Initiating and monitoring self-test for an alarm system using a mobile device
AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorsBenjamin H. Wolf, Hariprasad Kozhikkotakathitta Veetil, Michael Barson, Christopher Dearden
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Abstract
Devices, systems, and methods for self-testing event devices of a building alarm system are described herein. One mobile device includes a user interface, a memory, and a processor configured to execute executable instructions stored in the memory to: generate, a list of event devices of an alarm system that are available for testing, providing a device selection tool that allows a user to select a number of event devices from the list of event devices, and providing a self-test initiation tool that generates an initiation message that is to be sent to the selected number of event devices.
Claims20
A mobile device for self-testing event devices of a building alarm system, comprising:
- a user interface;
- a memory;
- and
- a processor configured to execute executable instructions stored in the memory to:
- generate, a list of self-test event devices of an alarm system that are available for self-testing wherein the list of event devices available for self-testing is generated based on an inventory of a group of self-test event devices, the inventory received from a gateway device and created by a control panel of the building alarm system;
- provide a device selection tool that allows a user to select a number of self-test event devices from the list of event devices;
- and
- provide a self-test initiation tool that generates an initiation message that is to be sent to the selected number of event devices that initiates a self-test on each selected self-test event device, wherein the self-test produces a material to test the sensing for at least one of temperature, chemical presence, or aerosol presence, wherein the mobile device includes a display and wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to display a status of a self-test process while the self-test process is being executed.
A system for self-testing event devices of a building alarm system, comprising:
- a number of event devices;
- a control panel to control the operation of the number of event devices;
- and
- mobile device for self-testing event devices of an alarm system, comprising:
- a user interface;
- a memory;
- and
- a processor configured to execute executable instructions stored in the memory to:
- generate, a list of self-test event devices of an alarm system that are available for self-testing wherein the list of self-test event devices available for self-testing is generated based on an inventory of a group of event devices, the inventory received from a gateway device and created by the control panel of the building alarm system;
- providing a device selection tool that allows a user to select a number of self-test event devices from the list of self-test event devices;
- providing a self-test initiation tool that generates an initiation message that is to be sent to the selected number of self-test event devices that initiates a self-test on each selected self-test event device, wherein the self-test produces a material to test the sensing for at least one of temperature, chemical presence, or aerosol presence;
- and
- wherein the mobile device includes a display and wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to display a status of a self-test process while the self-test process is being executed.
A computer implemented method for performing event device self-testing, comprising:
- generating, via a mobile computing device having a processor and memory, a list of self-test event devices of an alarm system that are available for testing wherein the list of self-test event devices available for testing is generated based on an inventory of a group of event devices, the inventory received from a gateway device and created by a control panel of the building alarm system;
- providing a device selection tool that allows a user to select a number of self-test event devices from the list of event devices;
- providing a self-test initiation tool that generates an initiation message that is to be sent to the selected number of self-test event devices that initiates a self-test on each selected self-test event device, wherein the self-test produces a material to test the sensing for at least one of temperature, chemical presence, or aerosol presence;
- and
- displaying a status of a self-test process on a display of the mobile computing device while the self-test process is being executed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.