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A facility monitoring system includes a monitoring station receiving inputs from different control panels, each panel supporting detectors and other devices. Data from the panels are scanned, segmented into categories and presented in a standard format including a category identifying devices by typ

A facility monitoring system includes a monitoring station receiving inputs from different control panels, each panel supporting detectors and other devices. Data from the panels are scanned, segmented into categories and presented in a standard format including a category identifying devices by type and state or condition. The monitoring station stores graphic information including site maps and floor plans to provide backgrounds, and device images positionable on the backgrounds to accurately depict device locations in the facility.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A facility monitoring system, including:a plurality of devices disposed at different locations throughout a monitored facility, each device being adapted to generate a condition signal that varies in response to changing conditions proximate the device to alternatively

[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A facility monitoring system, including:a plurality of devices disposed at different locations throughout a monitored facility, each device being adapted to generate a condition signal that varies in response to changing conditions proximate the device to alternatively indicate at least two different states;a facility monitoring station having a memory for storing facility mapping information, location information and device image information;said facility monitoring station further having an image generator adapted to produce a visible image including a map depicting the monitored facility and a plurality of device images displayed on the map to depict said devices, each device image being associated with a different one of the devices; anda transmission pathway for linking the devices and the facility monitoring station, to provide said condition signals as inputs to the image generator;wherein the image generator is adapted to selectively alter the device images in response to changes in the condition signals, by altering each of the device images in response to a change in an associated condition signal generated by the associated device, thus to visually indicate a change of state with respect to the associated device; andwherein the image generator further is adapted to permit a system user to selectively position each of the device images on the map to depict the location of its associated device.