Redundant Data Path System
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Abstract
The present invention provides a redundant data path system for transmitting an alarm signal between a monitored facility and a destination facility, said system comprising: alarm signal receiving means adapted to receive the alarm signal; destination facility identifying means adapted to identify the destination facility to which the alarm signal was directed by the monitored facility; destination facility monitoring means adapted to determine, at regular intervals, whether the destination facility is able to receive an alarm signal, either directly from the monitored facility or at all and alarm signal transmission means adapted to selectively transmit the alarm signal either to the identified destination facility, when said monitoring means indicates that the destination facility is not able to receive said alarm signal directly from the monitored facility, or to an alternate destination facility, when said monitoring means indicates that the destination facility is not able to receive said alarm signal at all.
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90 Claims
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1-70. -70. (canceled)
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71. A redundant data path system for transmitting an alarm signal between a monitored facility and a destination facility, said system comprising:
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alarm signal receiving means adapted to receive the alarm signal; destination facility identifying means adapted to identify the destination facility to which the alarm signal was directed by the monitored facility; destination facility monitoring means adapted to determine, at regular intervals, whether the destination facility is able to receive an alarm signal, either directly from the monitored facility or at all; and alarm signal transmission means adapted to selectively transmit the alarm signal either to the identified destination facility, when said monitoring means indicates that the destination facility is not able to receive said alarm signal directly from the monitored facility, or to an alternate destination facility, when said monitoring means indicates that the destination facility is not able to receive said alarm signal at all. - View Dependent Claims (72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90)
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