Information reporting multiplex system
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1. A system for reporting information comprising:
- a plurality of remote stations each connected to at least one sensor and having a synchronization terminal for receiving periodic synchronization signals, a time slot generator connected to synchronization terminal for supplying an enabling signal at a predetermined amount of time after receiving a synchronization signal wherein the time slot for each station occurs at a substantially different time after receipt of a synchronization signal, a data terminal, and a transmit circuit connected to said time slot generator and to said sensor for supplying information derived from said sensor to said data terminal upon receiving said enabling signal;
a master station having a synchonization generator, a synchronization terminal connected to said synchronization generator for receiving synchronization signals therefrom, a data terminal, and information receiving means connected to said data terminal of said master station for receiving said information supplied by said plurality of remote stations; and
,communication means interconnecting said data terminals and said synchronization terminals of said master station and said plurality of remote stations.
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Abstract
An information reporting system is disclosed wherein a plurality of remote stations each receive synchronization signals from a master station, the synchronization signals initiating a timing mechanism in each remote station for dictating the time slot in which each remote station can transmit its information, each time slot occurring at a substantially different point in time, a master station having a synchronization generator for generating the synchronization signals and an indicator for indicating the information received from the remote stations, and a communication channel for interconnecting the remote stations and the master station.
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1. A system for reporting information comprising:
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a plurality of remote stations each connected to at least one sensor and having a synchronization terminal for receiving periodic synchronization signals, a time slot generator connected to synchronization terminal for supplying an enabling signal at a predetermined amount of time after receiving a synchronization signal wherein the time slot for each station occurs at a substantially different time after receipt of a synchronization signal, a data terminal, and a transmit circuit connected to said time slot generator and to said sensor for supplying information derived from said sensor to said data terminal upon receiving said enabling signal; a master station having a synchonization generator, a synchronization terminal connected to said synchronization generator for receiving synchronization signals therefrom, a data terminal, and information receiving means connected to said data terminal of said master station for receiving said information supplied by said plurality of remote stations; and
,communication means interconnecting said data terminals and said synchronization terminals of said master station and said plurality of remote stations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A system for reporting alarm information comprising:
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a plurality of remote stations each connected to a plurality of alarm sensors and having a synchronization terminal for receiving periodic synchronization signals, a time slot generator connected to said synchronization terminal for supplying an enabling signal at a predetermined amount of time after receiving a synchronization signal wherein the time slot for each station occurs at a substantially different time after receipt of a synchronization signal, a data terminal, and a transmit circuit connected to said time slot generator and to each alarm sensor associated with said remote station for supplying a plurality of alarm bits, each bit corresponding to an alarm sensor, in serial form to said data terminal upon receiving said enabling signal; a master station having a synchronization generator for supplying both synchronization signals and address signals, a synchronization terminal connected to said synchronization generator for receiving said synchronization signals, a data terminal, and indicating means connected to said data terminal of said master station and to said signal generator for receiving the addresses thereof for displaying said bits of alarm information supplied by said plurality of remote stations and said remote station identification, said addresses synchronizing said indicating means to said information received from said remote stations; and
, communication means interconnecting said data terminals and said synchronization terminal of said master station and said pluralunication means interconnecting said data terminals and said synchronization terminal of said master station and said plurality of remote stations. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28)
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