US 12,170,009 B2
Detection system with addressable units
Jordi Escofet Via, Barcelona (ES); Andres Cordoba Galera, Barcelona (ES); and Ramon De La Torre Rodriguez, Barcelona (ES)
Assigned to CARRIER CORPORATION, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US)
Filed by Carrier Corporation, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US)
Filed on Jan. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/151,083.
Claims priority of application No. 22382005 (EP), filed on Jan. 7, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0222886 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. G08B 17/06 (2006.01); G08B 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC G08B 17/06 (2013.01) [G08B 25/003 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A detection system for hazard detection, comprising
a control loop;
an addressable base unit connected to the control loop, the base unit comprising a first near-field communication module storing a unit address; and
a mounting unit removably coupled to the base unit, the mounting unit comprising a second near-field communication module operable to read the unit address from the first near-field communication module and store the unit address so that the mounting unit is thereby addressable via the control loop;
wherein the second near-field communication module is operable to write to the first near-field communication module with a unit address, configuration information, unit health information, profile information, alarm information, sensor data and/or disablement information.