Patent ID: 11941233
Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. An alarm commissioning system for an alarm system installed in a region to be monitored, the alarm commissioning system, comprising:
a graphical interface device for displaying information on a display thereon,
the alarm system having a plurality of alarm system devices, wherein each of the alarm system devices is identified by a different unique device identifier, wherein the positions of the alarm system devices in the region are provided on a plan displayed on the display of the graphical interface device;
wherein the graphical interface device display is configured to provide a display of the positions of the alarm system devices on the plan and to allocate a respective unique system address to each respective alarm system device using the display;
wherein allocating unique system addresses to the respective alarm system devices includes incorporating a link to the location of each alarm system device on the plan such that the status of activated alarm system devices is configured to be displayed on the plan to provide a user with a location in the region of the alarm system; and
wherein the plan is displayed on the display and the user can drag and drop a device icon from the plan to one of the available addresses on the display to activate the device functionality in the system, to allocate the address to the device.