System and method of pairing wireless sensors with an access point control panel
AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorsHongye Jiang, Bin Yang
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Abstract
Systems and methods of pairing wireless sensing devices with an access point or control panel are provided. Some methods can include placing a sensing device within a predetermined distance of an access point or control panel, and responsive thereto, the sensing device communicating with the access point or control panel via near field talk on a pairing channel of the access point or control panel to pair the sensing device with the access point or control panel. The pairing channel can be different from a plurality of working channels of the access point or control panel.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- placing a first device within a predetermined distance of a second device;
- and
- the first device communicating with the second device via near field talk on a pairing channel of the second device to pair the first device with the second device,
- wherein the pairing channel is different from a plurality of working channels of the second device, and
- wherein the first device communicating with the second device on the pairing channel of the second device includes the first device tuning to the pairing channel absent scanning the plurality of working channels of the second device.
A sensing device comprising:
- a transceiver;
- a programmable processor;
- and
- executable control software stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium,
- wherein, when located within a predetermined distance of an access point or a control panel of a wireless network, the programmable processor and the executable control software cause the transceiver to communicate with the access point or the control panel via near field talk on a pairing channel of the access point or the control panel to pair with the access point or the control panel,
- wherein the pairing channel is different from a plurality of working channels of the access point or the control panel, and
- wherein the transceiver communicating with the access point or the control panel on the pairing channel includes the programmable processor and the executable control software tuning the transceiver to the pairing channel absent scanning the plurality of working channels of the access point or the control panel.
An access point or control panel comprising:
- a transceiver;
- a programmable processor;
- and
- executable control software stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium,
- wherein, when a first sensing device is located within a predetermined distance of the transceiver, the programmable processor and the executable control software cause the transceiver to communicate with the first sensing device via near field talk on a pairing channel of the access point or the control panel to pair with the first sensing device,
- wherein the pairing channel is different from a plurality of working channels of the access point or control panel, and
- wherein the transceiver communicating with the first sensing device on the pairing channel includes the transceiver using a fixed pairing channel to pair with the first sensing device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.