Master slave wireless fire alarm and mass notification system
First Claim
1. A wireless fire alarm notification system, comprising:
- a control panel for broadcasting alarm messages via wireless links; and
a wireless repeater device having a slave transceiver that receives the alarm messages from the control panel via the wireless links, the wireless repeater device having a master transceiver for wirelessly broadcasting the alarm messages to slave devices;
wherein the wireless repeater device uses the slave transceiver to acquire a network code from the control panel and then the slave transceiver passes the network code to the master transceiver.
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Abstract
A wireless fire alarm notification system uses wireless repeater devices to annunciate an alarm to slave devices from the control panel. A notification device provides a local synchronization signal via wire to a secondary notification device. A method enables the activation or deactivation of child device without the child device having to query their parent repeater. A circuit to test the integrity of an active battery charger, a battery, and an isolation circuit is also shown. A method for qualifying that an RF signal meets a specified minimum acceptable level is described. A method for wirelessly sending events to avoid RF link overload is provided. A programming checksum method confirms that an annunciator has latest programming information. A method to automatically process messages from new devices without having to hardcode repeaters to support these new devices is also described.
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17 Claims
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1. A wireless fire alarm notification system, comprising:
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a control panel for broadcasting alarm messages via wireless links; and a wireless repeater device having a slave transceiver that receives the alarm messages from the control panel via the wireless links, the wireless repeater device having a master transceiver for wirelessly broadcasting the alarm messages to slave devices; wherein the wireless repeater device uses the slave transceiver to acquire a network code from the control panel and then the slave transceiver passes the network code to the master transceiver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17)
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9. A wireless fire alarm notification system, comprising:
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a control panel for broadcasting alarm messages via wireless links; and a wireless repeater device having a slave transceiver that receives the alarm messages from the control panel via the wireless links, the wireless repeater device having a master transceiver for wirelessly broadcasting the alarm messages to slave devices; wherein the slave devices attempt to enroll or register, and switch to a new frequency upon failing to enroll or register.
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10. A wireless fire alarm notification system, comprising:
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a control panel for broadcasting alarm messages via wireless links; and a wireless repeater device having a slave transceiver that receives the alarm messages from the control panel via the wireless links, the wireless repeater device having a master transceiver for wirelessly broadcasting the alarm messages to slave devices; wherein the slave devices seek to join a new master device after failing to receive an acknowledgement from a previous master device. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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14. A wireless fire alarm notification system, comprising:
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a control panel including a master transceiver for broadcasting alarm messages via wireless links; and a wireless repeater device having a slave transceiver that receives the alarm messages from the control panel via the wireless links, the wireless repeater device having a master transceiver for wirelessly broadcasting the alarm messages to slave devices, wherein the slave devices are selected from the group consisting of additional repeater devices, annunciators, detection devices, tandem detection devices, utility transmitters, relay units, pull stations, and/or notification devices; and wherein the wireless links are slots of a frequency hopping spread spectrum (FHSS) with the wireless repeater device listening for beacons and transmits beacons using an unused hopping pattern and the slave devices attempt to enroll or register, and switch to a new frequency upon failing to enroll or register.
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