Fire alarm system
First Claim
1. A fire alarm system comprising:
- a receiver unit connected to a plurality of terminal unit groupings, each of the terminal unit groupings comprised of a plurality of terminal units, each of the terminal units including at least one of a fire sensor and a remote control means for controlling a remote object;
said receiver unit and said plurality of terminal units including means for operating in a system polling mode wherein all of said plurality of terminal units of said terminal unit groupings are polled, wherein a terminal unit grouping response period is provided for each of said terminal unit groupings, and wherein a group response signal is transmitted from a terminal unit having a change of status to said receiver unit during the terminal unit grouping response period of the terminal unit groping which includes the terminal unit having a change of status;
said receiver unit and said plurality of terminal units further comprising means for operating in a point polling mode wherein all of the terminal units of the terminal unit grouping from which the group response signal was transmitted during the system polling mode are polled, wherein a terminal unit response period is provided for each of the terminal units of said terminal unit grouping from which the group response signal was transmitted group the system polling mode, and wherein a terminal unit response signal is transmitted from the terminal unit having a change of status to the receiver unit during the terminal unit response period of the terminal unit having a change of status;
said receiver unit and said plurality of terminal units further comprising means for operating in a selecting mode wherein status information is transmitted to said receiver unit from said terminal unit from which the terminal unit response signal was transmitted during the point polling mode.
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Abstract
A fire alarm system includes a receiver unit connected to a plurality of terminal unit groupings, each of the terminal unit groupings made up of a plurality of terminal units. The fire alarm system operates in one of a system polling mode, a point polling mode and a selecting mode. In the system polling mode, the receiver units polls all of the terminal units and provides a grouping response period in which each of the terminal unit groupings is permitted to respond to the receiver unit polling. If one of the terminal units of a particular grouping undergoes a status change, such a terminal unit transmits to the receiver unit a group response signal during the corresponding group response period. Then, the system enters the point polling mode, in which the terminal units of the terminal unit grouping corresponding to the group response period in which a group response signal was received are polled. During a corresponding terminal unit response period, the terminal unit having the status change transmits a terminal unit response period to the receiver unit. Thereafter, the fire alarm system enters the selecting mode, in which status information is transmitted to the receiver from the terminal unit having the status change.
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21 Claims
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1. A fire alarm system comprising:
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a receiver unit connected to a plurality of terminal unit groupings, each of the terminal unit groupings comprised of a plurality of terminal units, each of the terminal units including at least one of a fire sensor and a remote control means for controlling a remote object; said receiver unit and said plurality of terminal units including means for operating in a system polling mode wherein all of said plurality of terminal units of said terminal unit groupings are polled, wherein a terminal unit grouping response period is provided for each of said terminal unit groupings, and wherein a group response signal is transmitted from a terminal unit having a change of status to said receiver unit during the terminal unit grouping response period of the terminal unit groping which includes the terminal unit having a change of status; said receiver unit and said plurality of terminal units further comprising means for operating in a point polling mode wherein all of the terminal units of the terminal unit grouping from which the group response signal was transmitted during the system polling mode are polled, wherein a terminal unit response period is provided for each of the terminal units of said terminal unit grouping from which the group response signal was transmitted group the system polling mode, and wherein a terminal unit response signal is transmitted from the terminal unit having a change of status to the receiver unit during the terminal unit response period of the terminal unit having a change of status; said receiver unit and said plurality of terminal units further comprising means for operating in a selecting mode wherein status information is transmitted to said receiver unit from said terminal unit from which the terminal unit response signal was transmitted during the point polling mode. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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2. A fire alarm system comprising:
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a receiver unit connected to a plurality of terminal unit groupings, each of the terminal unit groupings comprised of a plurality of terminal units, each of the terminal units including at least one of a fire sensor and a remote control means for controlling a remote object; said receiver unit and said plurality of terminal units including means for operating in a system polling mode wherein all of said plurality of terminal units of said terminal unit groupings are polled, wherein a terminal unit grouping response period is provided for each of said terminal unit groupings, and wherein a group response signal is transmitted from a terminal unit having a change of status to said receiver unit during the terminal unit grouping response period of the terminal unit grouping which includes the terminal unit having a change of status; said receiver unit and said plurality of terminal units further comprising means for operating in a point polling mode wherein all of the terminal units of the terminal unit grouping from which the group response signal was transmitted during the system polling mode are polled, wherein a terminal unit response period is provided for each of the terminal units of said terminal unit grouping from which the group response signal was transmitted during the system polling mode, and wherein a terminal unit response signal is transmitted from the terminal unit having a change of status to the receiver unit during the terminal unit response period of the terminal unit having a change of status; said receiver unit and said plurality of terminal units further comprising means for operating in a selecting mode wherein control command signals for controlling a remote object are transmitted from said receiver unit to said remote control means of one of said terminal units in response to the terminal response signal transmitted during the point polling mode.
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3. A fire alarm system comprising:
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a receiver unit connected to a plurality of terminal unit groupings, each of the terminal unit groupings comprised of a plurality of terminal units, each of the terminal units including at lest one of a fire sensor and a remote control means for controlling a remote object; said receiver unit and said plurality of terminal units including means for operating in a system polling mode wherein all of said plurality of terminal units of said terminal unit groupings are polled, wherein a terminal unit grouping response period is provided for each of said terminal unit groupings, and wherein a group response signal is transmitted from a terminal unit having a change of status to said receiver unit during the terminal unit grouping response period of the terminal unit grouping which includes the terminal unit having a change of status; said receiver unit and said plurality of terminal units further comprising means for operating in a point oplling mode wherein all of the terminal units of the terminal unit grouping from which the group response signal was transmitted during the system poling mode are polled, wherein a terminal unit response period is provided for each of the terminal units of said terminal unit grouping from which the group response signal was transmitted during the system polling mode, and wherein a terminal unit response signal is transmitted from the terminal unit having a change of status to the receiver unit during the terminal unit response period of the terminal unit having a change of status; said receiver unit and said plurality of terminal units further comprising means for operating in a selecting mode wherein status information is transmitted to said receiver unit from said terminal unit from which the terminal unit response signal was transmitted during the point polling mode, and wherein control command signals for controlling a remote object are transmitted from said receiver unit to said remote control means of one of said terminal units in response to the terminal response signal transmitted during the point polling mode.
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