Patent ID: 9743372
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: G08B,H04W

Claim:
1. A method comprising: a control panel sending an activate output command, wherein the activate output command instructs an output device to activate an audible or visual output indicating an alarm scenario; a gateway of the control panel receiving the activate output command and determining a time period until a wireless communication subsystem becomes available; the wireless communication subsystem adjusting the time period by determining a time until a node is available to receive the activate output command through the gateway and the wireless communication subsystem, wherein the time until the node is available to receive the activate output command through the gateway and the wireless communication subsystem is determined based on an occurrence of a transmission slot within a time division multiplexing (TDM) super frame; the wireless communication subsystem sending the activate output command and a value of the time period as adjusted to the node; and the node activating the output device based upon the activate output command and the time period as adjusted.