Patent ID: 7239236

Claim:
A premise-monitoring alarm system, comprising: a base set having circuitry and devices including a base transceiver as well as a control panel linked to the base transceiver; a remote set having circuitry and devices including a remote transceiver as well as a sensor being proximate and non-radio linked to the remote transceiver; a user-sensible indicator and user interface being non-radio linked to the remote transceiver, remote set being configured to respond to a given user input through the interface with transmission of a test signal through the remote transceiver; the base set being configured to respond to reception of any within-range test signal with sending a reply signal; the remote set responding to reception of a reply signal with output of a user-sensible indication by the user-sensible indicator, whereby during installation a single installer can determine when the transceivers are within range without help from additional persons or equipment and hence repetitiously test the remote transceiver in various proposed installations within a confined remote perimeter without deserting said perimeter.