Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for controlling insects in a smoke detector device are described herein. One insect controlling smoke detector device, includes a housing having a smoke detecting chamber formed therein, a light source directing a light beam through the smoke detecting chamber, a light sensor to receive a portion of the light beam and analyze the received light beam to determine whether smoke particles are present in the chamber, and an insecticide injecting apparatus to inject insecticide into the chamber.

Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for system functionality settings based on a person of interest in an event detection system are described herein. In some examples, one or more embodiments include a memory and a processor to execute instructions stored in the memory to receive a person of interest signal indicating a location of a person of interest in a facility, and in response to receiving the person of interest signal, modify a system functionality setting of an event device in the predefined detection zone in which the location of the person of interest is located based on an attribute included in a user profile included in the person of interest signal.

Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems for event monitoring and detection device testing are described herein. One device includes a memory and a processor to execute instructions stored in the memory to modify a sensitivity level of a sensor of the event monitoring and detection device from a first sensitivity level to a second sensitivity level, cause an air movement device to pass air through a testing chamber of the event monitoring and detection device, cause the sensor to take an environmental particulate matter reading of particle sizes of particulates in the air passing through the testing chamber, and transmit the environmental particulate matter reading to a remote computing device.

Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems for event detection device testing are described herein. One device includes a memory and a processor to execute instructions stored in the memory to enable a filter-mode while the event detection device is simultaneously operating in a normal operational mode, cause a self-test module of the event detection device to generate an amount of test medium for a testing chamber of the event detection device, cause an air movement device of the event detection device to pass the test medium through the testing chamber, and cause the event detection device to perform an anti-mask test using the test medium to determine whether the testing chamber is blocked while in the filter-mode.

Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems for an event sensing device are described herein. One device includes a variable airflow device and a controller configured to activate the variable airflow device to increase airflow into the event sensing device responsive to the event sensing device or a neighboring event sensing device detecting an unconfirmed fire, detect whether a fire is occurring using the increased airflow responsive to activating the variable airflow device, and report a confirmed fire responsive to detecting a fire occurring.

Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems for testing a heat detector of a self-testing hazard sensing device are described herein. One device includes a heat detector, and a controller configured to provide energy to the heat detector to heat the heat detector to a threshold temperature, determine an amount of time it takes for the heat detector to heat to the threshold temperature, determine whether the amount of time it takes for the heat detector to heat to the threshold temperature meets or exceeds a threshold amount of time, and determine whether the heat detector is functioning properly based on whether the amount of time it takes for the heat detector to heat to the threshold temperature meets or exceeds the threshold amount of time.

Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems for an event notification device are described herein. A first event notification device can include a first speaker and a first controller configured to receive a first command to broadcast an audio message indicating a direction of evacuation in response to the first event notification device being the first event notification device along an evacuation route and broadcast the audio message sequenced with a number of event notification devices to indicate the direction of evacuation in response to receiving the first command. The number of event notification devices can each comprise a speaker and a controller configured to receive a second command to broadcast the audio message indicating the direction of evacuation and broadcast the audio message sequenced with the number of event notification devices to indicate the direction of evacuation via the speaker in response to receiving the second command.

Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for providing an aspirating smoke detector device with test module are described herein. One aspirating smoke detector particulate or gas generation module includes a housing having a test particulate or gas generation chamber formed therein and wherein the test particulate or gas generation chamber has an inlet connection to a first pipe of an aspirating smoke detector pipe network and an outlet connection to a second pipe of an aspirating smoke detector pipe network and a test particulate or gas release apparatus that introduces a predetermined amount of test particulate or gas into the test particulate or gas generation chamber so that after it travels through a portion of the aspirating smoke detector a measured amount can be determined.

Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for generating an event device optimization analysis in an event system are described herein. In some examples, one or more embodiments include a computing device comprising a memory and a processor to execute instructions stored in the memory to receive building system information from a plurality of event devices of the event system in a facility, generate an event device optimization analysis via a machine-learning model using the building system information from the plurality of event devices, and cause the event device optimization analysis to be displayed via a user interface.

Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems for detecting airflow and temperature conditions of a fire sensing device are described herein. One device includes an airflow sensor and a controller configured to receive a measurement from the airflow sensor, compare the measurement to a baseline range, and transmit a message responsive to the measurement being outside of the baseline range.

Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for validating an event response in an event system are described herein. In some examples, one or more embodiments include a mobile device comprising a memory and a processor to execute instructions stored in the memory to connect to an event device in response to an event occurring associated with the event device, determine an amount of time taken between when the event was initiated and when the mobile device connected to the event device, and transmit, to a remote computing device, a user profile associated with the mobile device and the amount of time.

Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for generating a route through a facility during an event are described herein. In some examples, one or more embodiments include a memory and a processor to execute instructions stored in the memory to receive an event detection signal from an event device indicating an event is occurring in a facility, determine the predefined detection zone in which the event is occurring based on the event detection signal, generate an egress route out of the facility based on the determined predefined detection zone having the event, and cause a building map of the facility to be displayed on a user interface of a display.

Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for system functionality settings based on a person of interest in an event detection system are described herein. In some examples, one or more embodiments include a memory and a processor to execute instructions stored in the memory to receive a person of interest signal indicating a location of a person of interest in a facility, and in response to receiving the person of interest signal, modify a system functionality setting of an event device in the predefined detection zone in which the location of the person of interest is located based on an attribute included in a user profile included in the person of interest signal.

Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for providing an aspirating smoke detector device with test module are described herein. One aspirating smoke detector particulate or gas generation module includes a housing having a test particulate or gas generation chamber formed therein and wherein the test particulate or gas generation chamber has an inlet connection to a first pipe of an aspirating smoke detector pipe network and an outlet connection to a second pipe of an aspirating smoke detector pipe network and a test particulate or gas release apparatus that introduces a predetermined amount of test particulate or gas into the test particulate or gas generation chamber so that after it travels through a portion of the aspirating smoke detector a measured amount can be determined.

Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems for performing a self-clean of a fire sensing device are described herein. One device includes an air movement device and a controller configured to receive a command to perform a self-clean of the fire sensing device and cause the air movement device to activate to perform the self-clean responsive to receiving the command to self-clean, wherein the air movement device is configured to activate for a particular period of time to remove unwanted particles from the fire sensing device.

Abstract: A fire sensing device is described herein. One fire sensing device includes a first transmitter light-emitting diode (LED) configured to emit a first light, a second transmitter LED configured to emit a second light, a controller configured to command the first transmitter LED to cease emitting the first light and the second transmitter LED to start emitting the second light, and a photodiode configured to detect the first light and the second light.

Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for battery analysis in an event detection system are described herein. In some examples, one or more embodiments include a processor to record a characteristic of a battery in a control panel of the event detection system at predetermined intervals, determine, by the processor via a prediction model using the recorded characteristics, a trend associated with an performance characteristic of the battery, and generate, by the processor, an alert based on the trend associated with the performance characteristic.

Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems for a self-testing fire sensing device are described herein. One device includes an adjustable particle generator and a variable airflow generator configured to generate an aerosol density level sufficient to trigger a fire response without saturating an optical scatter chamber and the optical scatter chamber configured to measure a rate at which the aerosol density level decreases after the aerosol density level has been generated, determine an airflow rate from an external environment through the optical scatter chamber based on the measured rate at which the aerosol density level decreases, and determine whether the self-testing fire sensing device is functioning properly based on the fire response and the determined airflow rate.

Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems for a self-calibrating fire sensing device are described herein. One device includes an adjustable particle generator and a variable airflow generator configured to generate aerosol having a particular particle size and optical scatter properties at a controllable density level, a first transmitter light-emitting diode (LED) configured to emit a first light that passes through the aerosol, a second transmitter LED configured to emit a second light that passes through the aerosol, a photodiode configured to detect a scatter level of the first light that passes through the aerosol and detect a scatter level of the second light that passes through the aerosol, and a controller configured to calibrate a gain of the photodiode based on the detected scatter level of the first light, the detected scatter level of the second light, and the controllable aerosol density level.

Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems for monitoring a self-testing fire sensing device are described herein. One device includes a memory, and a processor configured to execute instructions stored in the memory to receive, from a self-testing fire sensing device, measurements of outputs of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) of the self-testing fire sensing device during operation of the self-testing fire sensing device, determine when a deviation in the measured outputs of the LEDs of the self-testing fire sensing device meets or exceeds a threshold deviation amount, determine an action to take on the self-testing fire sensing device upon determining the deviation in in the measured outputs of the LEDs meets or exceeds the threshold deviation amount, and send a notification of the determined action to take on the self-testing fire sensing device to an additional computing device.