Abstract: A gateway device for a fire control system is described herein. One device includes a memory, and a processor configured to execute executable instructions stored in the memory to detect that an interface of a plurality of interfaces of the gateway device is connected to a control panel of a fire control system of a facility, select, from a plurality of communication protocol types included in the gateway device, a communication protocol type associated with the control panel to which the interface is connected, and communicate with the control panel to which the interface is connected using the selected communication protocol type.

Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for an unmanned system (US) for smoke detector testing are described herein. In some examples, one or more embodiments include a test kit, a processor, and a memory having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform a test procedure on a projected beam smoke detector in a facility using the test kit and communicate a result of the test procedure to a smoke detector network associated with the facility.

Abstract: Operating a fire control system is described herein. One method includes receiving, at a gateway device, first operational data of a first format from a control panel, determining a model associated with the control panel based on the first operational data, wherein the model includes correlations between the first operational data and alarm information of a second format, receiving second operational data of the first format from the control panel, and determining alarm information of the second format associated with the second operational data based on the model.

Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for an unmanned system (US) for safety device testing are described herein. In some examples, one or more embodiments include a processor and a memory having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to capture, using an imaging device of the US, an image of a safety device, determine information corresponding to the safety device based on the image, communicate the determined information to a fire system network, receive, from the fire system network, a test procedure associated with the safety device, perform the test procedure on the safety device, and communicate a result of the test procedure to the fire system network.

Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for an unmanned system (US) for smoke detector testing are described herein. In some examples, one or more embodiments include a test kit, a processor, and a memory having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform a test procedure on a projected beam smoke detector in a facility using the test kit and communicate a result of the test procedure to a smoke detector network associated with the facility.

Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for multi-level authentication for a fire control system are described herein. One system includes a first device configured to receive a request corresponding to an action to be performed regarding an electronic record generated for a fire control system and receive a first authentication form a first user for the action regarding the electronic record generated for the fire control system. The system is further comprised of one or more secondary devices configured to receive a notification of the request and a secondary authentication from at least one of a number of required users for the action regarding the electronic record to be performed.

Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for fire control panel configuration are described herein. In some examples, one or more embodiments include a memory, and a processor to execute executable instructions stored in the memory to receive configuration information for a fire control system of a facility, create a spatial asset model of the fire control system using the configuration information for the fire control system, and transmit, in response to detecting a replacement of a fire control panel in the fire control system with a new fire control panel, the spatial asset model to the new fire control panel.

Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for controlling and monitoring a smoke control system are described herein. One device includes a user interface that can be configured to receive a selection to perform a smoke control operation using a smoke control system of a facility and display a plurality of smoke control elements, wherein each respective one of the displayed smoke control elements represents a different component of the smoke control system used to perform the selected smoke control operation. The device can also include a memory and a processor configured to execute executable instructions stored in the memory to cause the selected smoke control operation to be performed by the component of the smoke control system, wherein the user interface is configured to display an operational state of the components represented by each respective one of the displayed smoke control elements during the performance of the selected smoke control operation.

Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for an unmanned system (US) for smoke detector testing are described herein. In some examples, one or more embodiments include a test kit, a processor, and a memory having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform a test procedure on a projected beam smoke detector in a facility using the test kit and communicate a result of the test procedure to a smoke detector network associated with the facility.

Abstract: A gateway device for a fire control system is described herein. One device includes a memory, and a processor configured to execute executable instructions stored in the memory to detect that an interface of a plurality of interfaces of the gateway device is connected to a control panel of a fire control system of a facility, select, from a plurality of communication protocol types included in the gateway device, a communication protocol type associated with the control panel to which the interface is connected, and communicate with the control panel to which the interface is connected using the selected communication protocol type.

Abstract: Operating a fire control system is described herein. One method includes receiving, at a gateway device, first operational data of a first format from a control panel, determining a model associated with the control panel based on the first operational data, wherein the model includes correlations between the first operational data and alarm information of a second format, receiving second operational data of the first format from the control panel, and determining alarm information of the second format associated with the second operational data based on the model.

Abstract: A gateway device for a fire control system is described herein. One device includes a memory, and a processor configured to execute executable instructions stored in the memory to detect that an interface of a plurality of interfaces of the gateway device is connected to a control panel of a fire control system of a facility, select, from a plurality of communication protocol types included in the gateway device, a communication protocol type associated with the control panel to which the interface is connected, and communicate with the control panel to which the interface is connected using the selected communication protocol type.

Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for an unmanned system (US) for smoke detector testing are described herein. In some examples, one or more embodiments include a test kit, a processor, and a memory having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform a test procedure on a projected beam smoke detector in a facility using the test kit and communicate a result of the test procedure to a smoke detector network associated with the facility.

Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for controlling and monitoring a smoke control system are described herein. One device includes a user interface that can be configured to receive a selection to perform a smoke control operation using a smoke control system of a facility and display a plurality of smoke control elements, wherein each respective one of the displayed smoke control elements represents a different component of the smoke control system used to perform the selected smoke control operation. The device can also include a memory and a processor configured to execute executable instructions stored in the memory to cause the selected smoke control operation to be performed by the component of the smoke control system, wherein the user interface is configured to display an operational state of the components represented by each respective one of the displayed smoke control elements during the performance of the selected smoke control operation.

Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for an unmanned system (US) for safety device testing are described herein. In some examples, one or more embodiments include a processor and a memory having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to capture, using an imaging device of the US, an image of a safety device, determine information corresponding to the safety device based on the image, communicate the determined information to a fire system network, receive, from the fire system network, a test procedure associated with the safety device, perform the test procedure on the safety device, and communicate a result of the test procedure to the fire system network.

Abstract: Operating a fire control system is described herein. One method includes receiving, at a gateway device, first operational data of a first format from a control panel, determining a model associated with the control panel based on the first operational data, wherein the model includes correlations between the first operational data and alarm information of a second format, receiving second operational data of the first format from the control panel, and determining alarm information of the second format associated with the second operational data based on the model.

Abstract: Operating a fire control system is described herein. One method includes receiving, at a gateway device, first operational data of a first format from a control panel, determining a model associated with the control panel based on the first operational data, wherein the model includes correlations between the first operational data and alarm information of a second format, receiving second operational data of the first format from the control panel, and determining alarm information of the second format associated with the second operational data based on the model.

Abstract: A secured method of controlling a smoke control system is described herein. One device includes a user interface configured to display a smoke control element that represents a component of a smoke control system of a facility, receive a password, and receive a selection of an action to be performed by the component of the smoke control system, a memory, and a processor configured to execute executable instructions stored in the memory to cause the action to be performed by the component of the smoke control system in response to verifying the password is valid.

Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for controlling and monitoring a smoke control system are described herein. One device includes a user interface that can be configured to receive a selection to perform a smoke control operation using a smoke control system of a facility and display a plurality of smoke control elements, wherein each respective one of the displayed smoke control elements represents a different component of the smoke control system used to perform the selected smoke control operation. The device can also include a memory and a processor configured to execute executable instructions stored in the memory to cause the selected smoke control operation to be performed by the component of the smoke control system, wherein the user interface is configured to display an operational state of the components represented by each respective one of the displayed smoke control elements during the performance of the selected smoke control operation.

Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for an unmanned system (US) for safety device testing are described herein. In some examples, one or more embodiments include a test kit, a memory, and a processor to execute executable instructions stored in the memory to determine a location of a safety device to be tested, navigate, in response to the location of the safety device being different from a location of the US, the US to the location of the safety device, and initiate, in response to the location of the US and the location of the safety device being the same, a testing of the safety device using the test kit.