Cerberus Ag

Peter Mueller

Jurg Muggli

Eugen G Schibli

Andreas Scheidweiler

Max Grimm

Hansjurg Waelti

In the monitoring system which is intended for buildings, rooms and objects a multitude of measuring or detecting and signaling stations are series connected to a central signal station. Each of the detecting and signalling stations transmits information about its instantaneous state, which may be any one of standby, warning, alarm, malfunction, to the central signal station by means of an electronic circuit member. The electronic circuit member affords the following advantages: identification of the number and of the location of the detecting and signalling station in the case of changes in the state of the detecting and signalling station; detection and localization of malfunctions such as a short-circuit or an interruption in the signal line; cut-off of the short-circuited signal line section from the remaining signal line; saving of installation expense; greater flexibility in the evaluation of the states of the detecting and signalling stations and in the initiation of appropriate measures or counter-actions; operation of control devices via the signal line; monitoring of the electronic circuit member.

Monitoring system including a number of measuring stations series

In a fire alarm system individual fire alarms are connected in series by reporting lines with a central signal station. In order to be able to connect a greater number of fire alarms with the individual reporting or signaling lines and/or in order to be able to dispatch an increased amount of current through the reporting lines, the reporting or signaling lines from the last fire alarm of a line are returned back to the central signal station in the form of a ring circuit or loop. Upon the absence of signals at a reporting line an interrogation device is reversed, so that there can be ensured that in the event of a line disturbance or breakdown of a fire alarm the remainder of the fire alarms still can be utilized for giving a signal. The individual fire alarms are structured such that during assembly the inputs and outputs can be mutually interchanged.

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