The invention relates to a center, in particular a fire reporter and / or fire extinguishing control center, and to a center
system comprising a plurality of centers. The invention also relates to a method for configuring a center and a
computer program product. The center (1, 1a, 1b), in particular a fire reporter and / or a fire extinguishing control center, comprises: a
communication interface (6) which is designed to receive data (101) for configuring the center (1); and a
software-based memory-programmable control device (SPS) (7) having a functional logic (8) which can be configured by means of the functional modules (31, 32, 41, 42). The center has an announcement
system (9) comprising different announcement modules, in particular an announcement
transmitter module (51) and an announcement
receiver module (52), the announcement
system (9) being designed to transmit an announcement with information about a function to be carried out of the center (1, 1a, 1b) by means of the announcement
transmitter module (51), in particular depending on an SPS
signal, via an announcement channel (60), and receiving the announcement transmitted by the announcement
transmitter module (51) via the announcement channel (60) by means of the announcement
receiver module (52) and triggering an SPS
signal according to the received announcement, said SPS
signal being in particular designed to carry out a
control function of the center (1, 1a, 1b), preferably to activate or deactivate the
control function.