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US 2018/0122221 A1Published application
Method and system for monitoring fire alarm systems
AssigneeTyco Fire & Security GmbH
InventorsAlexandra Norton, Joseph Piccolo, III, Craig Trivelpiece
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Abstract
The near-universal connection between control panels and monitoring stations is used to transmit status information for non-compatible control panels to connected services systems. In this way, connected services systems can incorporate monitoring and tracking of non-compatible control panels as well as compatible control panels.
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A method for monitoring fire alarm systems, the method comprising:
- non-compatible control panels of the fire alarm systems sending alarm signals to monitoring stations;
- the monitoring stations responding to the alarm signals and forwarding status information to a connected services system;
- compatible control panels of the fire alarm systems sending status, diagnostic and/or testing information to the connected services system and alarm signals to the monitoring stations;
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- the connected services system mapping the status information for the non-compatible control panels to a connected services database of the connected services system and storing the status, diagnostic and testing information for the compatible control panels to the connected services database.
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A connected services system for monitoring fire alarm systems, the connected services system comprising:
- a connected services database for storing status, diagnostic and testing information from control panels of the fire alarm systems;
- a connected services server for receiving and storing the status, diagnostic and testing information to the connected services database;
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- a mapping service for translating status information received from monitoring stations into compatible status information that is stored to the connected services database.
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A method for testing a fire alarm system, the method comprising:
- a non-compatible control panel of a fire alarm systems sending event data to a monitoring station;
- the monitoring station forwarding the event data to a connected services system;
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- the connected services system storing the event data and also passing the event data to a technician testing the control panel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.