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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2014
Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Dennis M. Petricoin, Jr., Hemlock, NY (US);
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
Security systems and methods of operating the same. One security system includes a plurality of point devices positioned in a premises, a plurality of interim devices, and a control panel. The system also includes a first communication bus connecting the control panel and each of the plurality of interim devices and a plurality of second communication buses. Each of the plurality of second communication buses connects one of the plurality of interim devices with at least one of the plurality of point devices. The control panel is also configured to address a message for one of the plurality of point device based on an identifier of the one of the plurality of point devices and an identifier of at least one of the plurality of interim devices connected to the point device over one of the plurality of second communication buses.