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Systems and methods for coding hose appliance to a fire-fighting device

  • US 10,576,319 B2
  • Filed: 03/08/2016
  • Issued: 03/03/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for coding a hose appliance with a fire-fighting device, said method comprising:

  • providing a codable hose appliance, the hose appliance including a unique identifier;

    sensing the unique identifier with one of a first sensor and a second sensor of a plurality of sensors, each of the plurality of sensors associated with a corresponding portion of the fire-fighting device;

    selectively coding, using a controller communicatively coupled to each sensor, the hose appliance to a first portion of the fire-fighting device in response to the first sensor sensing the unique identifier; and

    selectively coding, using the controller, the hose appliance to a second portion of the fire-fighting device in response to the second sensor sensing the unique identifier, wherein each of the first and second portions of the fire-fighting device include a respective fluid discharge valve, and wherein selectively coding the hose appliance enables the hose appliance to control the respective fluid discharge valve to control fluid flow from the fire-fighting device.

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