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An alarm/facility management unit including a housing having a front side and a rear side. The front side includes a liquid crystal display for displaying two lines of up to twenty alphanumeric characters. The front side also includes four control keys which enable a user to access a software progra

An alarm/facility management unit including a housing having a front side and a rear side. The front side includes a liquid crystal display for displaying two lines of up to twenty alphanumeric characters. The front side also includes four control keys which enable a user to access a software program contained within the alarm/facility management unit and perform a number of functions through the program. The front side of the alarm/facility management unit also includes a serial port for enabling communications with a personal computer. The rear side of the alarm/facility management unit includes at least two slots which can receive alarm/facility contact input cards, contact output cards, or serial port expansion cards. These slots can receive alarm/facility cards that provide real-time alarm/facility status on up to sixteen discrete alarm/facility contact inputs. The alarm/facility management unit is scalable from 16 to 128 discrete alarm/facility contact inputs.

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[ We claim:] [1.] A contact input and contact output management unit comprising:a housing having a front side and a rear side;a display on said front side for displaying two lines of up to twenty alphanumeric characters;four control keys on said front side;a serial port on said front side enabling c

[ We claim:] [1.] A contact input and contact output management unit comprising:a housing having a front side and a rear side;a display on said front side for displaying two lines of up to twenty alphanumeric characters;four control keys on said front side;a serial port on said front side enabling communications with a personal computer;at least two slots in said rear side arranged and configured to receive contact input cards, contact output cards, or serial port expansion cards;at least one contact input card with sixteen discrete contact closures, at least one contact output card with eight relays, or at least one serial port expansion card with four or eight serial ports;processing means;memory means;a software configuration tool for configuring the contact input and contact output management unit;a software program configured for providing powerful contact closure and relay reporting and analysis capabilities, and for enabling the automatic upgrade of the software program;two environmental sensors for monitoring temperature and relative humidity to determine if conditions are within pre-set thresholds; and, means for receiving power.