Alarm system, device, setting method and setting program

Abstract

To provide a warning system, an apparatus, a method for setting, and a setting program that can perform setting processing for making a master machine and a slave machine work in association with each other, more effectively.SOLUTION: The present invention relates to a warning system 1 for combining a plurality of warning devices including a first apparatus 10 and a second apparatus 20 and making the warning devices work in association with one another for warnings. The first apparatus 10 includes a first control unit 106 for executing setting processing with the second apparatus 20, and the second apparatus 20 includes a second control unit 206 for executing setting processing with the first apparatus 10. In the setting processing, the first control unit 106 sends individual setting information to the second apparatus, and the second control unit 206 performs setting of an own machine on the basis of the individual setting information when the second control unit 206 receives the individual setting information.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to an alarm system, a device, a setting method, and a program for detecting an abnormality. [Background technology]

[0002] Conventionally, generally, alarm systems have been provided that use wireless signals to link multiple alarm devices. In such alarm systems, multiple alarm devices are installed in multiple locations, and when any one of the alarm devices detects a fire, that alarm device outputs an alarm and transmits information notifying the detection of the fire to the other alarm devices by wireless signal. For example, as disclosed in Patent Document 1, a specific alarm device among the alarm devices belonging to the system is designated as a parent device, and the other alarm devices are designated as child devices, so that an alarm message notifying each child device of a fire can be transmitted from the parent device, and thus not only the alarm device at the source of the fire but also multiple alarm devices can link together to output an alarm, enabling the occurrence of a fire to be notified quickly and reliably. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] JP 2011-133979 A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] Incidentally, it is known that the setting between the parent unit and the child unit for the alarm system is performed by registering the information to be set for each of the parent unit and the child unit in each device, and then sharing and setting the information between the parent unit and the child unit. In the conventional alarm system, the user sets the installation location information for each of the parent unit and the child unit by operating each of them, and then sets the alarm system by exchanging the setting location information registered between the parent unit and the child unit. In other words, in the conventional alarm system, the parent unit and the child unit store the necessary information in each of them, and then the setting is completed by exchanging information between the parent unit and the child unit, which results in a problem that it takes a long time to set up the alarm system and is very troublesome.

[0005] Therefore, the present invention has been made in consideration of such problems, and aims to provide an alarm system, device, setting method, and program that can more efficiently perform the setting process for linking a parent unit and a child unit. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] In order to solve the above problems, an alarm system according to one aspect of the present invention is an alarm system that combines a plurality of devices including a first device and a second device, and links alarms between the plurality of devices. The first device includes a first control unit that executes a setting process for setting the link between the first device and the second device, and the second device includes a second control unit that executes the setting process between the first device and the second device. In the setting process, the first control unit transmits individual setting information, which is information related to the setting of the second device, to the second device, and upon receiving the individual setting information, the second control unit configures its own device based on the individual setting information.

[0007] A device used as a first device in an alarm system according to one aspect of the present invention stores individual setting information required for setting a second device.

[0008] A setting method according to one aspect of the present invention is a setting method for an alarm system that combines a plurality of devices including a first device and a second device and links alarms between the plurality of devices. The first device includes a first control unit that executes a setting process for setting the link between the first device and the second device, and the second device includes a second control unit that executes a setting process between the first device and the second device. The setting method for the alarm system includes a transmission step in which the first control unit transmits individual setting information, which is information related to the setting of the second device, to the second device, and a setting step in which the second control unit, upon receiving the individual setting information, configures its own device based on the individual setting information.

[0009] An alarm system setting program according to one aspect of the present invention causes a computer to execute a method for setting an alarm system. Effect of the Invention

[0010] According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an alarm system, alarm device, setting method and program which reduce the time and effort required for work and improve operability compared to when setting processing is performed by performing operations on all parent units and child units individually. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0011] [Figure 1] FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an alarm system according to a first embodiment. [Diagram 2] 1 is a block diagram showing a parent unit and a child unit according to a first embodiment. [Diagram 3] 4 is a diagram showing a data table of individual setting information of a child device included in a parent device according to the first embodiment. FIG. [Figure 4] 13 is a diagram showing a modified example of the data table of individual setting information of the child device included in the parent device in the first embodiment. FIG. [Diagram 5] 5 is a time chart showing the setting process performed between the master unit and the slave unit in the alarm system according to the first embodiment. FIG. [Figure 6]FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a modified example of a time chart showing the setting process performed between the master unit and the slave unit in the alarm system according to the first embodiment. [Figure 7] FIG. 4 is a time chart showing the resetting process performed between the master unit and the slave unit in the alarm system according to the first embodiment. [Figure 8] FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a parent unit and a child unit according to a second embodiment. [Figure 9] FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing an alarm system installed in a multi-storey building according to a second embodiment. [Figure 10] FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a parent unit and a child unit according to a third embodiment. [Figure 11] FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing an alarm system installed in a multi-storey building according to a third embodiment. [Figure 12] FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram showing an alarm system according to a fourth embodiment. [Figure 13] FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing a parent unit and a child unit according to a fourth embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0012] Hereinafter, the embodiments will be described with reference to the drawings. The embodiments described below are all comprehensive or specific examples. The numerical values, components, the arrangement and connection of the components, the order of steps, and the like shown in the following embodiments are merely examples and are not intended to limit the present invention. Furthermore, among the components in the following embodiments, components that are not described in the independent claims showing the highest concept are described as optional components.

[0013] Note that each drawing is a schematic diagram and is not necessarily a precise illustration. In addition, in each drawing, the same reference numerals are used for substantially the same configurations, and duplicated explanations may be omitted or simplified.

[0014] <Basic Concept of Each Embodiment> A basic concept common to each embodiment will be described. Alarm systems 1 to 4 according to embodiments 1 to 4 are systems that are composed of multiple devices, and a device that detects an abnormality shares the abnormality with other devices and notifies a user of the abnormality. The alarm systems 1 to 4 include first devices 10, 30, 50, 70 (hereinafter referred to as parent devices 10, 30, 50, 70) and second devices 20, 40, 60, 80 (hereinafter referred to as child devices 20, 40, 60, 80) that communicate with the first devices 10, 30, 50, 70 to detect abnormalities. Here, the "device" refers to, for example, an alarm device that detects abnormalities.

[0015] Alarm systems 1 to 4 according to the respective embodiments are applied to a facility A which is a residence, and are systems for detecting a fire and notifying the occurrence of a fire.

[0016] The parent units 10, 30, 50, 70 and child units 20, 40, 60, 80 of the alarm systems 1 to 4 can arbitrarily select applicable devices. In addition, the mode of communication between the parent units 10, 30, 50, 70 and the child units 20, 40, 60, 80 is arbitrary, and communication means such as wireless, wired, and optical communication can be used.

[0017] The alarm systems 1 to 4 according to the embodiments aim to simplify the setting work for the master unit 10, 30, 50, 70 and the slave units 20, 40, 60, 80 to function, and the alarm systems 1 to 4 are characterized in that the master units 10, 30, 50, 70 set the slave units 20, 40, 60, 80. In summary, the master units 10, 30, 50, 70 transmit individual setting information 90 (including, for example, location information 91, re-ringing time 92, latch information 93, language information 94, and sound information 95) which is information related to the setting of the slave units 20, 40, 60, 80, to the slave units 20, 40, 60, 80, and the slave units 20, 40, 60, 80 that receive the individual setting information 90 set their own settings based on the individual setting information 90.

[0018] According to this configuration, the operations required for completing the settings of the devices belonging to the alarm systems 1 to 4 are minimized, and the time and effort required for the work can be saved.

[0019] (Embodiment 1) <Summary> The alarm system 1 according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to Fig. 1 to Fig. 7. Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the alarm system 1, Fig. 2 is a block diagram showing the master unit 10 and the slave unit 20, Fig. 3 is a diagram showing a data table 98 of the individual setting information 90 of the slave unit 20 possessed by the master unit 10, Fig. 4 is a diagram showing a modified example of the data table 98 of the individual setting information 90 of the slave unit 20 possessed by the master unit 10, Fig. 5 is a time chart showing a setting process performed between the master unit 10 and the slave unit 20 in the alarm system 1, Fig. 6 is a diagram showing a modified example of the time chart showing the setting process performed between the master unit 10 and the slave unit 20 in the alarm system 1, and Fig. 7 is a time chart showing a re-setting process performed between the master unit 10 and the slave unit 20 in the alarm system 1.

[0020] As described above, any device may be used as the parent unit 10 and the child unit 20 in each embodiment, but in the first embodiment, the parent unit 10 and the child unit 20 are described as being applied to a wireless residential detector (hereinafter, referred to as a detector) that detects a fire and notifies the occurrence of the fire. The detector is installed, for example, on the ceiling of the facility A, but may also be installed on a wall.

[0021] 1, the alarm system 1 includes one parent unit 10 and three child units 20 (20A, 20B, 20C), and the child units 20 communicate with the parent unit 10. When describing common matters, the child units 20 will be referred to as child unit 20, and when describing each of the multiple child units 20, they will be referred to as child unit 20A, child unit 20B, and child unit 20C. The number of child units 20 is not limited to three.

[0022] <Explanation of the configuration of the parent unit 10> As shown in FIG. 2, parent unit 10 includes a transmission / reception unit 101, a detection unit 102, an alarm unit 103, an operation input reception unit 104, a power supply unit 105, a first control unit 106 (hereinafter referred to as the control unit 106) that executes each control, and a memory unit 107.

[0023] The transmitting / receiving unit 101 executes wireless communication with the slave unit 20. The transmitting / receiving unit 101 transmits and receives wireless signals such as a fire detection signal via an antenna 108 provided in the master unit 10, using, for example, a specific low-power radio in the 426 MHz band.

[0024] The detection unit 102 only needs to detect the occurrence of a fire, and a known technology is used for it. For example, the detection unit 102 may be an optical smoke detection sensor that uses diffuse reflection of light to detect a fire by detecting smoke during a fire, a heat detection sensor that detects a fire by detecting heat during a fire, a carbon monoxide detection sensor that detects a fire by detecting carbon monoxide generated by combustion during a fire, or an infrared detection sensor that detects a fire by detecting infrared rays emitted by combustion during a fire.

[0025] The notification unit 103 issues a fire alarm using an alarm sound or a voice message from a speaker to notify the user of the occurrence of a fire. When the detection unit 102 of the notification unit 103 detects a fire or when the notification unit 103 receives a fire detection signal transmitted from any of the slave units 20, the notification unit 103 issues an alarm sound or a voice message under the control of the control unit 106. When the notification unit 103 issues a voice message, it is preferable that the voice message include information about the location where the master unit 10 or slave unit 20 that detected the fire is installed.

[0026] The operation input accepting unit 104 has a switch 109 such as a push button or a DIP switch, and accepts an operation input corresponding to the switch 109 when the switch 109 is operated, and outputs an operation signal corresponding to the operation input to the control unit 106. In the first embodiment, when the operation input accepting unit 104 accepts a predetermined operation input, it has a role of outputting an operation signal that causes the control unit 106 to execute a setting process described later.

[0027] A power supply unit 105 uses a battery such as a dry cell as a power source to provide operating power to each unit.

[0028] When a fire detection signal is input from the detection unit 102, the control unit 106 controls the notification unit 103 to sound an alarm or a voice message, and controls the transmission / reception unit 101 to transmit a wireless signal including the fire detection signal to the slave unit 20, which is another detector. When the transmission / reception unit 101 receives a fire detection signal wirelessly transmitted from the slave unit 20 that is the source of the fire, the control unit 106 controls the notification unit 103 to sound an alarm or a voice message, and controls the transmission / reception unit 101 to transmit the fire detection signal to the slave unit 20 other than the slave unit 20 that is the source of the fire. The control unit 106 also executes a setting process that is a setting related to the linkage between the master unit 10 and the slave unit 20. The setting process will be described in detail later.

[0029] In addition, the master unit 10 is assigned a unique first identification code 96 (hereinafter, master unit identification code 96) during manufacturing. The master unit identification code 96 is stored in a storage unit 107, which will be described later. This identification code enables the slave unit 20 to identify the destination of a wireless signal and the master unit 10 that is the sender of a fire detection signal or the like. The identification code is the IP address, MAC address, name, or the like of the master unit 10.

[0030] The storage unit 107 stores the parent unit identification code 96 and the individual setting information 90, which is information required for setting the child unit 20, in a data table 98. After receiving the child unit identification code 97 from the child unit 20, the storage unit 107 stores the child unit identification code 97.

[0031] 3, the individual setting information 90 includes location information 91 of the handset 20, a re-ringing time 92 of the handset 20, information 93 on whether the handset 20 is latched (hereinafter referred to as latch information 93), language information 94, and sound information 95. Note that the storage unit 107 does not need to store all of the above-mentioned information as the individual setting information 90, and it is sufficient to store only at least one of the information. Furthermore, the individual setting information 90 is not limited to the above-mentioned information. The storage format of the individual setting information 90 is also not limited to the data table 98.

[0032] The location information 91 is information about the location where the handset 20 is installed, and is, for example, name information indicating the name of the floor on which the handset 20 is installed. In this embodiment, the storage unit 107 stores name information such as "1st floor" and "2nd floor." By registering this location information 91 in the handset 20, the location information 91 can be included in a voice message and sounded when the handset 20 detects a fire.

[0033] The re-alarm time 92 is the time until the alarm of the slave unit 20 sounds again after the switch 109 of the master unit 10 that sounds the alarm or the switch 209 of the slave unit 20 is operated to stop the alarm. The re-alarm time can be set, for example, from 2 to 15 minutes, and the memory unit 107 stores time information such as "2 minutes" or "3 minutes." The re-alarm time can be changed as appropriate depending on the area of ​​the facility in which the alarm system 1 is installed, the alert area, and the use of the building.

[0034] The latch information 93 is information on whether or not the slave unit 20 is latched. In the case of latching, even if the alarm sound of the master unit 10 or slave unit 20 that detected a fire stops, or the fire detection signal transmitted by the master unit 10 or slave unit 20 that detected a fire is no longer received, the slave unit 20 continues to sound the alarm sound. In the case of no latching, the slave unit 20 stops sounding the alarm sound when the alarm sound of the master unit 10 or slave unit 20 that detected a fire stops, or the fire detection signal transmitted by the master unit 10 or slave unit 20 that detected a fire is no longer received. In other words, in the case of latching, the slave unit 20 continues sounding the alarm sound regardless of the operation or communication state of the source of detection of the fire, and in the case of no latching, the slave unit 20 stops sounding the alarm sound according to the operation or communication state of the source of detection of the fire. The storage unit 107 stores "latched" or "unlatched".

[0035] The language information 94 is information about the language of the voice message sounded by the notification unit 203 of the handset 20. The language information 94 is information corresponding to, for example, Japanese, English, Chinese, German, etc., and can be appropriately changed according to the language used by the user.

[0036] The sound information 95 is information about a sound pattern of an alarm sound to be sounded by the alarm unit 203 of the handset 20. The sound information 95 is information for generating a sound having a pattern conforming to standards such as the international standard "ISO 8201", the German "DIN 33404-3", the British "BS 5839-1", the French "NF S32-001", and the Dutch "NEN 2575", and can be appropriately changed according to the country in which it is used.

[0037] As described above, the individual setting information 90 is information related to the child unit 20, and when there are multiple child units 20, it is possible to set common individual setting information 90 for each of the child units 20A, 20B, and 20C. In this case, the parent unit 10 may store only one set of individual setting information 90 as shown in Fig. 3, and the parent unit 10 transmits the individual setting information 90 to each of the child units 20A, 20B, and 20C, and the child units 20A, 20B, and 20C can perform settings based on that information, thereby improving the efficiency of settings.

[0038] 3, if the control unit 106 of the parent unit 10 transmits individual setting information 90 including location information 91 "1st floor", re-ring time 92 "2 minutes", latch information 93 "latched", language information 94 "Japanese", and sound information 95 "alarm sound conforming to the international standard "ISO 8201"" to each of the child units 20A, 20B, and 20C, the child units 20A, 20B, and 20C set their own units so that the location information 91 is "1st floor", the re-ring time 92 is "2 minutes", the latch information 93 is "latched", the language information 94 is "Japanese", and the sound information is "alarm sound conforming to the international standard "ISO 8201". The child units 20A, 20B, and 20C that have completed the setting recognize that they are installed on the first floor. In addition, when a fire is detected, a voice message in Japanese or an alarm sound conforming to international standards is sounded to notify that a fire has occurred on the first floor. Even if the alarm sound is stopped by pressing switch 209, for example, it will sound again two minutes later. Furthermore, the voice message and alarm sound continue to sound even after the voice message or alarm sound of the alarm that detected the fire has stopped, or even after the fire detection signal is no longer received from the alarm that detected the fire.

[0039] The method of the parent unit 10 storing the individual setting information 90 is, for example, a method in which the user operates the parent unit 10 to store the information. However, the method is not limited to this, and the individual setting information 90 may be determined at the manufacturing stage, or the individual setting information 90 may be input using an external device 99 described in a fourth embodiment described later.

[0040] Also, the individual setting information 90 set for the handset 20A, handset 20B, and handset 20C does not need to be the same. As shown in Fig. 4, the base unit 10 may have a data table 98 that stores a plurality of sets of individual setting information 90. The data table 98 stores a plurality of combinations of location information 91, re-ringing time 92, latch information 93, language information 94, and sound information 95, and the base unit 10 can select the necessary individual setting information 90 according to the target handset 20 and transmit it from the base unit 10 to the handset 20. Note that the combinations of location information 91, re-ringing time 92, latch information 93, language information 94, and sound information 95 shown in Fig. 4 are examples, and the number of combinations stored in the data table 98 can be increased or decreased.

[0041] <Explanation of the configuration of handset 20> The slave unit 20 has a configuration similar to that of the parent unit 10, and as shown in FIG. 2, the slave unit 20 includes a transmission / reception unit 201, a detection unit 202, an alarm unit 203, an operation input reception unit 204, a power supply unit 205, a second control unit 206 (hereinafter referred to as the control unit 206) that executes each control, and a memory unit 207.

[0042] The transmitting / receiving unit 201 executes wireless communication with the parent unit 10. The transmitting / receiving unit 201 transmits and receives wireless signals such as a fire detection signal via an antenna 208 provided in the child unit 20, using, for example, a specific low-power radio in the 426 MHz band.

[0043] The detection unit 202 only needs to detect the occurrence of a fire, and a known technique is used for this purpose. For example, the detection unit 202 may be an optical smoke detection sensor that uses diffuse reflection of light to detect a fire by detecting smoke during a fire, a heat detection sensor that detects a fire by detecting heat during a fire, a carbon monoxide detection sensor that detects a fire by detecting carbon monoxide generated by combustion during a fire, or an infrared detection sensor that detects a fire by detecting infrared rays emitted by combustion during a fire.

[0044] The notification unit 203 issues a fire alarm using an alarm sound or a voice message from a speaker to notify the user of the occurrence of a fire. When the detection unit 202 of the notification unit 203 detects a fire, or when the notification unit 203 receives a fire detection signal transmitted by another child unit 20 or the parent unit 10, the notification unit 203 issues an alarm sound or a voice message under the control of the control unit 206. When the notification unit 203 issues a voice message, it is preferable that the voice message include information about the location where the parent unit 10 or child unit 20 that detected the fire is installed.

[0045] The operation input accepting unit 204 has a switch 209 such as a push button or a DIP switch, and accepts an operation input corresponding to the switch 209 when the switch 209 is operated, and outputs an operation signal corresponding to the operation input to the control unit 206. In the first embodiment, the operation input accepting unit 204 has a role of outputting an operation signal that causes the control unit 206 to execute a setting process described later, when the operation input accepting unit 204 accepts a predetermined operation input.

[0046] A power supply unit 205 uses a battery such as a dry cell as a power source to provide operating power to each unit.

[0047] When a fire detection signal is input from detection unit 202, control unit 206 controls notification unit 203 to sound an alarm or a voice message, and controls transmission / reception unit 201 to transmit a wireless signal including a fire detection signal for notifying master unit 10 of a fire. Furthermore, when a fire detection signal wirelessly transmitted from master unit 10 is received, control unit 206 controls notification unit 203 to sound an alarm or a voice message. Furthermore, control unit 206 executes a setting process for setting the link between master unit 10 and slave unit 20. The setting process will be described in detail later.

[0048] In addition, the slave unit 20 is assigned a second identification code 97 (hereinafter referred to as the slave unit identification code 97) during the manufacturing stage, and this slave unit identification code 97 enables the parent unit 10 to identify the slave unit 20 that is the destination of a wireless signal and the source of a fire detection signal, etc.

[0049] Unlike the parent unit 10, the storage unit 207 stores only the child unit identification code 97. After receiving the individual setting information 90 from the parent unit 10, the storage unit 207 stores the individual setting information 90. Furthermore, after receiving the parent unit identification code 96 from the parent unit 10, the storage unit 207 stores the parent unit identification code 96.

[0050] <Settings process description> The setting process of the handset 20 in this embodiment will be described below with reference to Fig. 5 and Fig. 6. The setting process includes a synchronization setting process for synchronizing the handset 20 with the base unit 10 by having the handset 20 recognize the base unit identification code 96 of the base unit 10, and an individual setting process for storing individual setting information 90 including location information 91, re-ringing time 92, latch information 93, language information 94, and sound information 95 in the handset 20.

[0051] The synchronous setting process is completed when parent unit 10 sends parent unit identification code 96 to child unit 20, child unit 20 sends child unit identification code 97 to parent unit 10, and both units store each other's identification numbers. The individual setting process is completed when parent unit 10 sends individual setting information 90 to child unit 20, and child unit 20 completes setting based on the individual setting information 90.

[0052] Possible methods of the setting process include a method of performing the synchronous setting process and the individual setting process almost simultaneously, a method of performing the synchronous setting process and then the individual setting process, and a method of performing only the individual setting process without performing the synchronous setting process. However, these methods are merely examples and are not limiting.

[0053] Hereinafter, as a setting process, first, a case where a synchronous setting process and an individual setting process are performed almost simultaneously will be described with reference to FIG.

[0054] When switch 109 is operated in operation input reception unit 104 of parent device 10, control unit 206 of parent device 10 transitions to a setting registration mode for setting child devices 20 (20A to 20C). When switch 209 is operated in operation input reception unit 204 of child devices 20 (20A to 20C), control unit 206 of child devices 20 (20A to 20C) transitions to a setting reception mode for setting the child devices.

[0055] When parent unit 10 transitions to a setting registration mode and child units 20 (20A to 20C) transition to a setting reception mode, control unit 106 of parent unit 10 transmits a setting registration message including parent unit identification code 96 and individual setting information 90 from transceiver unit 101 to transceiver unit 201 of child units 20 (20A to 20C). Here, parent unit identification code 96 and individual setting information 90 may be included in the same wireless signal packet, or may be transmitted consecutively with a slight time difference.

[0056] Next, when the control unit 206 of the child unit 20 (20A to 20C) in the setting reception mode receives the setting registration message, the control unit 206 stores the parent unit identification code 96 and the individual setting information 90 in its own memory unit 207. Then, the control unit 206 that has stored the individual setting information 90 sets the child unit 20 (20A to 20C) based on the individual setting information 90.

[0057] Thereafter, the child device 20 (20A to 20C) receives the parent device identification code 96 and the individual setting information 90 from the parent device 10, and transmits a response message notifying the parent device identification code 96 that has been stored and the individual setting information 90 that has been set, from the transceiver 201 of the child device 20 (20A to 20C) to the parent device 10. Here, the response message includes the child device identification code 97 of the child device 20 (20A to 20C).

[0058] Regarding the response message, it is possible to transmit separate response messages to the base unit 10 indicating that the base unit identification code 96 and the individual setting information 90 have been accepted from the base unit 10 and that the storage of the base unit identification code 96 and the setting of the individual setting information 90 have been completed. In this case, it is possible to transmit a response message to the base unit 10 indicating the completion of acceptance at the time when the base unit identification code 96 and the individual setting information 90 are accepted from the base unit 10, and subsequently transmit a response message to the base unit 10 indicating the completion of setting at the time when the base unit identification code 96 is stored and the individual setting information 90 is set.

[0059] Furthermore, it is also possible to send a response message indicating the completion of storing the parent unit identification code 96 and a response message indicating the completion of setting the individual setting information 90 as separate response messages. Of course, each response message may include the child unit identification code 97 of the child unit 20 (20A to 20C).

[0060] After transmitting the response message, the slave unit 20 (20A to 20C) ends the setting registration mode. After receiving the response message from the slave unit 20 (20A to 20C), the master unit 10 stores the slave unit identification code 97 and ends the setting registration mode. At this point, the synchronous setting process and the individual setting process are completed.

[0061] The above is the basic flow of the setting process performed between parent unit 10 and child unit 20. Child unit 20 can complete its own setting by simply setting parent unit 10 to setting registration mode and child unit 20 to setting reception mode.

[0062] Next, a method for performing the individual setting process after the synchronous setting process will be described with reference to Fig. 6. The parent unit 10 can also transmit the parent unit identification code 96 and the individual setting information 90 separately. The method for the parent unit 10 to switch to the setting registration mode and the child unit 20 to switch to the setting reception mode is as described above, and a description thereof will be omitted.

[0063] When parent unit 10 transitions to the setting registration mode and child units 20 (20A to 20C) transition to the setting reception mode, first, control unit 106 of parent unit 10 transmits parent unit identification code 96 from transceiver unit 101 to transceiver unit 201 of child units 20 (20A to 20C).

[0064] Next, when the control unit 206 of the child unit 20 (20A to 20C) in the setting reception mode receives the parent unit identification code 96, it stores the parent unit identification code 96 in the storage unit 209, receives the parent unit identification code 96, and transmits a response message from the transmission / reception unit 201 notifying that the parent unit identification code 96 has been received and stored. Here, the response message includes the child unit identification code 97 of the child unit 20 (20A to 20C). Note that separate response messages may be transmitted when the parent unit identification code 96 is received and when the parent unit identification code 96 is stored.

[0065] After receiving the response message, the parent unit 10 stores the child unit identification code 97, and at this point, the synchronization setting process is completed. Then, the transmitting / receiving unit 101 of the parent unit 10 transmits the individual setting information 90 to the child units 20 (20A to 20C). Upon receiving the individual setting information 90, the control unit 206 of the child units 20 (20A to 20C) configures the child units 20 (20A to 20C) based on the individual setting information 90.

[0066] Thereafter, the child device 20 (20A to 20C) receives the individual setting information 90 and transmits a response message notifying the completion of the setting from the transmission / reception unit 201 of the child device 20 (20A to 20C). At this point, the individual setting process is completed. Here, the response message may include the child device identification code 97 of the child device 20 (20A to 20C).

[0067] The response message may be transmitted to the parent unit 10 as separate response messages indicating that the individual setting information 90 has been accepted and that the setting has been completed. In this case, it is possible to transmit a response message to the parent unit 10 indicating that the acceptance has been completed when the individual setting information 90 is accepted from the parent unit 10, and transmit a response message to the parent unit 10 indicating that the setting has been completed when the individual setting information 90 is set. Of course, either of the response messages may include the child unit identification code 97 of the child unit 20 (20A to 20C).

[0068] Then, after transmitting the response message, the slave unit 20 (20A to 20C) ends the setting reception mode, and after receiving the response message from the master unit 10, the master unit 10 ends the setting registration mode.

[0069] It is also possible to perform only the individual setting process without performing the synchronous setting process. In this case, after the parent device 10 transitions to the setting registration mode and the child device 20 transitions to the setting reception mode, the transmitting / receiving unit 101 of the parent device 10 transmits the individual setting information 90 to the child device 20 (20A to 20C). Upon receiving the individual setting information 90, the control unit 206 of the child device 20 (20A to 20C) configures the child device 20 (20A to 20C) based on the individual setting information 90.

[0070] Thereafter, the child device 20 (20A to 20C) receives the individual setting information 90 and transmits a response message notifying the completion of the setting from the transmission / reception unit 201 of the child device 20 (20A to 20C). At this point, the individual setting process is completed. Here, the response message may include the child device identification code 97 of the child device 20 (20A to 20C).

[0071] The response message may be transmitted to the parent unit 10 as separate response messages indicating that the individual setting information 90 has been accepted and that the setting has been completed. In this case, it is possible to transmit a response message to the parent unit 10 indicating that the acceptance has been completed when the individual setting information 90 is accepted from the parent unit 10, and transmit a response message to the parent unit 10 indicating that the setting has been completed when the individual setting information 90 is set. Of course, either of the response messages may include the child unit identification code 97 of the child unit 20 (20A to 20C).

[0072] Then, after transmitting the response message, the slave unit 20 (20A to 20C) ends the setting reception mode, and after receiving the response message from the master unit 10, the master unit 10 ends the setting registration mode.

[0073] It should be noted that other methods can be used for the parent device 10 to transition to the setting registration mode and the child device 20 to the setting reception mode. For example, in the above method, transition to each mode is performed by operating the switch 109 of the parent device 10 and the switch 209 of the child device 20, but a method is conceivable in which the parent device 10 transitions to the setting registration mode triggered by power-on and the child devices 20 (20A to 20C) transitions to the setting reception mode triggered by power-on without operating either the switch 109 or the switch 209 if it is a certain period (e.g., 5 minutes) after the parent device 10 and the child device 20 are powered on. It should be noted that the period of the setting registration mode is not limited to the above period.

[0074] It is also possible to consider a method in which, when switch 109 or switch 209 is pressed for parent unit 10 and child unit 20 that are powered on, all parent units 10 and child units 20 that are powered on are automatically switched to setting registration mode or setting reception mode.

[0075] Furthermore, in order to allow both units to recognize that they have switched to the setting registration mode or the setting acceptance mode, it is also possible for the parent unit 10 to output a signal indicating that they have switched to the setting registration mode to the child unit 20, and for the child unit 20 to output a signal indicating that they have switched to the setting acceptance mode to the parent unit 10.

[0076] In this way, by limiting the period during which settings can be registered, it is possible to prevent alarm devices that do not belong to the alarm system 1 of this embodiment from being mistakenly registered as settings.

[0077] 5, in the case where there are multiple child devices 20 and multiple child devices 20 are in the setting reception mode, it is possible to proceed to child devices 20B and 20C when the processing in child device 20A is completed. In this case, when the master device 10 receives a response message from child device 20A notifying that storage of the master device identification code 96 and setting of the individual setting information 90 are completed, the master device 10 sends a setting registration message including the master device identification code 96 and the individual setting information 90 to another child device, for example, child device 20B, and starts the setting process. It is also possible that the master device 10 sends a setting registration message to child device 20B and starts the setting process without waiting for the response message from child device 20A.

[0078] Furthermore, even when performing individual setting processing after performing synchronous setting processing as shown in FIG. 6, a method can be considered in which when transmitting at least one of the parent unit identification code 96 and the individual setting information 90, the transmission is performed at different timing for each of the child units 20A, 20B, and 20C, thereby proceeding with the setting of each child unit 20.

[0079] Incidentally, for example, it is conceivable to leave the parent unit identification code 96 set in the child units 20 (20A to 20C) as is, and modify only the individual setting information 90 (hereinafter referred to as a resetting process). In this case, the individual setting information 90 stored in the parent unit 10 must be erased once, the parent unit 10 must store the modified individual setting information 90, and then the modified individual setting information 90 must be set again in the child units 20 (20A to 20C). The resetting process in this embodiment will be described below. Note that the following description is based on the premise that the parent unit 10 and the child units 20 have already completed transmission and reception of their respective identification codes.

[0080] First, parent device 10 belonging to the existing system transitions to a reset registration mode by operating switch 109, and child devices 20 (20A to 20C) transition to a reset reception mode by operating switch 209. Note that in the reset process, parent device 10 may transition to the reset registration mode and child devices 20 may transition to the reset reception mode by operating switch 109 of any one of the devices (parent device 10 in this case).

[0081] When the parent unit 10 transitions to the reset registration mode and the child units 20 (20A to 20C) transition to the reset reception mode, the control unit 106 of the parent unit 10 transmits a reset registration message including new individual setting information 90 to the child units 20 (20A to 20C) belonging to the system. Then, when the control unit 206 of the child units 20 (20A to 20C) receives the reset registration message, it stores the new individual setting information 90 and transmits a response message notifying the parent unit 10 that the setting has been completed from the transmission / reception unit 201. In this case, the response message to be transmitted to the parent unit 10 after the new individual setting information 90 is received may be transmitted to the parent unit 10 as separate response messages indicating that the new individual setting information 90 has been received and that the setting has been completed. In this case, it is possible to transmit a response message indicating the completion of reception to the parent unit 10 at the time when the new individual setting information 90 is received from the parent unit 10, and transmit a response message indicating the completion of setting to the parent unit 10 at the time when the new individual setting information 90 is set.

[0082] Also, as shown in FIG. 7, when there are multiple child devices 20 belonging to the system, it is possible to transmit a reconfiguration registration message including new individual setting information 90 to child devices 20A, 20B, and 20C by multicast.

[0083] By transmitting individual setting information 90 from parent unit 10 to child unit 20A, child unit 20B, and child unit 20C simultaneously by multicast, the reconfiguration process can be shortened compared to transmitting individual setting information 90 from parent unit 10 to child unit 20A, child unit 20B, and child unit 20C in sequence.

[0084] As described above, in the first embodiment, the parent unit 10 transmits the individual setting information 90 stored therein to the child unit 20, so that the child unit 20 stores the individual setting information 90. The control unit 206 of the child unit 20 can configure the child unit 20 based on the individual setting information 90. In other words, the parent unit 10 stores the individual setting information 90 common to the plurality of child units 20 in advance, and the parent unit 10 transmits the individual setting information 90 to the child unit 20, so that the plurality of child units 20 can be configured at once. Therefore, the alarm system 1 according to the present embodiment can simplify the work required for configuration and shorten the time required for registration, compared to the case where the parent unit 10 and the child unit 20 are operated one by one, information required for configuration is stored, and then the parent unit 10 and the child unit 20 exchange the stored information and perform the configuration process.

[0085] (Embodiment 2) <Summary> The alarm system 2 according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to Fig. 8 and Fig. 9. Fig. 8 is a block diagram showing the master unit 30 and the slave unit 40, and Fig. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing the alarm system 2 arranged in a building A having a hierarchical structure.

[0086] As described above, the devices used as the parent unit 30 and the child unit 40 in each embodiment are arbitrary, but in the second embodiment, an example will be described in which the parent unit 30 is a repeater and the child unit 40 is a wireless residential sensor (hereinafter referred to as a sensor). The repeater here is assumed to be a device that wirelessly exchanges signals with other repeaters. The second embodiment is similar to the alarm system 1 according to the first embodiment, except that the parent unit 30 is a repeater, and therefore a description of the commonalities will be omitted.

[0087] As shown in FIG. 9, the alarm system 2 includes a master unit 30 (30A, 30B) and a total of six slave units 40 (40A, 40B, 40C, 40D, 40E, 40F), three of which are connected to the master unit 30A and three to the master unit 30B. The slave units 40A to 40C perform wireless communication with the master unit 30A, and the slave units 40D to 40F perform wireless communication with the master unit 30B. In addition, wireless communication is performed between the master unit 30A and the master unit 30B. As a result, for example, when the slave unit 40A detects the occurrence of a fire, a fire detection signal indicating the occurrence of a fire is transmitted to the master unit 30A, and the master unit 30A executes a fire alarm. In addition, the fire detection signal is transmitted via the master unit 30B to the slave unit 40D, and the slave unit 40D executes a fire alarm. As a result, the detection result is shared among the multiple slave units 40, and the multiple slave units 40 execute a fire alarm in cooperation with each other.

[0088] When describing common matters, the child device 40 will be described as a child device 40, and when describing each of the multiple child devices 40, the child devices 40A to 40F will be described. Here, the number of the parent devices 30 is not limited to two, and the number of the child devices 40 is not limited to six.

[0089] <Explanation of the configuration of the parent unit 30> As shown in FIG. 8, the parent unit 30 includes a first transceiver unit 301, a second transceiver unit 302, an alarm unit 303, an operation input receiving unit 304, a power supply unit 305, a first control unit 306 (hereinafter referred to as the control unit 306), and a memory unit 307.

[0090] First transceiver 301 uses a channel frequency f corresponding to the group to which it belongs, and performs wireless communication with slave unit 40 belonging to the same group. First transceiver 301 uses a specific low-power radio in the 426 MHz band, for example, and transmits and receives wireless signals such as a fire detection signal via first antenna 308 provided in master unit 30.

[0091] The second transceiver 302 transmits and receives signals such as a fire detection signal between adjacent master units 30 via a second antenna 309 provided in the master unit 30. As with the first transceiver 301, a specific low-power radio in the 426 MHz band is used.

[0092] The notification unit 303 issues a fire alarm using an alarm sound or a voice message from a speaker to notify the user of the occurrence of a fire. When the notification unit 303 receives a fire detection signal transmitted by the slave unit 40, the notification unit 303 issues an alarm sound or a voice message under the control of the control unit 306. When the notification unit 303 issues a voice message, it is preferable that the voice message include information about the location where the slave unit 40 that detected the fire is installed.

[0093] The operation input reception unit 304 has a switch 310 such as a push button or a DIP switch, and receives an operation input corresponding to the switch 310 when the switch 310 is operated, and outputs an operation signal corresponding to the operation input to the control unit 306. In the second embodiment, the operation input reception unit 304 has a role of outputting an operation signal that causes the control unit 306 to execute a setting process when it receives a predetermined operation input.

[0094] The power supply unit 305 uses a battery such as a dry cell as a power source to provide operating power to each unit.

[0095] When the control unit 306 receives a fire detection signal wirelessly transmitted from the slave unit 40 that has caused the fire by the first transmission / reception unit 301, the control unit 306 controls the notification unit 303 to sound an alarm. When the control unit 306 receives a fire detection signal from a slave unit 40 that belongs to the same group, the control unit 306 controls the second transmission / reception unit 302 to transmit a fire detection signal to another adjacent master unit 30, and controls the first transmission / reception unit 301 to transmit a fire detection signal to a slave unit 40 other than the slave unit 40 that has caused the fire in the same group. When the control unit 306 receives a fire detection signal from another master unit 30, the control unit 306 controls the notification unit 303 to sound an alarm, and controls the first transmission / reception unit 301 to transmit a fire detection signal to the slave unit 40 that belongs to the same group. The control unit 306 also executes a setting process that is a setting related to the linkage between the master unit 10 and the slave unit 20.

[0096] The storage unit 307 stores a unique master unit identification code 96 and individual setting information 90, which is information required to set the slave unit 40. The master unit identification code 96 is stored in the storage unit 307 at the manufacturing stage. The slave unit 40 can identify the master unit 30, which is the destination of the wireless signal and the source of the fire detection signal, etc., by using the master unit identification code 96. The master unit identification code 96 is the IP address, MAC address, or name of the master unit 30. The individual setting information 90 is stored, for example, by a user operating the master unit 30. However, the individual setting information 90 is not limited to this, and may be determined at the manufacturing stage, or the individual setting information 90 may be input using an external device 99 described in the fourth embodiment described later.

[0097] <Explanation of the configuration of handset 40> Next, the configuration of the slave unit 40, which is a detector, will be described. As shown in Fig. 8, the slave unit 40 includes a transmitting / receiving unit 401 that transmits and receives a wireless signal using radio waves as a medium via an antenna 408, a detecting unit 402 that detects smoke, etc., a notifying unit 403 that notifies a user of the occurrence of a fire by sounding an alarm or a voice message, an operation input receiving unit 404 that has a switch 409 and executes a setting process or an alarm stop process when a predetermined operation input is received, a power supply unit 405 that provides operating power to each unit, and a second control unit 406 (hereinafter, control unit 406) that controls each unit with a memory unit 407 as the main component. As described above, the slave unit 40 has the same configuration and functions as the slave unit 20, so detailed description of each unit will be omitted.

[0098] <Settings process description> The setting process includes a synchronization setting process for synchronizing the master unit 30 and the slave unit 40, and an individual setting process for storing individual setting information 90 in the slave unit 40, including location information 91, re-ringing time 92, latch information 93, language information 94, and sound information 95. In the setting process of this embodiment, when the operation input receiving unit 304 of the master unit 30 is operated, the control unit 106 of the master unit 10 transitions to a setting registration mode for setting the slave unit 20, and starts the setting process. The specific method is similar to the setting process method of the alarm system 1 according to the first embodiment, and therefore a description thereof will be omitted.

[0099] <Explanation of system configuration across hierarchical levels> The alarm system 2 described above may be used, for example, as shown in Fig. 9. The alarm system 2 is installed, for example, in a two-story building A, and one parent unit 30 (30A, 30B) functioning as a repeater and three child units 40 (40A to 40F) functioning as sensors are arranged on each floor.

[0100] Here, one master unit 30 and three slave units 40 installed on each of the first and second floors form a group for each floor, with group 1 (G1) on the first floor and group 2 (G2) on the second floor. A different channel frequency f (f1, f2) is assigned to each of the groups G1 and G2, and devices belonging to each group transmit and receive signals using the channel frequency f assigned to their own group. When a fire is detected, the slave units 40 installed in groups G1 and G2 sound an alarm and transmit a fire detection signal to the master units 30 belonging to their own group.

[0101] Moreover, the master unit 30, which is a repeater, is connected to adjacent master units 30 so as to be able to communicate wirelessly. That is, the master unit 30 plays a role of relaying between groups set for each floor. For example, when a fire occurs on the first floor, one of the slave units 40 (40A to 40C) installed in the group G1 detects the fire, and the slave units 40 (40A to 40C) installed in the group G1 transmit a fire detection signal to the master unit 30A using the channel frequency f1. When the master unit 30A receives the fire communication signal, it sounds an alarm by itself and transmits the fire detection signal to the master unit 30B of the adjacent group G2. After receiving the fire detection signal, the master unit 30B of the group G2 sounds an alarm by itself and transmits the fire detection signal to the slave units 40 (40D to 40F) installed in the group G2 using the channel frequency f2. The slave units 40 (40D to 40F) that receive the fire detection signal sound an alarm.

[0102] In this way, even if a fire is detected by a handset 40 belonging to any group, a linked alarm will be sounded by the handset 40 on other floors via the parent unit 30, so that it is possible to reliably notify users in building A of a fire and encourage them to take emergency action, such as evacuation.

[0103] In the case of a system configuration spanning hierarchical levels as shown in Fig. 9, the setting process is performed for each group G1, G2. That is, the parent unit 30 of each group transmits the individual setting information 90 stored therein to the child unit 40 belonging to the same group, whereby the child unit 40 stores the individual setting information 90. The control unit 406 of the child unit 40 then configures its own device based on the individual setting information 90 transmitted by the parent unit 10 belonging to its own group. At this time, it is assumed that the individual setting information 90 stored in the parent unit 30 of each group differs for each parent unit 30. However, without being limited thereto, all parent units 30 may store the same individual setting information 90.

[0104] As described above, in the second embodiment, the parent device 30 is a repeater, but the same effect as in the first embodiment can be obtained even if the parent device 30 is replaced with various commercial materials. That is, the parent device 30 can transmit the individual setting information 90 stored therein to the child device 40, and the child device 40 can configure its own device based on the individual setting information 90. Therefore, compared to the case where the parent device 30 and the child device 40 are operated one by one, the information required for configuration is stored, and then the parent device 30 and the child device 40 exchange the stored information and perform the configuration process, the work required for configuration can be simplified and the time required for registration can be shortened.

[0105] (Embodiment 3) <Summary> An alarm system 3 according to the third embodiment will be described with reference to Fig. 10 and Fig. 11. Fig. 10 is a block diagram showing a master unit 50 and a slave unit 60, and Fig. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing an alarm system 3 arranged in a multi-storey building.

[0106] As described above, the devices used as the parent unit 50 and the child unit 60 in each embodiment are arbitrary, but in the third embodiment, the parent unit 50 is a repeater receiver, and the child unit 60 is a wireless residential sensor (hereinafter referred to as a sensor) is described as an example. The repeater receiver here is assumed to be a device that exchanges signals between the same devices via a wire. The third embodiment is similar to the alarm system according to the first embodiment, except that the parent unit 50 is a repeater receiver, and therefore a description of the common points will be omitted.

[0107] As shown in FIG. 11, the alarm system 3 includes a master unit 50 (50A, 50B, 50C) and a total of nine slave units 60 (60A, 60B, 60C, 60D, 60E, 60F, 60G, 60H, 60I) connected to the master unit 50A (three units), the master unit 50B (three units), and the master unit 50C (three units). The slave units 60A-60C perform wireless communication with the master unit 50A, the slave units 60D-60F perform wireless communication with the master unit 50B, and the slave units 60G-60I perform wireless communication with the master unit 50C. In addition, wired communication is performed between the master unit 50A, the master unit 50B, and the master unit 50C. As a result, for example, when the slave unit 60A detects the occurrence of a fire, a fire detection signal indicating the occurrence of a fire is transmitted to the master unit 50A, and the master unit 50A performs a fire alarm. A fire detection signal is also transmitted to the slave unit 60D via the master unit 50B, and the slave unit 60D issues a fire alarm. As a result, the detection result is shared among the slave units 60, and the slave units 60 issue a fire alarm in cooperation with each other.

[0108] When describing common matters, the child device 60 will be described as a child device 60, and when describing each of the multiple child devices 60, the child devices 60A to 60I will be described. Here, the number of the parent devices 50 is not limited to three, and the number of the child devices 60 is not limited to nine.

[0109] <Explanation of the configuration of the parent unit 50> As shown in FIG. 10, parent unit 50 includes a wireless transceiver unit 501, a wired transceiver unit 502, an operation unit 503, an alarm unit 504, a display unit 505, an operation input receiving unit 506, a power supply unit 507, an indicator light 508, a first control unit 509 (hereinafter referred to as the control unit 509) that executes each control, and a memory unit 510.

[0110] Wireless transmission / reception unit 501 uses a channel frequency f corresponding to the group to which the wireless device belongs, and performs wireless communication with child devices 60 that belong to the same group. Wireless transmission / reception unit 501 uses, for example, a specific low-power radio in the 426 MHz band, and transmits and receives wireless signals such as a fire detection signal via antenna 511 provided in parent device 50.

[0111] The wired transmitting / receiving unit 502 transmits and receives signals such as a fire detection signal between adjacent master units 50 via a communication line 512 provided in the master unit 50 .

[0112] The operation unit 503 is a push switch that receives a push operation from a user who uses the building in the event of a fire in the building A. When the operation unit 503 receives a push operation, an alarm sound is generated from the notification unit 504, which will be described later.

[0113] The alarm unit 504 issues a fire alarm such as an alarm sound or a voice message from a speaker to notify the user of the occurrence of a fire. When the operation unit 503 accepts a pressing operation in the event of a fire occurrence or when the alarm unit 504 receives a fire detection signal transmitted by the handset 60, the alarm unit 504 issues an alarm sound or a voice message under the control of the control unit 509. When the alarm unit 504 issues a voice message, it is preferable that the voice message include location information of the device that detected the fire.

[0114] The display unit 505 displays the occurrence of a fire, etc. The display unit 505 is composed of, for example, a liquid crystal display, and when the operation unit 503 accepts a pressing operation in the event of a fire, or when a fire detection signal transmitted by the child device 60 is received, the display unit 505 displays text information for notifying the occurrence of a fire under the control of the control unit 509. The text information may be, for example, "A fire has occurred," or may convey location information such as "A fire has occurred on the first floor." In addition, the display unit 505 may display text information such as "Operation is normal" or "Operation is abnormal" depending on the result of an operation inspection.

[0115] The operation input accepting unit 506 has switches 513 such as push buttons or dip switches, and accepts operation inputs corresponding to the switches 513 by operating the switches 513, and outputs an operation signal corresponding to the operation input to the control unit 509. In this embodiment, the operation input accepting unit 506 is provided with setting switches 513 that, upon accepting a predetermined operation input, output an operation signal that causes the control unit 509 to execute a setting process.

[0116] The power supply unit 507 converts commercial AC 100V into DC power, and is provided with a battery as a backup power source if necessary.

[0117] The indicator lamp 508 has, for example, an LED and a dome-shaped cover that covers the front of the LED. The cover has translucency. The indicator lamp 508 is always lit so as to clearly indicate the position of the parent unit 50 even in the dark.

[0118] The control unit 509 receives a fire detection signal wirelessly transmitted from the child unit 60 of the fire source via the wireless transceiver unit 501, controls the alarm unit 504 to sound an alarm, and controls the display unit 505 to display the occurrence of a fire.

[0119] Furthermore, when the control unit 509 receives a fire detection signal, it transmits the fire detection signal from the wired transmission / reception unit 502 to other adjacent parent units 50. When the control unit 509 receives a fire detection signal from another parent unit 50, it controls the notification unit 504 to sound an alarm or a voice message, and controls the display unit 505 to display the occurrence of a fire. Then, it controls the wireless transmission / reception unit 501 to transmit the fire detection signal to the child units 60 belonging to the same group. Furthermore, the control unit 509 executes a setting process which is a setting related to the linkage between the parent unit 10 and the child units 20.

[0120] The storage unit 510 stores the parent unit identification code 96 and the individual setting information 90 which is information required to set the child unit 60. In addition, the storage unit 510 stores the child unit identification code 97 after receiving the child unit identification code 97 from the child unit 60.

[0121] The master unit identification code 96 is stored in the storage unit 510 at the manufacturing stage. The slave unit 60 can identify the master unit 50 as the destination of the wireless signal and the source of the fire detection signal, etc., by using the master unit identification code 96. The master unit identification code 96 is the IP address, MAC address, or name of the master unit 50. The individual setting information 90 is stored, for example, by a user operating the master unit 50. However, without being limited thereto, the individual setting information 90 may be determined at the manufacturing stage, or the individual setting information 90 may be input using an external device 99 described in a fourth embodiment described later.

[0122] <Explanation of the configuration of handset 60> Next, the configuration of the slave unit 60, which is a detector, will be described. As shown in Fig. 10, the slave unit 60 includes a transmitting / receiving unit 601 that transmits and receives a wireless signal using radio waves as a medium via an antenna 608, a detecting unit 602 that detects smoke, etc., a notifying unit 603 that notifies a user of a fire by sounding an alarm or a voice message, an operation input receiving unit 604 that has a switch 609 and executes a setting process or an alarm stop process when a predetermined operation input is received, a power supply unit 605 that provides operating power to each unit, and a second control unit 606 (hereinafter, control unit 606) that controls each unit and has a memory unit 607 as a main component. As described above, the slave unit 60 has the same configuration and functions as the slave unit 20, so detailed description of each unit will be omitted.

[0123] <Settings process description> The setting process includes a synchronization setting process for synchronizing the parent unit 50 and the child unit 60, and an individual setting process for storing individual setting information 90 in the child unit 40, including location information 91, re-ringing time 92, latch information 93, language information 94, and sound information 95. In the setting process of this embodiment, when the operation input receiving unit 506 of the parent unit 50 is operated, the control unit 509 of the parent unit 50 transitions to a setting registration mode for setting the child unit 20, and starts the setting process. The specific method is similar to the setting process method of the alarm system 1 according to the first embodiment, and therefore a description thereof will be omitted.

[0124] <Explanation of system configuration across hierarchical levels> The one group of systems described above may be used, for example, in the system configuration shown in Fig. 11. The alarm system 3 is installed, for example, in a three-story building A, and one parent unit 50 (50A, 50B, 50C) functioning as a repeater receiver and three child units 60 (60A to 60I) functioning as sensors are arranged on each floor.

[0125] Here, one master unit 50 and three slave units 60 installed on the first to third floors each form a group, with the first floor being group 1 (G1), the second floor being group 2 (G2), and the third floor being group G3. A different channel frequency f (f1, f2, f3) is assigned to each of the groups G1, G2, and G3, and devices belonging to each group transmit and receive signals using the channel frequency f assigned to the group. When a fire is detected, the slave units 60 installed in the groups G1, G2, and G3 sound an alarm and transmit a fire detection signal to the master units 50 belonging to the group.

[0126] Moreover, the parent unit 50, which is a repeater receiver, is connected to the adjacent parent unit 50 by wire so as to be able to communicate with each other. In other words, the parent unit 50 plays a role of relaying between groups set for each floor. Therefore, as in the second embodiment, even if a child unit 60 belonging to any group detects a fire, an alarm is sounded by the child units 60 on other floors via the parent unit 50, so that it is possible to reliably sound a fire occurrence to users in building A and encourage them to take action such as evacuation.

[0127] In the case of a system configuration spanning hierarchical levels as shown in Fig. 11, the setting process is performed for each group G1, G2, and G3, as in the second embodiment. That is, the parent unit 50 of each group transmits the individual setting information 90 stored therein to the child units 60 belonging to the same group, so that the child units 60 store the individual setting information 90. The control unit 606 of the child unit 60 then configures its own device based on the individual setting information 90. At this time, it is assumed that the individual setting information 90 stored in the parent units 50 of each group differs for each parent unit 50. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and all parent units 50 may store the same individual setting information 90.

[0128] As described above, in the third embodiment, the parent device 50 is a repeater receiver, but the same effect as in the first embodiment can be obtained even if the parent device 50 is replaced with various commercial materials. That is, the parent device 50 can transmit the individual setting information 90 stored therein to the child device 60, and the child device 60 can configure its own device based on the individual setting information 90. Therefore, compared to the case where the parent device 50 and the child device 60 are operated one by one, the information required for configuration is stored, and then the parent device 50 and the child device 60 exchange the stored information and perform the configuration process, the work required for configuration can be simplified and the time required for registration can be shortened.

[0129] As described above, if individual setting information for the child unit is stored in the device that will become the parent unit, then regardless of which device becomes the parent unit, the child unit can respond to whichever parent unit becomes the parent unit by transmitting the individual setting information stored in the parent unit to the child unit, and the child unit can make its own individual settings.

[0130] (Embodiment 4) <Summary> An alarm system 4 according to the fourth embodiment will be described with reference to Fig. 12 and Fig. 13. Fig. 12 is a schematic diagram showing the alarm system 4, and Fig. 13 is a block diagram showing a master unit 70 and a slave unit 80.

[0131] As described above, the devices used as the parent unit 70 and the child unit 80 in each embodiment are arbitrary, but in the fourth embodiment, an example will be described in which the parent unit 70 is a relay device and the child unit 80 is a wireless residential sensor (hereinafter referred to as a sensor). The relay device here is assumed to be a device composed of a first relay device 70A and a second relay device 70B, each of which is connected to one or more child units 80. This embodiment is similar to the alarm system according to the first embodiment, except that the parent unit 70 is a relay device and that an external device 99 is provided, and therefore a description of the common points will be omitted.

[0132] 12, the alarm system 4 includes an external device 99, one master unit 70 consisting of a first relay unit 70A and a second relay unit 70B, and a total of six slave units 80 (80A, 80B, 80C, 80D, 80E, 80F), three of which are connected to the first relay unit 70A and three of which are connected to the second relay unit 70B. The slave units 80A to 80C perform wireless communication with the first relay unit 70A, and the slave units 80D to 80F perform wireless communication with the second relay unit 70B. The first relay unit 70A and the second relay unit perform wired communication.

[0133] A plurality of first relay devices 70A may be connected to the external device 99, and a plurality of second relay devices 70B may be connected to the first relay device 70A.

[0134] The external device 99 is, for example, a mobile terminal or a personal computer. The external device 99 is connected to the first relay device 70A, and executes wired or wireless communication with the first relay device 70A. In other words, the external device 99 can directly communicate with the first relay device 70A, and can communicate with the second relay device 70B and the child devices 80 (80D to 80F) connected to the second relay device 70B via the first relay device 70A.

[0135] As a result, for example, when the slave unit 80A detects the occurrence of a fire, a fire detection signal indicating the occurrence of a fire is transmitted to the second relay unit 70B via the first relay unit 70A, and is transmitted from the second relay unit 70B to the slave unit 80D, and the slave unit 80D issues a fire alarm. As a result, the detection result is shared among the multiple slave units 80, and the multiple slave units 80 issue a fire alarm in cooperation with each other. The first relay unit 70A also transmits the fire detection signal to the external device 99. The external device 99 may manage the detection result and may display the detection result on a display (not shown) of the external device 99. The external device 99 may also control the operation of the second relay unit 70B and the slave unit 80 via the first relay unit 70A.

[0136] When describing common matters regarding the child device 80, the child device 80 will be described as a child device 80, and when describing each of the multiple child devices 80, the child devices 80A to 80F will be described. The number of child devices 80 is not limited to six.

[0137] <Explanation of the configuration of the parent unit 70> As shown in FIG. 15, the first relay device 70A constituting the parent unit 70 includes a first transceiver unit 701, a second transceiver unit 702, a wired transceiver unit 703, a power supply unit 704, an operation input receiving unit 705, a first control unit 706 (hereinafter referred to as the control unit 706), and a memory unit 707.

[0138] The first transceiver 701 performs wireless communication with the slave unit 80. The first transceiver 701 uses, for example, a specific low-power radio in the 426 MHz band, and transmits and receives wireless signals such as a fire detection signal via a first antenna 708 provided in the first relay device 70A.

[0139] The second transmitting / receiving unit 702 performs wireless communication with, for example, the external device 99. The second transmitting / receiving unit 702 uses, for example, 920 MHz wireless communication conforming to the Wi-SUN (registered trademark) standard (international standard IEEE 802.15.4g), and transmits and receives wireless signals such as a fire detection signal via a second antenna 709 provided in the first relay device 70A. Note that the present invention is not limited to this, and wired communication may also be performed.

[0140] The wired transmission / reception unit 703 executes wired communication with the second relay device 70B, and transmits and receives signals such as a fire detection signal via a communication line 710 connected to the first relay device 70A.

[0141] The power supply unit 704 converts commercial AC 100V into DC power, and is equipped with a battery as a backup power source if necessary.

[0142] The operation input accepting unit 705 has a switch 711 such as a push button or a DIP switch, and accepts an operation input corresponding to the switch 711 by operating the switch 711, and outputs an operation signal corresponding to the operation input to the control unit 706. In the fourth embodiment, the operation input accepting unit 705 has a role of outputting an operation signal for causing the control unit 706 to execute a setting process when it accepts a predetermined operation input. Note that the parent unit 70 does not need to be provided with the operation input accepting unit 705, and in that case, it is considered that the setting process is executed at the timing when the external device 99 is operated, or when the parent unit 70 receives the individual setting information 90 from the external device 99.

[0143] When the control unit 706 receives a fire detection signal wirelessly transmitted from the slave unit 80 that is the source of the fire at the first transmission / reception unit 701, it controls the first transmission / reception unit 701 to transmit a fire detection signal to a slave unit 80 other than the slave unit 80 that is the source of the fire. Furthermore, when the control unit 706 receives a fire detection signal, it transmits the fire detection signal from the wired transmission / reception unit 703 to the second relay device 70B. When the second relay device 70B receives a fire detection signal from the first relay device 70A, it controls the first transmission / reception unit (not shown) of the second relay device to transmit the fire detection signal to the slave unit 80 with which it can communicate. Furthermore, when the control unit 706 receives a fire detection signal, it transmits the fire detection signal to the external device 99. Furthermore, the control unit 706 executes a setting process that is a setting related to the linkage between the master unit 10 and the slave unit 20.

[0144] The storage unit 707 stores the parent unit identification code 96 and the individual setting information 90 which is information required to set the child unit 80. In addition, the storage unit 707 stores the child unit identification code 97 after receiving the child unit identification code 97 from the child unit 80.

[0145] The master unit identification code 96 is stored in the storage unit 707 during manufacturing. The slave unit 80 can identify the master unit 50 that is the destination of a wireless signal and the source of a fire detection signal, etc., by using the master unit identification code 96. The master unit identification code 96 is the IP address, MAC address, or name of the master unit 70. The individual setting information 90 is stored by the user operating the external device 99, as will be described in detail later.

[0146] Also, since the second relay device 70B is not directly connected to the external device 99, it does not include the second transceiver unit 702 of the first relay device 70A. However, since the other configurations are similar, a description thereof will be omitted.

[0147] <Explanation of the configuration of the child device 80> As shown in FIG. 13, the slave unit 80 is equipped with a transmission / reception unit 801 which transmits and receives wireless signals using radio waves as a medium via an antenna 808, a detection unit 802 which detects smoke, etc., an alarm unit 803 which alerts the user to a fire by sounding an alarm or a voice message, an operation input reception unit 804 which has a switch 809 and executes setting processing or alarm stop processing when a predetermined operation input is received, a power supply unit 805 which provides operating power to each unit, and a second control unit 806 (hereinafter referred to as control unit 806) which controls each unit and has a memory unit 807 (as its main component). As described above, the slave unit 80 has the same configuration and functions as the slave unit 20, and therefore detailed explanations of each unit will be omitted.

[0148] <Settings process description> The setting process includes a synchronization setting process for synchronizing the parent unit 70 and the child unit 80, and an individual setting process for storing individual setting information 90, including location information 91, re-ringing time 92, latch information 93, language information 94, and sound information 95, in the child unit 80. In the setting process of the fourth embodiment, first, the individual setting information is transmitted from the external device 99 to the parent unit 70, and after the parent unit 70 stores the individual setting information, the setting process of the parent unit 70 and the child unit 80 is started.

[0149] As described above, the external device 99 can directly communicate with the first relay device 70A. The external device 99 can also communicate with the second relay device 70B via the first relay device 70A. That is, the external device 99 can control the operation of the parent device 70 via the first relay device 70A, and more specifically, can cause the parent device 70 to store the individual setting information 90 by causing the parent device 70 to transmit the individual setting information 90.

[0150] First, the user operates the external device 99 to specify individual setting information 90 including location information 91, re-ringing time 92, latch information 93, language information 94, and sound information 95. Then, the individual setting information 90 specified by the external device 99 is transmitted to the first relay 70A, whereby the individual setting information 90 is stored in the storage unit 707 of the first relay 70A. In addition, the first relay 70A transmits the individual setting information 90 to the second relay 70B via the wired transmission / reception unit 703, whereby the second relay 70B can store the individual setting information 90.

[0151] When the parent unit 70 stores the individual setting information 90, the setting process of the child unit 80 can be started. When the external device 99 is operated, the control unit 706 of the parent unit 70 transitions to a setting registration mode for setting the child unit 80, and starts the setting process. The specific method is similar to the setting process method of the alarm system 1 according to the first embodiment, and therefore a description thereof will be omitted.

[0152] In addition, the external device 99 can cause the parent device 70 to recognize the child device 80 that is to execute the setting process by sending the child device identification code 97 of the child device 80 to the parent device 70. In other words, the parent device 70 transmits the individual setting information 90 only to the child device 80 that matches the child device identification code 97 received from the external device 99, and executes the setting process for the child device 80.

[0153] As described above, in the fourth embodiment, the external device 99 can set details of the individual setting information 90 related to the setting of the child device 80. In addition, the individual setting information 90 can be transmitted to the parent device 70, and the child device 80 can finally store the individual setting information 90. In other words, since the settings of the multiple child devices 80 can be performed collectively by operating the external device 99, the alarm system 4 according to the fourth embodiment can simplify the work required for setting and shorten the time required for registration, compared with the case where the parent device 70 and the child device 80 are operated one by one, the information required for setting is stored, and then the parent device 70 and the child device 80 exchange the stored information and perform the setting process.

[0154] (Modification) The above embodiment is merely one of various embodiments of the present disclosure. The above embodiment can be modified in various ways depending on the design and the like as long as the object of the present disclosure can be achieved.

[0155] In the above embodiment, the master units 10, 30, 50, 70 are connected to the slave units 20, 40, 60, 80, each of which has both a fire detection function and an alarm sound or voice message notification function. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the slave units 20, 40, 60, 80 may have only a fire detection function. In addition, the event that is the subject of disaster prevention is not limited to fire, and may be a sensor that detects flood damage, earthquakes, gas leaks, and CO (carbon monoxide) generation due to incomplete combustion. In addition, the facility A in which the alarm systems 1, 2, 3, 4 are installed is not limited to a residence, and may be a non-residential commercial facility, for example, an office building, a theater, a movie theater, an amusement park, a restaurant, a department store, a school, a hotel, a station, etc. According to this modification, the degree of freedom of configuration can be improved.

[0156] In the above-described embodiment, the notification by the notification units 103, 203, 303, 403, 504, 603, 803 at the time of a fire alarm is not limited to sound, but may be light or a combination of sound and light.

[0157] In the above embodiment, the switches 109, 209, 310, 409, 513, 609, and 809 may not only perform the role of executing the setting process, but also perform the role of an alarm stop process for stopping a fire alarm, an inspection process for inspecting equipment, etc. In this way, by having one switch 109, 209, 310, 409, 513, 609, and 809 serve to receive a plurality of operation inputs, the number of switches can be reduced.

[0158] In the above embodiment, the storage units 107, 207, 307, 407, 510, 607, 707, and 807 store a control program that the control units 106, 206, 306, 406, 509, 606, 705, and 806 execute. The control program may be realized by having a processor such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) execute the program, that is, by software, by hardware such as an IC (Integrated Circuit), or by using both software and hardware. The control program may be recorded in a computer-readable recording medium such as a CD-ROM, a flexible disk (FD), a CD-R, or a DVD (Digital Versatile Disk) in the form of an installable or executable file. Furthermore, the control program may be stored on a computer connected to a network such as the Internet and provided by downloading it via the network, or may be provided or distributed via a network such as the Internet.

[0159] The external device 99 of the fourth embodiment may be configured to be included in the alarm systems 1 to 3 of the first to third embodiments. In this case, the external device 99 is provided so as to be connectable to the parent units 10, 30, and 50, and corresponds to the upper side in the tree structure of the alarm systems 1 to 3. Furthermore, the external device 99 is not limited to a mobile terminal or a personal computer, and may be a controller for a Home Energy Management System (HEMS) installed in a facility.

[0160] (summary) As described above, the alarm systems 1, 2, 3, 4 according to the first embodiment are alarm systems that combine a plurality of devices including the first device 10, 30, 50, 70 and the second device 20, 40, 60, 80, and link alarms between the plurality of devices. The first device 10, 30, 50, 70 includes a first control unit 106, 306, 509, 706 that executes a setting process for setting the linkage between the first device 10, 30, 50, 70 and the second device 20, 40, 60, 80. The second device 20, 40, 60, 80 includes a second control unit 206, 406, 606, 806 that executes a setting process between the first device 10, 30, 50, 70 and the second device 20, 40, 60, 80. In the setting process of the first device 10, 30, 50, 70 and the second device 20, 40, 60, 80, the first control unit 106, 306, 509, 706 transmits individual setting information 90, which is information related to the setting of the second device 20, 40, 60, 80, to the second device 20, 40, 60, 80, and when the second control unit 206, 406, 606, 806 receives the individual setting information 90, it sets its own device based on the individual setting information 90. According to the first aspect, the parent device stores individual setting information common to multiple child devices in advance, and the parent device transmits the individual setting information to the child devices, thereby allowing the settings of multiple child devices to be performed at once. Therefore, the work required for setting can be simplified, and the time required for registration can be shortened.

[0161] The alarm system 4 according to the second aspect further includes an external device 99 capable of communicating with the first device 70 in the first aspect, and the external device 99 preferably transmits the individual setting information 90 to the first device 70. According to the second aspect, the external device 99 can set details of the individual setting information 90 related to the setting of the second device 80. Also, the individual setting information 90 can be transmitted to the first device 70, and the individual setting information 90 can be ultimately stored in the second device 80. In other words, since the settings of the multiple second devices 80 can be performed collectively by operating the external device 99, the work required for setting can be simplified and the time required for registration can be shortened.

[0162] In the first or second aspect, the individual setting information 90 of the alarm systems 1, 2, 3, 4 according to the third aspect preferably includes location information 91 indicating the locations where the second devices 20, 40, 60, 80 are installed. According to the third aspect, the installation locations of the second devices 20, 40, 60, 80 can be set.

[0163] In any of the first to third aspects, the individual setting information 90 of the alarm systems 1, 2, 3, 4 according to the fourth aspect preferably includes a re-alarm time 92 indicating the time until the second device 20, 40, 60, 80 outputs an alarm again after the second device 20, 40, 60, 80 stops outputting an alarm. According to the fourth aspect, the re-alarm time of the second device 20, 40, 60, 80 can be set.

[0164] In any of the first to fourth aspects, the individual setting information 90 of the alarm systems 1, 2, 3, 4 according to the fifth aspect preferably includes information (latch information 93) relating to the presence or absence of latching of the second devices 20, 40, 60, 80. According to the fifth aspect, settings relating to the presence or absence of latching of the second devices 20, 40, 60, 80 can be made.

[0165] In any of the first to fifth aspects, the individual setting information 90 of the alarm systems 1, 2, 3, 4 according to the sixth aspect preferably includes language information 94 of a voice message to be sounded by the second device 20, 40, 60, 80. According to the sixth aspect, the language information of the voice message of the second device 20, 40, 60, 80 can be set.

[0166] In any of the first to sixth aspects, the individual setting information 90 of the alarm systems 1, 2, 3, 4 according to the seventh aspect preferably includes sound information 95 which is the sound pronunciation pattern of the alarm sound to be sounded by the second devices 20, 40, 60, 80. According to the seventh aspect, the sound pronunciation pattern of the alarm sound of the second devices 20, 40, 60, 80 can be set.

[0167] In the warning systems 1, 2, 3, 4 according to the eighth aspect, in any of the first to seventh aspects, it is preferable that the first device 10, 30, 50, 70 transmits a first identification code 96 for identifying the first device 10, 30, 50, 70 to the second device 20, 40, 60, 80. According to the eighth aspect, when the second device 20, 40, 60, 80 receives the individual setting information 90, it can recognize from which first device 10, 30, 50, 70 the individual setting information 90 has been received.

[0168] In the alarm systems 1, 2, 3, 4 according to the ninth aspect, in the eighth aspect, it is preferable that the first device 10, 30, 50, 70 transmits the first identification code 96 to the second device 20, 40, 60, 80 before transmitting the individual setting information 90. According to the ninth aspect, before the second device 20, 40, 60, 80 receives the individual setting information 90, it is possible to recognize from which first device 10, 30, 50, 70 the individual setting information 90 is to be received.

[0169] In the alarm system 1, 2, 3, 4 according to the tenth aspect, in the eighth or ninth aspect, a plurality of second devices 20, 40, 60, 80 are provided, and it is preferable that the first device 10, 30, 50, 70, when transmitting at least one of the first identification code 96 and the individual setting information 90 to the plurality of second devices 20, 40, 60, 80, transmits the first identification code 96 and the individual setting information 90 at different timings for each second device 20, 40, 60, 80. According to the tenth aspect, the first device 10, 30, 50, 70 can transmit information accurately to the plurality of second devices 20, 40, 60, 80 without communication collisions.

[0170] The alarm system 1, 2, 3, 4 according to an eleventh aspect is any one of the first to tenth aspects, in which a plurality of second devices 20, 40, 60, 80 are provided, and in a resetting process for correcting the individual setting information 90 set in the second devices 20, 40, 60, 80, it is preferable that the first devices 10, 30, 50, 70 simultaneously transmit the individual setting information 90 to the second devices 20, 40, 60, 80 linked to the first devices 10, 30, 50, 70. According to the eleventh aspect, the resetting process can be performed quickly.

[0171] In the alarm system 1, 2, 3, 4 according to the 12th aspect, in any one of the first to 11th aspects, the first device 10, 30, 50, 70 and the second device 20, 40, 60, 80 each include an operation input receiving unit 104, 204, 304, 404, 506, 604, 705, 804, and it is preferable that the operation input receiving unit 104, 204, 304, 404, 506, 604, 705, 804 of at least one of the first device 10, 30, 50, 70 and the second device 20, 40, 60, 80 is operated so that the first device 10, 30, 50, 70 transmits the individual setting information 90 to the second device 20, 40, 60, 80. According to the 12th aspect, the setting process can be performed at any timing.

[0172] In the warning system 4 according to the thirteenth aspect, in any of the first to twelfth aspects, it is preferable that the external device 99 transmits the individual setting information 90 and the second identification code 97 for identifying the second device 80 to the first device 70, and the first device 70 transmits the individual setting information 90 to the second device 80 that matches the second identification code 97 based on the second identification code 97 received from the external device 99. According to the thirteenth aspect, the external device can cause the parent device to recognize the child device for which the setting process is performed.

[0173] The devices 10, 30, 50, 70 according to the fourteenth aspect are first devices 10, 30, 50, 70 used in the alarm systems 1, 2, 3, 4. The first devices 10, 30, 50, 70 store individual setting information 90 required for setting the second devices 20, 40, 60, 80. According to the fourteenth aspect, it is possible to provide devices that can simplify the work required for setting the parent device and the child devices and shorten the time required for registration.

[0174] A setting method according to a fifteenth aspect is a setting method for alarm systems 1, 2, 3, and 4. The setting method includes a transmission step in which the first control unit 106, 306, 509, and 706 of the alarm system 1, 2, 3, and 4 transmits individual setting information 90 to the second device 20, 40, 60, and 80, and a setting step in which the second control unit 206, 406, 606, and 806, upon receiving the individual setting information 90, configures its own device based on the individual setting information 90. According to the fifteenth aspect, it is possible to provide a setting method that can simplify the work required for setting the parent device and the child devices and shorten the time required for registration.

[0175] A setting program according to a sixteenth aspect is a program for causing a computer system to execute the setting method according to the fifteenth aspect. According to the sixteenth aspect, it is possible to provide a function that can simplify the work required for setting the parent device and the child device, and shorten the time required for registration. [Industrial Applicability]

[0176] The present invention can be widely used in alarm systems, devices, and alarm system setting methods and setting programs. [Explanation of symbols]

[0177] 1. Alarm system 2. Alarm system 3. Alarm system 4. Alarm system 10 First device (parent device) 20 Second device (child device) 30 First device (parent device) 40 Second device (child device) 50 First device (parent device) 60 Second device (child device) 70 First device (parent device) 70A First relay device 70B Second relay device 80 Second device (child device) 90 Individual setting information 91 Location Information 92 Re-ring time 93 Latch Information 94 Language Information 95 Sound Information 96 Parent unit identification code 97 Handset Identification Code 98 Data Table 99 External equipment 101 Transmitter / receiver 102 Detection unit 103 Notification Department 104 Operation input reception unit 105 Power supply section 106 First control section (control section) 107 Storage section 108 Antenna 109 Switch 201 Transmitter / receiver 202 Detection unit 203 Information Department 204 Operation input reception unit 205 Power supply section 206 Second Control Section (Control Section) 207 Memory section 208 Antenna 209 Switch 301 First Transmitter / Receiver 302 Second Transceiver Unit 303 Notification Department 304 Operation input reception unit 305 Power supply section 306 First Control Section (Control Section) 307 Storage section 308 First Antenna 309 Second Antenna 310 Switch 401 Transmitter / receiver 402 Detection unit 403 Notification Department 404 Operation input reception section 405 Power supply section 406 Second Control Section (Control Section) 407 Storage section 408 Antenna 409 Switch 501 Radio transmitter and receiver 502 Wired transmitter and receiver 503 Operation section 504 Notification Department 505 Display section 506 Operation input reception unit 507 Power supply section 508 indicator light 509 First Control Section (Control Section) 510 Storage section 511 Antenna 512 Communication Line 513 Switch 601 Transmitter / receiver 602 Detection unit 603 Notification Department 604 Operation input reception unit 605 Power supply section 606 Second Control Section (Control Section) 607 Storage section 608 Antenna 609 Switch 701 First Transmitter / Receiver 702 Second Transmitter / Receiver 703 Wired Transmitter / Receiver 704 Power supply section 705 Operation input reception unit 706 First Control Section (Control Section) 707 Storage section 708 First Antenna 709 Second Antenna 710 Communication Line 711 Switch 801 Transmitter / Receiver 802 Detection unit 803 Information Department 804 Operation input reception unit 805 Power supply section 806 Second Control Section (Control Section) 807 Storage section 808 Antenna 809 Switch

Claims

1. An alarm system that combines a plurality of devices including a first device and a second device and links alarms between the plurality of devices, The first device includes a first control unit that executes a setting process for setting a link between the first device and the second device, the second device includes a second control unit that executes the setting process between the second device and the first device, In the setting process, the first control unit transmits individual setting information, which is information related to a setting of the second device, to the second device; The second control unit, upon receiving the individual setting information, configures the alarm system itself based on the individual setting information.

2. An external device capable of communicating with the first device, The alarm system according to claim 1 , wherein the external device transmits the individual setting information to the first device.

3. The alarm system according to claim 1 , wherein the individual setting information includes location information indicating a location where the second device is installed.

4. The alarm system according to claim 1 , wherein the individual setting information includes a re-alarm time indicating a time until the second device starts outputting an alarm again after the second device stops outputting an alarm.

5. The individual setting information includes information regarding whether or not the second device is latched, In the case of latching, the second device continues to output an alarm regardless of the operation or communication state of the device that detected the abnormality.

5. The alarm system according to claim 1, wherein in the absence of a latch, the second device stops outputting an alarm in accordance with the operation or communication state of the source of the abnormality detection.

6. The alarm system according to claim 1 , wherein the individual setting information includes language information of a voice message to be sounded by the second device.

7. The alarm system according to claim 1 , wherein the individual setting information includes sound information that is a sound pattern of an alarm sound to be emitted by the second device.

8. 8. The alarm system according to claim 1, wherein the first device further transmits to the second device a first identification code for identifying the first device.

9. The alarm system according to claim 8 , wherein the first device transmits the first identification code to the second device before transmitting the individual setting information.

10. The second device is provided in plurality, 10. The alarm system according to claim 8, wherein when the first device transmits at least one of the first identification code and the individual setting information to a plurality of the second devices, the first device transmits the first identification code and the individual setting information at different timings for each of the second devices.

11. The second device is provided in plurality, 11. The alarm system according to claim 1, wherein in a reconfiguration process for correcting the individual setting information set in the second device, the first device transmits the individual setting information to the second device linked to the first device all at once.

12. Each of the first device and the second device further includes an operation input receiving unit, 12. The alarm system according to claim 1, wherein the operation input receiving unit of at least one of the first device and the second device is operated, so that the first device transmits the individual setting information to the second device.

13. the external device transmits the individual setting information and a second identification code for identifying the second device to the first device; The alarm system according to claim 2 , wherein the first device transmits the individual setting information to the second device that matches the second identification code based on the second identification code received from the external device.

14. A device for use as the first device in an alarm system according to any one of claims 1 to 13, comprising: A device that stores individual setting information required for setting the second device.

15. A method for setting an alarm system in which a plurality of devices including a first device and a second device are combined and alarms are linked between the plurality of devices, the method comprising the steps of: The first device includes a first control unit that executes a setting process for setting a link between the first device and the second device, the second device includes a second control unit that executes the setting process between the second device and the first device, The setting method includes: a transmission step in which the first control unit transmits individual setting information, which is information related to the setting of the second device, to the second device; and a setting step in which, when the second control unit receives the individual setting information, the second control unit configures the device itself based on the individual setting information.

16. On the computer, 16. An alarm system setting program for executing the alarm system setting method according to claim 15.

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