SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ALARM INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION

• US 20130015968A1
• Filed: 07/13/2011
• Published: 01/17/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ademco Inc. (Resideo Technologies, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: HOGG, DAVID WILLIAM BAIN
• Application Number:
  US13/182,074
• Publication Number:
  US 20130015968A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/521
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/003 Address allocation methods and details

Abstract

An installation support system includes a smart phone which executes a downloaded installation application. An installer can create a visual map of a virtual region, corresponding to a portion of a monitored space. One or more units being installed can be associated with locations in the virtual region. Identification tags for the units can be located throughout the virtual region. A representation of the virtual region can be stored for later retrieval and use.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

at least one unit to monitor a selected condition; and

a communications device which has a user input interface and circuitry for storage of unit location information, the device also includes circuitry to track movement through a region.

2. An apparatus as in claim 1 where the circuitry to track movement through the region includes additional circuitry to combine unit location information with tracked movement.

3. An apparatus as in claim 2 which includes circuitry to display a map of at least a portion of the region along with unit location information.

4. An apparatus as in claim 3 which includes circuits to establish identifiers associated with at least some portions of the region.

5. An apparatus as in claim 4 where the identifiers comprise at least one of audible or visual tags.

6. An apparatus as in claim 5 which includes circuits to convert audible tags, to visual tags.

7. An apparatus as in claim 5 where the units each carry at least one machine readable identifier, and where the communications device can sense at least some portion of the respective identifiers.

8. An apparatus as in claim 7 comprising a data base containing at least some portion of the identifier for each type of installable unit.

9. An apparatus as in claim 8 where the communication device has an interface and circuitry to download unit information to at least one of, a regional monitoring system control unit, a local computer, or a displaced server.

10. An apparatus as in claim 5 where the communications device includes at least one of a movement sensor, or global positioning circuitry.

11. An apparatus as in claim 5 which includes circuits to generate a visually displayable map indicative of a portion of the installation region.

12. An apparatus as in claim 11 where the map generating circuits can display unit location and, tags associated therewith.

13. An apparatus as in claim 5 where the unit is selected from a class which includes at least location sensors, glass break sensors, motion detectors, smoke detectors, gas detectors, and fire detectors.

14. An apparatus as in claim 13 where the communications device can transmit unit related location information to a monitoring system control unit either, directly, or, via communications network.

15. An apparatus as in claim 8 where the communications device can transmit unit related location information to a monitoring system control unit either, directly, or, via communications network, and where the unit is selected from a class which includes at least location sensors, glass break sensors, motion detectors, smoke detectors, gas detectors, and fire detectors.

16. A method comprising:

creating a map of at least part of an installation region;

displaying the map visually, using an electronic display;

specifying a location on the displayed map where a unit of a monitoring system is being installed; and

incorporating an indicium of the installed unit on the display.

17. A method as in claim 16 which includes entering parametic information associated with a unit being installed.

18. A method as in claim 17 which includes entering parameters at least one of verbally, or, by keyboarding them.

19. A method as in claim 18 which includes overlaying the installation map on a regional map.

20. A method as in claim 19 which includes providing unit type and related installation information to a regional monitoring system.