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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 1997
Filed:
May. 16, 1995
Robert W Right, Huntington, CT (US);
Hilario S Costa, Sarasota, FL (US);
John P Hewlin, Bradenton, FL (US);
General Signal Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
There is provided an alarm system for detecting and warning of the presence of alarm and trouble conditions in a plurality of zones. The system comprises a loop controller having supply lines extending to the plurality of zones and a module connected to the supply lines within each zones. If an alarm condition occurs in a particular zone, the module initiates communication of the alarm condition to the loop controller. The system also includes means for variably controlling a specific personality of the module, such as a microcontroller, so that the module functions selectively in a variety of specific ways. The means for variably controlling includes means for selectively storing configuration data, such as an EEPROM, in the module to define the specific personality.