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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2014
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Vinayak Sadashiv Kore, Bangalore, IN;
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
An apparatus is provided, wherein the apparatus includes an audio annunciator of a security system that protects a secured geographic area, a first wireless interface of the annunciator that wirelessly exchanges synchronization and channel maintenance messages with a control panel of the security system under a TDMA format, and a second wireless interface of the annunciator that wirelessly exchanges alarm messages with the control panel of the security system through a second wireless interface under a CSMA/CA format, the second wireless interface being maintained in a deactivated state until an alarm message is detected from the control panel through the first wireless interface, the second interface being activated in response to the alarm message, wherein audio information is thereafter streamed from the control panel to the annunciator through the second wireless interface.