A control and monitoring module is provided for activating an actuator assigned to the control and monitoring module and for monitoring a signal line and/or a power supply line connected to the control and monitoring module and/or to the actuator. The control and monitoring module is configured to detect a fault in the signal line and/or the power supply line, if, during a simulation executed by a testing device, an actual voltage at the control and monitoring module and/or the actuator exceeds a specified upper voltage threshold value or drops below a specified lower voltage threshold value. A system including the control and monitoring module and a method for operating a control and monitoring module are also provided.

A pet collar is provided with a collar command unit, which may include a stimulator feature for discouraging undesirable behavior and a sensor for detecting the undesirable behavior. A controller in the collar command unit electronically communicates with the stimulator and the sensor. The collar command unit also includes a receiver for receiving an event signal from a remote device, such as a building occupant protection system or cellular telephone, which is indicative of an emergency situation. When the pet exhibits the undesirable behavior, the controller allows the stimulator to deliver a deterrent stimulus. However, when the event signal is received, the controller overrides the stimulator feature, preventing the delivery of the deterrent stimulus to the pet. Additionally or alternately, the collar may include a transmitter for transmitting a response to the remote device and a tracking chip for tracking the location of the pet during or after the event.

Systems and methods for identifying at risk building sites. The security system includes a processing circuit configured to receive building security data from the plurality of building sites, the building security data indicating one or more vulnerability time periods for each of the plurality of building sites and determine an average vulnerability time period associated with each of the plurality building sites based on the one or more vulnerability time periods. The processing circuit can also be configured to determine a tunable threshold associated with the average vulnerability time period; determine whether each of the plurality of building sites are at risk by determining whether a current vulnerability time period for each building site is greater than the tunable threshold associated with the average vulnerability time period; and generate a report indicating one or more of the plurality of building sites that are at risk.

This disclosure pertains to a system and method configured provide entry check-in protection of a protected premises network including a central alarm monitoring station in communication with a plurality of protected premises, each protected premises comprises a protected premises panel configured to provide entry check-in protection. Protected premises panels include processors and memory configured to provide entry check-in protection comprising receiving an indication of a zone violation of the monitored premises, transmitting a check-in message to the central alarm monitoring station, and transmitting an alert, by the central alarm monitoring station, indicating a destruction of the protected premises panel, upon expiration of the predetermined entry delay period. The check-in message includes a duration corresponding to the entry delay time plus a set period, e.g., one minute.

A method for testing a network connection of an emergency response system at least including a remote device and a central station includes: receiving, by the remote device, a user's instruction or an automatically triggered event for initiating a test of the network connection between the remote device and the central station; in response to the user's instruction or the automatically triggered event, sending, by the remote device, a first test signal to the central station; receiving, by the remote device, a first response signal sent from the central station for acknowledging the first test signal; and in response to receiving no first response signal from the central station for acknowledging the first test signal, alerting, by the remote device, a user of the remote device about a failure of the network connection.

A media device may comprise an interface wherein the interface is configured to display prompts to a life safety inspector and guide a life safety inspector through a life safety inspection. The prompts may comprise questions or directions to the life safety inspector to perform an action. The life safety inspector may enter answers into a test box or similar input in response to the prompt. A server comprising a database may interface with the media device over the internet and allow the media device to upload a life safety inspector's inputs into the database. A life safety equipment inspection report may then be generated from the database.

The present disclosure relates to methods and devices in clustered alarm scenarios. More particularly the disclosure pertains to methods and arrangements for detecting several messages of a preconfigured message type, arriving sequentially in time. This disclosure proposes a method, performed in a radio network node, of detecting several messages of a preconfigured message type. The method comprises detecting SI a first message of the preconfigured message type, the first message being associated with an event. The method further comprises reconfiguring S3, in the radio network node, in response to the detection, at least one radio setting related to detecting further messages of the preconfigured message type and monitoring S4 a radio spectrum for further messages of the preconfigured message type using the reconfigured radio settings.

A control and monitoring module is provided for activating an actuator assigned to the control and monitoring module and for monitoring a signal line and/or a power supply line connected to the control and monitoring module and/or to the actuator. The control and monitoring module is configured to detect a fault in the signal line and/or the power supply line, if, during a simulation executed by a testing device, an actual voltage at the control and monitoring module and/or the actuator exceeds a specified upper voltage threshold value or drops below a specified lower voltage threshold value. A system including the control and monitoring module and a method for operating a control and monitoring module are also provided.

The invention provides a method for testing a hazard detector that includes transmitting a test mode switching signal from a test device to the hazard detector, setting the hazard detector to a test mode, transmitting a first test mode confirmation signal from the hazard detector to a central monitoring unit, transmitting a second test mode confirmation signal from the hazard detector to the test device, processing a hazard condition detected by the hazard detector as a test event, transmitting a test result signal from the hazard detector to the central monitoring unit, the hazard detector outputting a test completion signal, and setting the hazard detector to a detection mode. The invention further provides a hazard monitoring system, a hazard detector, and a test device.

A method for measuring a line resistance R.sub.L (7) and determining control line (16) faults in a hazard warning and control system. The control lines (16) connect a control device (20) to an actuator (10) using an actuation voltage U.sub.A in the case of an event and supplies the actuator (10) with a monitoring voltage U.sub.M in the case of a monitoring process using a monitoring module (21). Furthermore, the control device (20) has a constant current sink (6), which can be activated by a microcontroller (1), and a switchover device (5). In order to determine the line resistance R.sub.L (7), a constant voltage supply is provided in a measurement time interval t.sub.M by an energy store (9) integrated into the monitoring module (21) and is fed back to the control device (20), and the switchover device (5) deactivates the monitoring voltage U.sub.M supply from the control device (20) to the actuator (10) during the entire measurement time interval t.sub.M.