Patent ID: 8269637

Claim:
An alarm system notification device comprising: a single strobe, the single strobe configured to operate at a first wavelength band in a first configuration and at a second wavelength band in a second configuration, the first wavelength band being different from the second wavelength band; an input selector configured to receive a configuration command, the configuration command indicative of one of the first wavelength band or the second wavelength band to operate the single strobe, the first wavelength band indicative of a first type of notification and the second wavelength band indicative of a second type of notification, the first type of notification being different from the second type of notification; a communication port configured to receive an activation command from an alarm control panel; and a controller in communication with the input selector, the single strobe, and the communication port, the controller configured to: receive the configuration command to select which of the first wavelength band or second wavelength band to operate the single strobe, in response to receiving the configuration command, configure the single strobe to a configured strobe state so that the single strobe operates at one of the first wavelength band in the first configuration or the second wavelength band in the second configuration as indicated in the configuration command, and in response to receiving the activation command, activate the single strobe in the configured strobe state.