System and Method for Wireless Enrollment Using a Visual Status Indicator
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a unit havinga housing with an exterior peripheral surface;
at least one of an input device, or a condition sensor carried by the housing;
control circuits coupled to the input device or the sensor; and
a communications interface carried by the housing, coupled to the control circuits, a light emitting output device which emits at least first and second viewable output indicia where at least one indicium is indicative of an acceptable communication state relative to a displaced monitoring control element in response to a communication received via the interface, and a second is indicative of a different condition, and where the indicia are directed away from the external peripheral surface.
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Abstract
A regional monitoring system includes wireless units, or detectors which can be associated with a displaced regional monitoring control element. Local feedback provided at the unit or detector for the installer. The units, or detectors can include all devices which can usefully be coupled to the monitoring control element. Examples, without limitation include all types of ambient condition detectors, motion detectors, location detectors, glass break detectors and the like. A light emitting diode carried by a respective unit can be activated to output a selected color when the unit has been successfully enrolled, and in communication with the monitoring control element.
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1. An apparatus comprising:
a unit having a housing with an exterior peripheral surface; at least one of an input device, or a condition sensor carried by the housing; control circuits coupled to the input device or the sensor; and a communications interface carried by the housing, coupled to the control circuits, a light emitting output device which emits at least first and second viewable output indicia where at least one indicium is indicative of an acceptable communication state relative to a displaced monitoring control element in response to a communication received via the interface, and a second is indicative of a different condition, and where the indicia are directed away from the external peripheral surface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method comprising:
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providing a recipient with information from a plurality of displaced units; evaluating at least some of the information, and responsive to an enrollment request from at least one unit, determining if a successful enrollment has taken place; and responsive to the determining, where a successful enrollment of a selected unit has taken place, transmitting a message to the unit to visually indicate the successful enrollment. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A regional monitoring system comprising:
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a monitoring control panel which includes control circuits and a wireless communications interface; a plurality of units, displaced from the panel and in wireless communication therewith, the units each include local control circuits, and at least one local visual output device coupled thereto, wherein, in response to each of the units being enrolled by the control panel, the respective visual output device emits a predetermined enrollment indicium. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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