FR2840097A1

FR2840097A1 - Remote monitoring using local networks having regional lines alarm connected/intermediate post connected with protocol messages received/decoded recording each house added register/periodic testing terminal carried out

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Publication number: FR2840097A1
Application number: FR0206312A
Authority: FR
Inventors: Philippe Lonzi
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2002-05-23
Filing date: 2002-05-23
Publication date: 2003-11-28
Anticipated expiration: 2022-05-23
Also published as: PT1376507E; EP1376507A1; FR2840097B1; EP1376507B1; ATE424017T1; DE60326293D1; ES2322947T3

Abstract

The remote surveillance system has regional lines connected to alarm terminals (TA) and connected to an intermediate post. Protocol messages are received and decoded from the transmitter (TD). The records for each house are added to the register for monitoring. The user details are added to the register, and the periodic testing of the terminal function carried out.

Description

tion de la valeur audit parametre, mesuree par ledit capteur (20).tion of the value in said parameter, measured by said sensor (20).

PRQC:EDE ET SYSTEME DE TELESURVEILLANCE PARTAGEE PRQC: EDE AND SHARED REMOTE MONITORING SYSTEM

DESCRIPTIONDESCRIPTION

L'invention concerne un procede et un systeme de telesurveillance partagee d'un reseau de locaux divers repartis sur un territoire national donne au moyen: a) de terminaux d'alarme disposes dans lesdits locaux et comprenant essentiellement, chacun, des detecteurs, notamment de presence et de fumee, une centrale electronique, un avertisseur, notamment sonore ou visuel, et un transmetteur digital destine a composer le numero de telephone du centre de telesurveillance; b) d'u n posse central national de telesurveil lance situe dans led it centre et comprenant essentiellement une unite centrale associee a des organes de visualisation, de saisie et de commande; lesdits terminaux transmettant, chacun, par l'intermediaire d'une ligne teiephonique, audit posse national, des codes defauts signalant le type d'anomalie detectee; led it posse national declenchant generalement, a parti r de l'analyse desdits codes defauts et de consignee pre-enregistrees propres a cheque local a surveiller, les diverges actions a mettre en oeuvre, notamment 1'appel de brigades d'intervention; ledit posse national recevant et decodant generalement les messages protocolaires transmis par les transmetteurs, pre-enregistrant toutes ies donnees relatives aux utilisateurs, notamment les caracteristiques de ['installation, et gerant les tests periodiques relatifs au bon fonctionnement de ['installation terminale; la facturation The invention relates to a method and a shared remote monitoring system of a network of various premises distributed over a national territory by means of: a) alarm terminals arranged in said premises and essentially comprising, each, detectors, in particular of presence and smoke, an electronic central, an alarm, in particular audible or visual, and a digital transmitter intended to compose the telephone number of the monitoring center; b) a national central remote monitoring station located in the center and essentially comprising a central unit associated with display, input and control units; said terminals each transmitting, via a telephone line, to said national position, fault codes signaling the type of anomaly detected; led to national posse generally triggering, starting from the analysis of said fault codes and pre-recorded deposit specific to local check to monitor, the various actions to be implemented, in particular the call of intervention brigades; the said national position generally receiving and decoding the protocol messages transmitted by the transmitters, pre-recording all the data relating to the users, in particular the characteristics of the installation, and managing the periodic tests relating to the proper functioning of the terminal installation; billing

des utilisateurs etant generalement assuree par le centre national. users are generally provided by the national center.

La configuration decrite ci-avant, qui correspond a la configuration connue, presente les principaux inconvenients suivants: - les installateurs de terminaux d'alarme ne participant pas a la gestion de la t=!=survei!lance et en conseo,uence aux profits qui en vent retires puisqu'ils le confient a des prestataires possedant un systeme de telesurveillance national; - les utilisateurs n'ont pas le suivi qu'ils au raient avec d es systemes regionaux de The configuration described above, which corresponds to the known configuration, has the following main drawbacks: - installers of alarm terminals who do not participate in the management of t =! = Surveillance and consequently for profit who wind up withdrawing it since they entrust it to providers with a national remote monitoring system; - the users do not have the follow-up that they should with regional systems of

preference geres par les installateurs eux memes, ni les memes garanties. preferably managed by the installers themselves, nor the same warranties.

Malheureusement, les installateurs locaux niont pas les moyens de gerer localement, voire regionalement, un reseau de telesurveillance, principalement a Unfortunately, local installers do not have the means to manage locally, or even regionally, a remote monitoring network, mainly at

cause du personnel necessaire, 24 heures sur 24 et 7 jours sur 7. because of the staff needed, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

L'invention vise a realiser un systeme pour la mise en cauvre d'un procede permettant la gestion regionale, par l'installateur lui meme, d'un reseau de terminaux d'alarmes, qu'il aura lui meme installe et ce, sans personnel regional The invention aims to provide a system for setting in place a process allowing the regional management, by the installer himself, of a network of alarm terminals, which he himself will have installed, without regional staff

affecte a la surveillance et avec un investissement materiel minimum. assigned to surveillance and with minimum material investment.

- 2 Le procede selon ['invention se caracterise en ce qu'il consiste essentiellement: a) a relier, par l'intermediaire de lignes telephoniques regionales, chaque terminal d'alarme appartenant a une region donnee, a un posse regional intermediaire, autonome, ne necessitant pas de personnel affecte a la surveillance, adapte pour: S - recevoir et decoder les messages protocolaires en provenance des transmetteurs; - saisir et enregistrer les consignee d'action propres a chaque local a surveiller et les references des intervenants; - saisir et enregistrer toutes les donnees relatives aux utilisateurs, notamment les caracteristiques de l'instaliation et les references desdits utilisateurs; - gerer les tests periodiques relatifs au bon fonctionnement de ['installation terminale; b) a relier, par l'intermediaire de lignes telephoniques rationales, cheque posse regional intermediaire appartenant a un territoire national donne, a un posse national de telesurveillance adapte pour: - ne recevoir, des posses regionaux, que les messages a traiter; - declencher directement les diverges actions a mettre en ceuvre; - lire les diverges consignee et informations contenues dans chaque posse regional; - effectuer une surveillance des divers posses regionaux; - transferer, dans les archives des posses regionaux, le compte rendu des actions - 2 The method according to the invention is characterized in that it essentially consists of: a) connecting, by means of regional telephone lines, each alarm terminal belonging to a given region, to an intermediate regional stand-alone , not requiring personnel assigned to monitoring, suitable for: S - receiving and decoding protocol messages from transmitters; - enter and record the action instructions specific to each room to be monitored and the references of the interveners; - enter and save all data relating to users, in particular the characteristics of the installation and the references of said users; - manage the periodic tests relating to the proper functioning of the terminal installation; b) to link, via rational telephone lines, each intermediate regional poses belonging to a given national territory, to a national telesurveillance posse adapted to: - receive, regional possibilities, only the messages to be processed; - directly trigger the various actions to be implemented; - read the diverging instructions and information contained in each regional posse; - carry out surveillance of the various regional possibilities; - transfer, in the archives of regional possessions, the report of the actions

mises en ceuvre.implemented.

Le systeme pour la mise en cauvre audit procede se caracterise en ce qutil comprend essentiellement: a) des terminaux d'alarme disposes dans les locaux; b) des posses regionaux intermediaires regroupant les terminaux appartenant a une region donnee; c) u n posse central national de telesurveillance situe dans led it centre regrou pant The system for placing in said process is characterized in that it essentially comprises: a) alarm terminals arranged in the premises; b) intermediate regional possessions grouping together the terminals belonging to a given region; c) a national central monitoring station located in the group center

les posses regionaux appartenant a un territoire national donne. regional possessions belonging to a given national territory.

Les caracteristiques et les avantages de ['invention vont appara^tre plus The features and advantages of the invention will become more apparent

clairement a la lecture de la description detaillee qui suit d'un mode de realisation clearly on reading the following detailed description of an embodiment

prefere de celle-ci donne a titre d'exemple non limitatif et represente aux dessins annexes. Sur ces dessins: - la figure 1 est un schema de principe du systeme de telesurveillance connu; - la figure 2 est le schema de principe du systeme de telesurveillance selon preferred thereof given by way of nonlimiting example and shown in the accompanying drawings. In these drawings: - Figure 1 is a block diagram of the known remote monitoring system; - Figure 2 is the block diagram of the remote monitoring system according

I'invention.The invention.

-3 Le systeme de telesurveillance connu (fig.1) utilise un procede de telesurveillance partagee d'un reseau de locaux divers repartis sur un territoire national donne au moyen: a) de terminaux d'alarme (TA) disposes dans lesdits locaux et comprenant essentiellement, chacun, des detecteurs (DE), notamment de presence et de fumee, une centrale electronique (CE), un avertisseur (AV), notamment sonore ou visuel, et un transmetteur digital (TD) destine a composer le numero de telephone du centre de telesurveillance; b) d'un posse central national de telesurveillance (PCN) situe dans ledit centre et lO comprenant essentiellement une unite centrale (UN) associee a des organes de visualisation (EN) et de saisie et de commande (CN); lesdits terminaux (TA) transmettant, chacun, par l'intermediaire d'une ligne telephonique(LT), audit posse national (PCN), des codes defauts signalant le type d'anomalie detectee; lS ledit posse national (PCN) declenchant gbneralement, a partir de l'analyse desdits codes defauts et de consignee pre-enregistrees propres a chaque local a surveiller, les diverges actions a mettre en oeuvre, notamment l'appel de brigades d'intervention; ledit posse national (PCN) recevant et decodant generalement les messages protocolaires transmis par les transmetteurs (TD), pre-enregistrant toutes les donnees relatives aux utilisateurs, notamment les caracteristiques de ['installation, et gerant les tests periodiques relatifs au bon fonctionnement de ['installation terminale. Le systeme de telesurveillance selon ['invention (fig.2) consiste essentiellement: a)a relier, par l'intermediaire de lignes telephoniques regionales (LR), chaque terminal d'alarme (TA) appartenant a une region donnee, a un posse regional intermediaire (PCR), autonome, ne necessitant pas de personnel affecte a la surveillance, adapte pour: - recevoir et decoder les messages protocolaires en provenance des transmetteurs -3 The known remote monitoring system (fig. 1) uses a shared remote monitoring process of a network of various premises distributed over a national territory by means of: a) alarm terminals (TA) arranged in said premises and comprising essentially, each, detectors (DE), in particular of presence and smoke, an electronic central (CE), an alarm (AV), in particular audible or visual, and a digital transmitter (TD) intended to compose the telephone number of the monitoring center; b) a central national remote monitoring station (PCN) located in said center and 10 essentially comprising a central unit (UN) associated with display (EN) and input and control (CN) bodies; said terminals (TA) each transmitting, via a telephone line (LT), to said national position (PCN), fault codes signaling the type of anomaly detected; lS said national position (PCN) generally triggering, from the analysis of said fault codes and pre-recorded instructions specific to each room to be monitored, the various actions to be implemented, in particular the call for intervention brigades; the said national position (PCN) generally receiving and decoding the protocol messages transmitted by the transmitters (TD), pre-recording all the data relating to the users, in particular the characteristics of the installation, and managing the periodic tests relating to the proper functioning of [ 'terminal installation. The remote monitoring system according to the invention (fig. 2) essentially consists of: a) connecting, via regional telephone lines (LR), each alarm terminal (TA) belonging to a given region, to a posse regional intermediary (PCR), autonomous, requiring no personnel assigned to monitoring, suitable for: - receiving and decoding protocol messages from transmitters

(TD);(TD);

- saisir et enregistrer les consignee d'action propres a chaque local a surveiller et les references des intervenants; - saisir et enregistrer toutes les donnees relatives aux utilisateurs, notamment les caracteristiques de l'instaliation et les references desdits utilisateurs; - 4 - gerer les tests periodiques relatifs au bon fonctionnement de ['installation terminale; b) a relier, par l'intermediaire de lignes telephoniques rationales (LN), chaque posse regional intermediaire (PCR) appartenant a un territoire national donne, a un posse national de telesurveillance (PCN) adapte pour: - ne recevoir, des posses regionaux (PCR), que les messages a traiter; - declencher directement les diverges actions a mettre en oeuvre; - lire les diverges consignee et informations contenues dans cheque posse regional - enter and record the action instructions specific to each room to be monitored and the references of the interveners; - enter and save all data relating to users, in particular the characteristics of the installation and the references of said users; - 4 - manage the periodic tests relating to the proper functioning of the terminal installation; b) to connect, by means of rational telephone lines (LN), each intermediate regional poses (PCR) belonging to a given national territory, to a national poses of remote monitoring (PCN) adapted for: - not receiving, regional possessions (PCR), that the messages to be processed; - directly trigger the various actions to be implemented; - read the diverging instructions and information contained in each regional posse

(PCR);(PCR);

- effectuer une surveillance des divers posses regionaux (PCR); transferer, dans les archives des posses regionaux (PCR), ie compte rendu des - carry out surveillance of the various regional possessions (PCR); transfer, in the regional possessions archives (PCR), ie report of

actions mises en cauvre.actions put in cuvre.

Le systeme de teiesurveillance centralisee d'un reseau de locaux divers repartis sur un territoire national donne, pour la mise en couvre du procede tel que decrit ci avant, comporte: a) des terminaux d'alarme (TA) disposes dans lesdits locaux et comprenant essentiellement, chacun, des detecteurs (DE), notamment de presence et de fumee, une centrale electronique (CE), un avertisseur (AV), notamment sonore ou visuel, et un transmetteur digital (TD) destine a composer le numero de telephone du centre de telesurveillance; b) des posses regionaux intermediaires (PCR) regroupant les terminaux (TA) appartenant a une region donnee et comprenant essentiellement une unite centrale (UR) associee a des organes de visualisation (ER), de saisie et de commande (CR), de telecommunications (MR), c) un posse central national de telesurveillance (PCN) situe dans ledit centre regroupant les posses regionaux (PCR) appartenant a un territoire national donne et comprenant essentiellement une unite centrale (UN) associee a des organes de The centralized monitoring system of a network of various premises distributed over a given national territory, for implementing the process as described above, comprises: a) alarm terminals (TA) arranged in said premises and comprising essentially, each, detectors (DE), in particular of presence and smoke, an electronic central (CE), an alarm (AV), in particular audible or visual, and a digital transmitter (TD) intended to compose the telephone number of the monitoring center; b) intermediate regional possessions (PCR) grouping together the terminals (TA) belonging to a given region and essentially comprising a central unit (UR) associated with display (ER), input and control (CR) and telecommunications bodies (MR), c) a central national remote monitoring station (PCN) located in said center grouping regional possessions (PCR) belonging to a given national territory and essentially comprising a central unit (UN) associated with organs of

visualisation (EN), de saisie et de commande (CN) et de telecommunication (MN). display (EN), input and control (CN) and telecommunication (MN).

Les unites centrales (UR) et (UN) peuvent etre celles d'ordinateurs. The central units (UR) and (UN) can be those of computers.

Les organes de visualisation (ER) et (EN) et de saisies (CR) et (CN) peuvent etre les ecrans et les claviers associes aux unites centrales (UR) et (UN) desdits ordinateurs. The display (ER) and (EN) and input (CR) and (CN) organs can be the screens and keyboards associated with the central units (UR) and (UN) of said computers.

Les organes de telecommunication (MR) et (MN) peuvent etre des << modems > >. Telecommunication devices (MR) and (MN) can be "modems">.

L' in stallateur a done la m a^'trise d u raccord ement des ses propres clients et c'est lui qui: , - saisit,es contrats, les consignee et toutes les informations relatives au client; - gere les essais, la facturation, la consultation et ['edition des archives; - controle les interventions par la lecture des comptes rendus; The installer therefore has control over the connection of his own customers and it is he who: - enters contracts, enters them and all information relating to the customer; - manages the tests, invoicing, consultation and ['edition of the archives; - controls interventions by reading the reports;

- veil le a la fiabi lite des installations. - ensure the reliability of the installations.

11 ne doit investir que dans 1'achat du materiel. Le centre national, outre la gestion des actions a lancer, assure la formation technique et commerciale du reseau. 11 regroupe ainsi des professionnels de la securite. 11 facture sa prestation aux installateurs regionaux pour une somme reduite. He should only invest in the purchase of equipment. The national center, in addition to managing the actions to be launched, provides technical and commercial training for the network. It thus brings together security professionals. He invoices his service to regional installers for a reduced sum.

Bien entendu, I'invention n'est pas limitee aux modes de realisation decrits et Of course, the invention is not limited to the embodiments described and

representes pour lesquels on pourra prevoir d'autres variantes, en particulier dans: - le type, la constitution et le nombre de terminaux d'alarme connectes a un posse regional; - le type, la composition et le nombre de posses regionaux connectes a un posse national de telesurveillance; - le type et la composition du posse national; representes for which we can foresee other variants, in particular in: - the type, the constitution and the number of alarm terminals connected to a regional station; - the type, composition and number of regional facilities connected to a national remote monitoring station; - the type and composition of the national posse;

- le type et le nombre de lignes de telecommunication mises en ceuvre. - the type and number of telecommunication lines used.

Claims

1- Method of shared remote monitoring of a network of various premises distributed over a national territory given by means of: a) alarm terminals (TA) arranged in said premises and essentially comprising, each, detectors (DE), in particular of presence and smoke, an electronic central (CE), an alarm (AV), in particular audible or visual, and a digital transmitter (TD) intended to dial the telephone number of the monitoring center; b) a central national remote monitoring station (PCN) located in said center and essentially comprising a central unit (UN) associated with display (EN) and input and control (CN) bodies; said terminals (TA) each transmitting, via a telephone line (LT), to said national position (PCN), fault codes signaling the type of anomaly detected; led it posse national (PCN) generally triggering, from the analysis of said fault codes and pre-recorded instructions specific to each room to be monitored, the various actions to be implemented, in particular the call of intervention brigades; the said national position (PCN) generally receiving and decoding the protocol messages transmitted by the transmitters (TD), pre-recording all the data relating to the users, in particular the characteristics of the installation, and managing the periodic tests relating to the proper functioning of [ 'terminal installation; characterized in that it essentially consists of: a) connecting, via regional telephone lines (LR), each alarm terminal 1 A) belonging to a given region, to an intermediate regional station (PCR), autonomous , not requiring personnel assigned to monitoring, suitable for: receiving and decoding protocol messages from transmitters (TD); - enter and record the action instructions specific to each house to be monitored and the references of the interveners; enter and save all data relating to users, in particular the characteristics of the installation and the references of said users; - manage the periodic tests relating to the proper functioning of the terminal installation; b) to link, via rational telephone lines (LN), each intermediate regional poses (PCR) belonging to a given national territory, to a national remote surveillance poses (PCN) adapted to: - not receive, regional possibilities (PCR), that the messages to be processed; S - directly trigger the various actions to be implemented; - read the diverging instructions and information contained in each regional posse

(PCR);

- carry out surveillance of the various regional possessions (PCR); transfer, in the regional possessions archives (PCR), the report of

actions implemented.

2- A shared remote monitoring system of a network of various premises distributed over a given national territory, for implementing the process according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises: a) alarm terminals (TA) arranged in said premises and essentially comprising, each, detectors (DE), in particular of presence and smoke, an electronic central (CE), an alarm (AV), in particular audible or visual, and a digital transmitter (TD) intended for dial the telephone number of the central monitoring station; b) intermediate regional possessions (PCR) grouping together the terminals (TA) belonging to a given region and essentially comprising a central unit (UR) associated with display (ER), input and control (CR) organs, telecommunications (MR); c) a central national remote monitoring station (PCN) located in the said center reg ro u pa n les possions reg ion a ux (PCR) ap pa rten a nt a territory al do n ne and essentially comprising a central unit (UN) associated with organs of

display (EN), input and control (CN) and telecommunication (MN).

3- System according to claim 2, characterized in that the units

central (U R) and (U N) are those of computers.

4- System according to claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the

display (ER) and (EN) and input (CR) and (CN) organs display screens and

the keyboards associated with the central units (U R) and (U N) of the computers.

- System according to claim 2, characterized in that the organs of