Apparatus, method, and computer program for an alarm system
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Abstract
A method, apparatus, and computer program for an alarm system comprises a master unit; and an alarm monitor comprising an alarm sensor to provide a sensor signal representing alarm conditions; a processor to produce digital data based on the alarm signal; and a media access controller to generate a report signal comprising the digital data; and a transmitter to transmit the report signal to the master unit.
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54 Claims
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1. (canceled)
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2. An alarm monitor comprising:
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memory that stores an actuator schedule;
an input circuit that receives a sensor signal that indicates an alarm condition, the sensor signal originating from a sensor that is remote from the alarm monitor;
a processor that generates digital data based on said sensor signal and that generates a first control signal to control an actuator based on said actuator schedule; and
an interface that wirelessly transmits a report signal to a remote master unit based on said digital data and that transmits said first control signal to said actuator. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A controller comprising:
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an input circuit that receives a sensor signal that indicates an alarm condition, the sensor signal originating from an alarm sensor that is remote from the controller and that receives a sensor calibration signal that is associated with said alarm sensor from a remote master unit;
a processor that generates digital data based on said sensor signal; and
a transmitter that wirelessly transmits a report signal to said remote master unit based on said digital data, wherein said processor remotely calibrates said alarm sensor via said transmitter based on said sensor calibration signal. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A monitor comprising:
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an input circuit that receives a sensor signal originated from a remote sensor selected from at least one of a sunlight detector, a seismometer, a barometer, a wind detector and a moisture detector;
a processor that generates digital data based on said sensor signal and that generates a first control signal to control an actuator based on said digital data; and
an interface that wirelessly transmits a report signal to a remote master unit based on said digital data and that transmits said first control signal to said actuator. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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