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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2013
Tyco Fire & Security Gmbh, Neuhausen am Rheinfall, CH;
Tyco Fire & Security GmbH, Neuhausen am Rheinfall, CH;
Abstract
A dual communication-interface facility monitoring and management system, the system including a multiplicity of facility monitoring\management devices, the devices including at least one of at least one facility monitoring sensor and at least one facility management device, the facility monitoring sensors being operative to monitor at least a part of a facility, the facility management devices being operative to manage at last part of the facility, a facility communication gateway operative to facilitate electronic communication between a local area network (LAN) associated with the facility and an a wide area network (WAN) external to the facility, and a dual communication-interface facility monitoring and management subsystem operative to communicate with each of the multiplicity of devices via at least one of a first multiplicity of communication protocols and to communicate with the facility communication gateway via at least one of a second multiplicity of communication protocols.