic detector device, wherein the thermal image includes flames;
• provide at least one of a visual and an audio notification using the alarm signal;
• and
• display the thermal image.