Calibrating an environmental monitoring device

A computer-program product for use in conjunction with a computer, the computer-program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and a computer-program mechanism embedded therein to calibrate an environmental monitoring device, the computer-program mechanism including:

• instructions for providing, to an electronic device associated with a user of the environmental monitoring device, user-interface information associated with a user interface that allows the user to select to monitor sound corresponding to an alarm output by a legacy device that is in an environment that includes the environmental monitoring device, wherein the legacy device includes one of:
• a smoke detector, a carbon-monoxide detector, a dual smoke detector and carbon-monoxide detector, a burglar alarm, a car alarm, and another type of alarm device;
• instructions for receiving, from the electronic device, a user selection in the user interface to monitor sound corresponding to an alarm output by the legacy device when the legacy device is activated;
• instructions for providing, to the electronic device, an instruction to activate the legacy device;
• and
• instructions for receiving, from the environmental monitoring device, legacy-device information specifying whether the legacy device was detected and a type of legacy device identified based on the monitored sound.

A computer-implemented method for calibrating an environmental monitoring device, wherein the method comprises:

• using a control mechanism in the computer, providing, to an electronic device associated with a user of the environmental monitoring device, user-interface information associated with a user interface that allows the user to select to monitor sound corresponding to an alarm output by a legacy device that is in an environment that includes the environmental monitoring device, wherein the legacy device includes one of:
• a smoke detector, a carbon-monoxide detector, a dual smoke detector and carbon-monoxide detector, a burglar alarm, a car alarm, and another type of alarm device;
• receiving, from the electronic device, a user selection in the user interface to monitor sound corresponding to an alarm output by the legacy device when the legacy device is activated;
• providing, to the electronic device, an instruction to activate the legacy device;
• and
• receiving, from the environmental monitoring device, legacy-device information specifying whether the legacy device was detected and a type of legacy device identified based on the monitored sound.