User interface with installment mode
AssigneeSiemens Building Technologies, Inc.
InventorsBruce J. Lontka, Michael Pierce
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Abstract
A user interface is provided having a display for displaying information about a system, wherein said system is comprised of a plurality of elements. The user interface is provided with a plurality of modes of user operation, including an installment mode which allows the user to configure the user interface to perform in a desired manner while the element is being installed.
Claims16
A method for controlling and displaying information about a fire safety system including a plurality of elements, said method comprising:
- configuring a user interface having a display to display information related to said fire safety system;
- displaying information an alert more relating to one or more system events detected by at least one of said plurality of elements;
- establishing an installation mode configured to allow a user to install one or more elements in said fire safety system;
- configuring the installed one or more elements via the user interface to perform in a desired manner;
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- installing one or more device loops in said fire safety system utilizing said user interface which comprises:
- a map of the facility in which the device loops are to be installed, said one or more device loops comprised of a plurality of fire safety elements connected in said device loop,
- wherein device loops already installed in said fire safety system remain functionally operational to detect system events in said fire safety system while said one or more device loops are being installed, and
- receiving a user request utilizing said user interface to install a system node while other nodes in said system remain operational.
A method for maintaining and installing new device loops in a fire safety system, the method comprising:
- providing a user interface in a control panel having a display configured to display alarm, maintenance or installation information, or a combination thereof relating to the fire safety system comprised of a plurality of elements controlled by said control panel;
- using said user interface, which is provided with a map of a facility in which the device loops are being installed in, to perform installation for one or more device loops in said fire safety system, wherein said control panel remains operational to monitor and control functionally operational device loops already installed in said fire safety;
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- receiving a user request using said user interface to install a system node while other nodes in said system remain operational.
A fire safety system comprising
- a control panel for operatively controlling and monitoring one or more elements in a fire safety system, said control panel comprising a user interface having a touch screen display, wherein said touch screen display allows a user to select an installation mode such that the user interface, which comprises a display of a facility, including displays of individual rooms in said facility, in which device loops are to be installed, can be used to install device loops such that already installed device loops in said fire safety system remain operational to detect system events during the installation of a device loop in said fire safety system, further comprising receiving a user request using said user interface to install a system node while other nodes in said system remain operational.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.