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Parallel bus alarm system
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Inventors: Teich, Rudor M.; Guillaume, Keith; Shalvi, Ram;
Assignee: Tracer Electronics, Inc. (Bloomfield, NJ)
Primary Examiner: Crosland; Donnie L.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Gottlieb, Rackman & Reisman
A parallel bus alarm system in which address signals are represented by successive voltage steps, and responses are represented by current increments. Each alarm element, in response to its addressing, controls a variable current increment to flow in the bus, the magnitude of the current increment being a function of an associated analog measurement to be reported. Each alarm element also causes a predetermined current increment to flow in the bus in response to a condition arising which requires reporting, the total current change thus being directly proportional to the number of alarm indications. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION We claim: 1.
A parallel bus alarm system comprising a bus; a plurality of alarm means connected in parallel across said bus; and control means for causing a DC quiescent current to flow in said bus and for pulsing the potential across said bus to extend addressing signals to said alarm means; each of said alarm means including means for changing said DC quiescent current upon the occurrence of an alarm condition, and means responsive to addressing of the alarm means for controlling the current flowing in said bus to change by a variable increment whose magnitude is a function of an associated analog measurement to be reported; said control means including means for detecting a change in said DC quiescent current to determine the occurrence of at least one alarm condition, and means responsive to subsequent addressing of said alarm means for measuring the current in said bus so as to ascertain the magnitude of the current change controlled by an addressed alarm means.
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A parallel bus alarm system in accordance with claim 1 wherein said control means has a source impedance in the order of several ohms.
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A parallel bus alarm system in accordance with claim 1 wherein each of said alarm means includes means for controlling a predetermined current change in said DC quiescent current responsive to the occurrence of an alarm condition.
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A parallel bus alarm system in accordance with claim 1 wherein said control means includes a microprocessor, and means whose operation is independent of said addressing for generating an alarm signal responsive to a sufficient change taking place in said DC quiescent current.
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A parallel bus alarm system in accordance with claim 1 further including additional means connected across said bus responsive to a predetermined addressing signal for controlling a fixed current to flow in said bus, said fixed current being at a level outside the normal response range of said plurality of alarm means, said additional means serving to verify that addressing signals have been received correctly
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