US 11,388,266 B2 · Universal protocol translator

Abstract

In one implementation, a universal translator device for translating protocols, the device includes one or more peripheral device interfaces through which communication from one or more peripheral devices is received using any of a plurality of protocols; a protocol translator that is (i) preconfigured with translation mappings to translate between each possible permutation of the plurality of protocols and (ii) programmed to translate, using the translation mappings, signals received from the peripheral devices into at least one target protocol; and a wireless interface that is configured to transmit wireless signals in the target protocol, the wireless signals having been translated into the target protocol by the protocol translator.

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Dependent claims

A method of configuring a wireless system comprising a control panel and one or more wireless sensor-transmitters, comprising:

placing an assistance device in a user selectable assist mode in which the assistance device is operable to assist in configuring a sensor-transmitter into a control panel;
receiving at the assistance device a first wireless transmission from the sensor-transmitter when the assistance device is placed in the user selectable assist mode;
and
upon receiving the first wireless transmission, transmitting, by the assistance device, subsequent wireless transmissions on behalf of the sensor-transmitter and for receipt by the control panel, the subsequent wireless transmissions having a predefined characteristic that causes a configuration process to be performed with respect to the sensor-transmitter in the control panel;
wherein user selectable assist mode is selected by having a normally closed cover of the assistance device open.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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Abstract

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