Fast activation of a group of remote notification devices
AssigneeTyco Fire & Security GmbH
InventorsNalin C. Ahangama Ralalage, Sebastien Choquette
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Abstract
A fire alarm control panel (FACP), method, and computer program product for interfacing a FACP with remote notification devices. The aspects include receiving, by the FACP, a single input command configured to contemporaneously control a power condition of multiple groups of the remote notification devices by specifically identifying each of the multiple groups of the remote notification devices. The aspects further include contemporaneously controlling, by the FACP, the power condition of the multiple groups of the remote notification devices responsive to an execution of the single input command.
Claims29
A fire alarm control panel configured to interface with remote notification devices, comprising:
- one or more memories, individually or in combination, having instructions;
- one or more processors each coupled to at least one of the one or more memories and configurable to execute the instructions to:
- receive a single input command comprising a bitmap that identifies the power condition of multiple groups of the remote notification devices by specifically identifying each of the multiple groups of the remote notification devices within the bitmap, wherein each bit of the bitmap corresponds to a respective one of the multiple groups of the remote notification devices;
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- contemporaneously control the power condition of the multiple groups of the remote notification devices responsive to an execution of the single input command while bypassing a per-group command spacing constraint of a protocol governing communication with the remote notification devices.
A method for interfacing a fire alarm control panel (FACP) with remote notification devices, comprising:
- receiving, by the FACP, a single input command comprising a bitmap that identifies the power condition of multiple groups of the remote notification devices by specifically identifying each of the multiple groups of the remote notification devices within the bitmap, wherein each bit of the bitmap corresponds to a respective one of the multiple groups of the remote notification devices;
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- contemporaneously controlling, by the FACP, the power condition of the multiple groups of the remote notification devices responsive to an execution of the single input command while bypassing a per-group command spacing constraint of a protocol governing communication with the remote notification devices.
A computer program product configured to interface a fire alarm control panel (FACP) with remote notification devices, the computer program product comprising one or more non-transitory computer-readable media, having instructions stored thereon that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors, individually or in combination, to perform a method comprising:
- receiving, by the FACP, a single input command comprising a bitmap that identifies the power condition of multiple groups of the remote notification devices by specifically identifying each of the multiple groups of the remote notification devices within the bitmap, wherein each bit of the bitmap corresponds to a respective one of the multiple groups of the remote notification devices;
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- contemporaneously controlling, by the FACP, the power condition of the multiple groups of the remote notification devices responsive to an execution of the single input command while bypassing a per-group command spacing constraint of a protocol governing communication with the remote notification devices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.