Wireless walk through test system
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1. A method of walk test in an alarm system, comprising the steps of:
- setting up a communications channel between a control panel and a communicator carried by a human tester;
triggering a test condition in a device, by the tester at the device;
at the control panel, detecting the triggered test condition; and
returning to the communicator over the communications channel an indication of a location of the device.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method and system of walk through testing a fire alarm system without disrupting the building occupants. A communications channel is setup between a control panel and a communicator carried by a human tester. The tester triggers an alarm or trouble condition in a device. The control panel detects the address of the device and automatically returns to the communicator, over the communications channel, the location of the device.
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1. A method of walk test in an alarm system, comprising the steps of:
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setting up a communications channel between a control panel and a communicator carried by a human tester; triggering a test condition in a device, by the tester at the device; at the control panel, detecting the triggered test condition; and returning to the communicator over the communications channel an indication of a location of the device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An alarm system for walk test, comprising:
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an alarm device adapted to be triggered by a human tester at the device to activate a test condition; a control panel that detects the triggered test condition; a communications channel between the control panel and a communicator carried by the tester; an identifier of the device in the test condition being detected by the control panel, and an indication of a location of the device being returned to the communicator over the communications channel. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. An alarm system for walk test, comprising:
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communications means for communicating between a control panel and a communicator carried by a human tester; means for triggering a test condition in a device, by the tester at the device; means, at the control panel, for detecting the triggered test condition; and means for returning to the communicator over the communications means an indication of a location of the device. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33)
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