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

Claim 9:
10. A method of operating an alarm system installed in a region to be monitored, the method comprising:
providing a graphical interface device for displaying information,
identifying a plurality of alarm system devices, each alarm system device located at a different location within the region, by a different unique device identifier;
displaying the positions of the alarm system devices in the region on a plan displayed on a 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; 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.