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US 6,737,967 B2Granted
Wireless walk through test system
AssigneeSimplexGrinnell LP
InventorDaniel G. Farley
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method and system of walk through testing a fire alarm system without disrupting the building occupants. A communications channel is setup between a control panel and a single human tester. The tester then triggers an alarm or trouble condition in a device. The control panel detects the address of the device and automatically returns to the tester, over the communications channel, a label indicating the location of the device.
Claims29
A method of walk test in an alarm system, comprising the steps of:
- setting up a private communications channel between a control panel and a tester;
- triggering a test condition, by the tester, in a device;
- at the control panel, detecting an address of the device;
- and
- automatically returning to the tester over the communications channel an indication of a location of the device.
2 more elements
A alarm system for walk test, comprising:
- a plurality of alarm devices adapted to be triggered by a tester to activate a test condition;
- a control panel;
- a communications channel between the control panel and the tester;
- an address of the device in the test condition being detected by the control panel, and an indication of a location of the device being automatically returned to the tester over the communications channel.
1 more element
A alarm system for walk test, comprising:
- means for setting up a communications channel between a control panel and a tester;
- means for triggering an alarm or trouble condition in a device by the tester;
- means for detecting an address of the device by the control panel;
- and
- means for automatically returning to the tester over the communications channel a label indicating the location of the device.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.