Monitoring system with improved alerting and locating
First Claim
1. A multi-condition monitoring system, comprising:
- a plurality of indicator means for indicating the occurrence of multiple conditions, wherein each indicator means of said plurality of indicator means indicates the occurrence of at least one condition of said multiple conditions;
each said indicator means changing from a non-triggered status to a triggered status upon occurrence of the respective condition;
a plurality of monitoring means for monitoring the status of said plurality of indicator means, wherein each monitoring means of said plurality of monitoring means monitors the status of at least one indicator means of said plurality of indicator means;
each said monitoring means comprising, at least, a detecting means for detecting said triggered status of the respective said indicator means, and a signal means for developing an identifying signal in direct response to detection of said triggered status by said detecting means;
each said monitoring means of said plurality of monitoring means requiring electric power for operation;
signal conditioning means for acting upon said identifying signal of each said monitoring means of said plurality of monitoring means to generate usable output;
power means for supplying operating power for each said monitoring means of said plurality of monitoring means;
a two conductor bus connecting said plurality of monitoring means to said power means and to said signal conditioning means, said two conductor bus carrying said identifying signals from all monitoring means of said plurality of monitoring means to said signal conditioning means and carrying said operating power from said power supply means to all said monitoring means of said plurality of monitoring means; and
each said monitoring means being connected to said bus in series electrical relationship with said power means and said signal conditioning means and being connected to said bus in parallel electrical relationship with each of the other said monitoring means of said plurality of monitoring means.
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Abstract
An expansive and expandable monitoring system which in one of its broadest embodiments includes a multi-sector, multi-condition monitoring system including radio linked alert monitors, smoke monitors and an expandable range of activity monitors such as door-opening monitors and toilet-flushing monitors and including method and apparatus for identifying a particular monitor within a sector; wherein each sector stands itself as a unique sub-system built about a two-wire bus on which both power identifying signals are simultaneously conveyed along the same two wires; and within each sector, the plurality of monitoring devices receive operating power from a common power source and convey identifying signals to a common discriminator (identifier) arrangement all along the common two-wire bus, each monitoring device being constructed with a unique arrangement of current modulating and signal/voltage isolation elements to facilitate the common bus--common power source--common discriminator scheme of the present invention; and wherein the system includes unique, all coded receivers including method and apparatus for accepting, encoding, conveying and decoding the coded signals of a plurality of transmitter devices.
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1. A multi-condition monitoring system, comprising:
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a plurality of indicator means for indicating the occurrence of multiple conditions, wherein each indicator means of said plurality of indicator means indicates the occurrence of at least one condition of said multiple conditions;
each said indicator means changing from a non-triggered status to a triggered status upon occurrence of the respective condition;a plurality of monitoring means for monitoring the status of said plurality of indicator means, wherein each monitoring means of said plurality of monitoring means monitors the status of at least one indicator means of said plurality of indicator means; each said monitoring means comprising, at least, a detecting means for detecting said triggered status of the respective said indicator means, and a signal means for developing an identifying signal in direct response to detection of said triggered status by said detecting means; each said monitoring means of said plurality of monitoring means requiring electric power for operation; signal conditioning means for acting upon said identifying signal of each said monitoring means of said plurality of monitoring means to generate usable output; power means for supplying operating power for each said monitoring means of said plurality of monitoring means; a two conductor bus connecting said plurality of monitoring means to said power means and to said signal conditioning means, said two conductor bus carrying said identifying signals from all monitoring means of said plurality of monitoring means to said signal conditioning means and carrying said operating power from said power supply means to all said monitoring means of said plurality of monitoring means; and each said monitoring means being connected to said bus in series electrical relationship with said power means and said signal conditioning means and being connected to said bus in parallel electrical relationship with each of the other said monitoring means of said plurality of monitoring means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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