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`[11] Patent Number:
`[45] Date of Patent:
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`4,951,029
`Aug. 21, 1990
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`[54] MICRO-PROGRAMMABLE SECURITY
`SYSTEM
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`[75] Inventor: Paul K. Severson, Rich?eld, Minn.
`[73] Asslgnee: Interactive Technologies’ Inc" St‘
`Paul’ Mum‘
`[21] Appl. No.: 156,547
`[22] Filed:
`Feb. 16, 1988
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`[51] Int. Cl.5 ............................................ .. G08B 29/00
`U-S. Cl. .................................. -.
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`340/ 539; 340/532; 340/ 533; 340/534
`[58] Fleld of Search ------------- -- 340/506’ 531’ 532’ 533’
`340/539’ 82506’ 825'695 379/37’ 39’ 4O’ 51
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`U‘s' PATENT DOCUMENTS
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`4,392,125 7/1933 Iwata ....... ..
`4,400,694 8/1983 Wong et al. ..
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`4,660,024 4/1987 McMaster . . . . .
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`Primary Examiner-Donnie L. Crosland
`Attorne , Agent, or Firm-Don las L. Tschida
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`ABSTRACT
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`A security alarm network including a plurality of micro
`processor-based, subscriber system controllers, wherein
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`distributed wireless and hardwired sensors/transducers
`and 1s programmable via user, central station and install
`er-entered system and network parameters. Each sys
`tem controller is operable to (a) monitor neighbor Sys
`tern communications and system identi?cation data; (b)
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`listing of neighboring systems and, if communication
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`4,737,770 4/ 1988 Brunius et a1.
`4,749,985 6/1988 Corsberg ........................... .. 340/506
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`BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
`The present invention relates to programmable secu
`rity alarm systems and, in particular, to an improved
`system controller which is programmably responsive to
`a plurality of distributed wireless and hardwired alarm
`sensors/transducers and which communicates with
`neighboring system controllers and a central station
`interactively monitoring a number of subscriber sys
`tems.
`With the advent of microprocessors and integrated
`circuitry, the security alarm industry has seen the intro
`duction of a variety of low-end systems capable of meet~
`ing the security needs of the average homeowner and
`small business. Such systems typically are of the hard
`wired, loop impedance monitoring type and accommo
`date a limited number of environmental zones; that is,
`most commonly less than twenty controller identi?able
`zones are monitorable by way of an equal member of
`hardwired sensors. Additional sensors may be used but
`typically are not separately identi?able to the system
`controller. Alarm annunciation may either occur 10
`cally or be reported to a central station via separate
`phone line connections or radio frequency (RF) trans
`missions.
`Although, too, wireless RF systems have been devel
`oped, the two types of systems (i.e. hardwired and wire
`less) are mutually exclusive of each other and separate
`controllers are required to respond to the differeing
`types of sensors/transducers. Conversion circuitry can
`be used to permit one sensor/transducer type to com
`municate with another controller (e.g. US. Pat. Nos.
`3,925,763 and 4,446,454), but must be replicated for
`each sensor. This limits the upgradability of an installed
`system and increases cost.
`Appreciating too the limited installation size accom‘
`modated by most available systems, a need exists there
`fore for a system controller having greater zonal capac
`ity and able to accommodate both hardwired and wire
`less sensors. Such a controller could be adapted to the
`needs of larger installations, as well as facilitate the
`upgrading of existing systems, regardless of type. Appli
`cant particularly believes an expandable, wireless sys
`tem controller can best accommodate these ends.
`As regards the desirable features of such a system,
`Applicant is aware of a number of systems and control
`lers which are responsive to a plurality of distributed
`hardwired transducers. These systems can be found
`upon directing attention to US Pat. Nos. 3,848,231;
`4,001,819; 4,228,424; and 4,465,904. The controllers of
`such systems, however, are responsive to hardwired
`transducers only, as opposed to either hardwired or
`wireless transducers. The transducers are also not sepa
`rately programmable.
`Applicant is also aware of US. Pat. Nos. 3,927,404;
`4,203,096; 4,257,038; 4,581,606 and Applicant’s own
`pending US. application Ser. No. 06/837,208, ?led
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`Mar. 10, 1986 and entitled “SECURITY SYSTEM
`WITH PROGRAMMABLE SENSOR AND USER
`DATA INPUT TRANSMITTERS” which disclose
`systems having controller identi?able sensors, some of
`which sensors are electrically programmable. Again,
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`tioned systems include controllers which communicate
`detected sensor data, along with user specific data, such
`as billing account numbers and the like, to a central
`station by way of provided phone lines and/or an RF
`link. Furthermore, ones of such system controllers are
`programmably responsive to user/installer-entered ac
`cess codes and delay periods. However, it is not be
`lieved any of such systems are capable of simulta
`neously responding equally to hardwired or wireless
`sensors, nor communicating in a network arrangement
`via neighboring system controllers to a common central
`station. Moreover, none of such system controllers are
`believed to be operative to self-learn the identities of
`their various distributed sensors, among a variety of
`other features provided for in the presently improved
`system controller.
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`SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
`It is accordingly a primary object of the present in
`vention to provide a programmable system controller
`simultaneously responsive to an increased number of
`separately programmable wireless and hardwired sen
`sors/transducers, having maximized con?guration ?exi~
`bility and adaptable to a network con?guration interac
`tively communicating with a common central station
`which monitors a plurality of other subscriber systems
`including similarly constructed system controllers.
`It is an additional object of the invention to provide a
`network wherein each system controller has greater
`amounts of system data available, as well as network
`data, and communications with the central station can
`be selectively controlled.
`It is a further object of the invention to provide an
`installer~friendly system with alternative programming
`modalities and expanded sensor reporting capabilities,
`wherein sensor identi?cation data is self-logged into a
`system controller memory, wherein selected sensors
`can be bypassed and wherein defective sensors can be
`more readily detected.
`It is a further object of the invention to provide a
`plurality of user and central station programmable lev
`els of access codes for controlling access to the system
`and the arming level of the secured site.
`It is a further object of the invention to enable neigh
`boring system controllers to monitor and access, under
`selected circumstances, the communication capabilities
`of one another, and to permit the central station to
`program which neighbors respond to which other
`neighbors.
`It is a still further object of the invention to provide a
`system controller operative relative to stored listings of
`programmable sensor/ transducer numbers, system arm
`ing levels and a variety of programmable parameters
`and options to respond per pre-programmed, grouped
`sensor/transducer response data.
`The foregoing objects and advantages are achieved in
`the present invention in a security alarm network in
`cluding a plurality of similarly constructed micro
`processor-based system controllers. The central proces
`sor of each system controller is supported by pre-pro
`grammed internal and external read only and random
`access operating memories. In particular, the external
`default read only memory (ROM) and programmable
`random access memory (RAM) de?ne system operation
`relative to a plurality of grouped, separately program
`mable wireless and hardwired sensor/transducer num
`bers and a plurality of system arming levels. A plurality
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