AMETEK, Inc.
COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR INTERFACING WITH AN ALARM SYSTEM CONTROL PANEL

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Abstract:

A communicator device including a network interface for facilitating internet protocol (IP) communication, a public switched telephone network (PSTN) device interface for facilitating communication with a PSTN device and a processor. The processor is configured to communicate with a user application via an IP connection, receive instructions via the IP connection, generate a telephone ring signal based on the instructions, output the telephone ring signal to the PSTN device via the PSTN device interface, in response to the PSTN device providing a response to the telephone ring signal, establish a tip/ring connection between the PSTN device and the communicator device, and perform a data exchange between the user application and the PSTN device via a communication link that includes the IP connection and the tip/ring connection.

Status:
Application
Type:

Utility

Filling date:

24 Jul 2020

Issue date:

1 Apr 2021