Patent ID: 9728074
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: G08B,H04B,H04W,Y02D

Claim:
1. A monitoring and mass notification system, comprising: a control unit for broadcasting alert messages via addressable wireless links; a wireless base unit having a notification interface, a slave transceiver for receiving the alert messages from the control unit, and an identification address for distinguishing the wireless base unit from other wireless base units; and a notification device having a base interface for plugging into the notification interface of the wireless base unit and sending notification device information to the wireless base unit indicating a type of the notification device; wherein the notification device receives a notification command from the wireless base unit and the notification device generates an alarm notification in response to receiving the notification command from the wireless base unit based on the broadcasted alert messages associated with the identification address; wherein the wireless base unit reports the notification device information received from the notification device to the control unit.