Patent ID: 8456278

Claim:
A method of communicating within a wireless security system, the method comprising: receiving, at an integration device, information that identifies a user selection of one of a plurality of different selectable device types for a particular sensor-transmitter that is configured to transmit information in message packets that are each formatted according to a first packet protocol that comprises a) a first identity code field in a first identity code field format, and b) a first condition information field in a first condition information field format, the receiving of the information that identifies the user selection occurring during an enrollment process for the particular sensor-transmitter; receiving, at the integration device and from the particular sensor-transmitter, a wireless transmission that includes a first message packet comprising a) a first identity code in the first identity code field, the first identity code identifying the particular sensor-transmitter from among other sensor-transmitters, and b) first sensed condition information in the first condition information field, the sensed condition information indicative of condition information sensed by the particular sensor-transmitter, and wherein a message packet formatted according to the first packet protocol does not convey device type information that identifies a type of device that a sensor-transmitter is that sent the message packet; building, by the integration device, a second message packet formatted according to a second packet protocol comprising a second identity code field in a second protocol format, a device type encoding mechanism, and a second condition information field in a second condition information field format, the second message packet comprising a) a second identity code in the second identity code field, the second identity code identifying the particular sensor-transmitter from among other sensor-transmitters, b) information in the device type encoding mechanism that identifies the device type identified for the particular sensor-transmitter, and c) translated sensed condition information in the second condition information field, the translated sensed condition information being derived from the first sensed condition information; and transmitting, by the integration device, the second packet for receipt by a system control device for the wireless security system.