Generating a model for a control panel of a fire control system

A method of generating a model for a control panel of a fire control system, comprising:

• receiving a first text string from a control panel of a fire control system, the first text string comprising a first number of values;
• receiving a first number of locations from a user, wherein each location of the first number of locations is a location within the first text string of a value of the first number of values corresponding to a variable of a number of variables;
• generating a model for the control panel based on the first number of locations and the number of variables;
• storing the model;
• receiving a second text string from the first control panel, the second text string comprising a second number of values;
• using the model to assign each value of the second number of values to a variable of the number of variables;
• and
• performing, by one or more components of the fire control system, a number of actions based on one or more values of the second number of values assigned to one or more variables of the number of variables.

A fire control system comprising:

• a control panel;
• a gateway configured to receive a first text string and a second text string from the control panel, the first text string comprising a first number of values, and the second text string comprising a second number of values;
• an application configured to:
• carry out iterations of a process, each iteration comprising prompting a user through a user interface to select a value of the first number of values corresponding to a variable of one or more variables and receiving a selection of the value of the first number of values from the user through the user interface;
• determine a location within the first text string of each selection;
• generate a model for the control panel based on the location of the value of each selection and the one or more variables;
• and
• use the model to assign each value of the second number of values to a variable of the number of variables;
• and
• one or more components configured to perform a number of actions based on one or more values of the second number of values assigned to one or more variables of the number of variables.