WIRELESS CONTROL OF EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION DEVICES
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1. A system for controlling emergency notification devices in an emergency system, the system comprising:
- one or more emergency notification devices each having an output peripheral;
a control device configured to communicate wirelessly with the one or more emergency notification devices;
wherein the output peripheral of each of the one or more emergency notification devices provides both emergency notification outputs and non-emergency outputs; and
wherein the control device is configured to control the non-emergency outputs of the output peripheral of each of the one or more emergency notification devices.
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Abstract
A system for controlling devices in an emergency system, the system having one or more emergency notification devices and a control device. The emergency notification devices have one or more outputs and are capable of using the one or more outputs for both emergency notification and non-emergency purposes. The control device is used for controlling the outputs of the emergency notification devices, and is wirelessly coupled to the emergency notification devices.
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1. A system for controlling emergency notification devices in an emergency system, the system comprising:
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one or more emergency notification devices each having an output peripheral; a control device configured to communicate wirelessly with the one or more emergency notification devices; wherein the output peripheral of each of the one or more emergency notification devices provides both emergency notification outputs and non-emergency outputs; and wherein the control device is configured to control the non-emergency outputs of the output peripheral of each of the one or more emergency notification devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for controlling a notification device in an emergency system, the method comprising:
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wirelessly coupling a control device to a notification device, the notification device including an output peripheral, the output peripheral configured to provide both an emergency notification output and a non-emergency output; validating that the control device has permission to communicate with the emergency notification device; and controlling the non-emergency output of the output peripheral using the control device. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus for controlling outputs of one or more emergency notification devices, the apparatus comprising:
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a transceiver capable of communicating wireless sly with the one or more emergency notification devices; a memory capable of storing identifiers of the one or more emergency notification devices; and controls for controlling the outputs of the one or more emergency notification devices. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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