Patent ID: 8368532
Filing Date: 2013-02-05
Classification: G08B

Abstract:
1. A system for transmitting alarm notifications for use with a system in a monitored building comprising a plurality of sensors, an annunciation device and a main control unit, said main control unit communicating with each of the plurality of sensors, the annunciation device, and a central monitoring facility, the system for transmitting alarm notifications configured to perform a method comprising: receiving event signal data from at least one of the plurality of sensors; processing the event signal data at the main control unit; sending an alarm notification signal representative of the event signal from the main control unit to a receiver at the central monitoring facility; determining whether the alarm notification signal was transmitted successfully to the receiver at the central monitoring facility, said determining comprising receiving, at the main control unit, an acknowledgement signal from the central monitoring station that the notification signal was received by the receiver; and upon receiving the acknowledgement signal from the central monitoring facility, sending a signal from the main control unit to the annunciation device to trigger said annunciation device.