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

Claim 16:
17. A graphical interface device for use with an alarm system installed in a region to be monitored, the graphical interface device, comprising:
a display for displaying information on the graphical interface device,
wherein the alarm system has a plurality of alarm system devices, each of the alarm system devices being identified by a unique device identifier, the identifiers provided on the graphical interface device; and
wherein the positions of the alarm system devices in the region are provided on a plan on the display of the graphical interface device;
wherein a geographic position of the graphical interface device is displayed on the plan provided on the graphical interface device;
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.