FAST REPLACEMENT Z-WAVE DEVICE IN HOME AUTOMATION

• US 20170082997A1
• Filed: 09/21/2015
• Published: 03/23/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ademco Inc. (Resideo Technologies, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Lu, Ming Hong, Gong, Zion, Huang, Kevin Yong
• Granted Patent: US 10,197,983 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/0428 Safety, monitoring G05B19/0423 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/2642 Domotique, domestic, home control, automation, smart house
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/10 using wireless transmission systems G08B25/009 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2803 Home automation networks

Abstract

An apparatus including a home automation system having a plurality of sensors that detect events within a predetermined geographic area, a first wireless sensor of the plurality of sensors that operates within the home automation system under a Z-wave format wherein the first wireless sensor has a number of predetermined system operating attributes that are not related to a system address of the first sensor, a replacement wireless sensor having a processor that communicates under a Z-wave format and a program executing on a processor of the home automation system that operatively removes the first sensor from the home automation system and automatically enrolls the replacement sensor with the home automation system by assigning the predetermined system operating attributes to the replacement sensor.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a home automation system having a plurality of sensors that detect events within a predetermined geographic area;

a first wireless sensor of the plurality of sensors that operates within the home automation system under a Z-wave format wherein the first wireless sensor has a number of predetermined system operating attributes that are not related to a system address of the first sensor;

a replacement wireless sensor having a processor that communicates under a Z-wave format; and

a program executing on a processor of the home automation system that operatively removes the first sensor from the home automation system and automatically enrolls the replacement sensor with the home automation system by assigning the predetermined system operating attributes to the replacement sensor.

2. The system as claim 1 wherein the home automation system further comprises a security system.

3. The system as in claim 1 wherein the plurality of sensors further comprises threat sensors.

4. The system as in claim 2 wherein at least some of the threat sensors further comprise one of an intrusion sensor and a fire detector.

5. The system as in claim 1 further comprising a control panel of the security system that accepts an identifier of the first wireless sensor from a human user of the system.

6. The system as in claim 5 further comprising a respective identifier of each of the plurality of sensors shown on a display of the control panel where the human user clicks on the respective identifier of the first sensor.

7. The system as in claim 1 further comprising an enroll button on the replacement sensor that is activated by a human user to identify the replacement sensor to the processor.

8. The system as in claim 1 further comprising a functional name of the first sensor that is assigned to the replacement sensor.

9. An apparatus comprising:

a security system having a plurality of sensors that detect threats within a secured geographic area;

a first wireless sensor of the plurality of sensors that communicates with the security system under a Z-wave format wherein the first wireless sensor has a number of predetermined system operating attributes that are not related to a system address of the first sensor;

a replacement wireless sensor having a processor that communicates under a Z-wave format; and

a program executing on a processor of the security system that operatively removes the first sensor from the security system and automatically assigns the predetermined system operating attributes to the replacement sensor.

10. The system as in claim 9 further comprising a user interface that accepts an identifier of the first wireless sensor from a human user of the system.

11. The system as in claim 10 further comprising a list of identifiers shown on a display of the security system where each identifier of the list corresponds to one of the plurality of sensors and wherein the human user clicks on an identifier of the first sensor.

12. The system as in claim 9 further comprising an enroll button on the replacement sensor that is activated by a human user to identify the replacement sensor to the processor.

13. The system as in claim 9 further comprising a name of the first sensor that is assigned to the replacement sensor.

14. The system as in claim 9 further comprising a processor of the replacement sensor that automatically registers with the security system.

15. The system as in claim 14 further comprising a processor of the security system that transmits a beacon that identifies the security system to the replacement sensor.

16. The system as in claim 15 wherein the beacon further comprises an identifier of a type and version of the security system.

17. The system as in claim 9 wherein the plurality of sensors further comprises a mesh network.

18. The system as in claim 17 further comprising a second sensor of the plurality of sensors in the mesh network that exchanges messages between a control panel of the security system and the first sensor.

19. An apparatus comprising:

a security system having a plurality of sensors that detect threats within a secured geographic area;

a first wireless sensor of the plurality of sensors that communicates with the security system under a Z-wave format wherein the first wireless sensor has a predetermined number of system operating attributes that are not related to a system address of the first sensor;

a replacement wireless sensor having a processor that communicates under a Z-wave format;

a control panel of the security system that displays a name of each of the plurality of sensors and a location within the secured area; and

a program executing on a processor of the security system that receives an identifier of the first sensor through the control panel, operatively removes the first sensor from the security system and automatically assigns the predetermined operating attributes to the replacement sensor.

20. The system as in claim 19 further comprising an enroll button on the replacement sensor that causes the replacement sensor to register its presence with the control panel.