CONTROL SYSTEM USER INTERFACE
Embodiments include systems and methods comprising a gateway located at a premise forming at least one network on the premise that includes a plurality of premise devices. A sensor user interface (SUI) is coupled to the gateway and presented to a user via a remote device. The SUI includes at least one display element. The at least one display element includes a floor plan display that represents at least one floor of the premise. The floor plan display visually and separately indicates a location and a current state of each premise device of the plurality of premise devices.
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32 . A method for a premises based system, the method comprising:
generating a layout of at least a portion of a premises to be monitored by the premises based system;
populating the layout with at least one premises device based at least in part on at least one characteristic of the at least one premises device; and
causing layout data associated with the populated layout to be stored.
33 . The method of claim 32 , wherein the populating of the layout comprises populating with a plurality of premises devices based at least in part on a plurality of premises rules, wherein the plurality of premises rules dictate at least one of a type and a location of the plurality of premises devices based at least in part on the at least one characteristic of the premises.
34 . The method of claim 33 , wherein the populating of the layout comprises populating with at least one of the plurality of premises devices based on a manual user selection of the at least one premises device.
35 . The method of claim 32 , wherein the populating of the layout comprises populating with a plurality of premises devices corresponding to a plurality of service packages, wherein each service package corresponds to at least one of a different number and different type of premises device than the other service packages.
36 . The method of claim 35 , comprising displaying at least one monitoring area of at least one premises device in the layout.
37 . The method of claim 32 , comprising storing the layout data for retrieval during installation of the premises based system.
38 . The method of claim 32 , comprising indicating with the layout data whether the layout was at least one of populated by applying the plurality of premises rules and by manual user selection of the at least one premises device.
39 . The method of claim 38 , comprising, when the layout was populated by at least manual user selection:
applying the plurality of premises rules to the layout;
determining the differences between the layout populated by at least manual user selection and the layout populated by applying the plurality of premises rules; and
storing the determined differences in the layout data.
40 . The method of claim 32 , wherein the generating of the layout comprises generating the layout based at least on one of a predefined floor layout template and manual user interaction with a drawing tool.
41 . The method of claim 32 , wherein the at least one premises device includes at least one of a sensor, door sensor, window sensor, glass break sensor, detector, smoke detector, carbon monoxide detector, motion detector, camera, video camera, and imaging camera.
42 . The method of claim 32 , wherein the layout comprises at least one display element that includes a floor plan display that represents at least one floor of the premises.
43 . The method of claim 42 , wherein the floor plan display visually and separately indicates a location and a current state of the at least one premises device.
44 . The method of claim 42 , wherein the floor plan display includes a color that visually indicates a state of the at least one premises device.
45 . The method of claim 42 , wherein the floor plan display includes text presented with the floor plan display.
46 . The method of claim 45 , wherein the text comprises at least one of a text description of a state of the at least one premises device and a status of the at least one premises device.
47 . The method of claim 42 , wherein the at least one floor comprises a plurality of floors.
48 . The method of claim 47 , wherein the floor plan display comprises a plurality of floor icons, wherein each floor icon corresponds to one of the plurality of floors.
49 . The method of claim 47 , wherein the plurality of floors corresponds to a number of floors of the premises.
50 . The method of claim 47 , wherein the plurality of floors corresponds to at least one floor of the premises and at least one floor of an outbuilding corresponding to the premise.
51 . The method of claim 42 , wherein the at least one display element includes at least one device icon, wherein the at least one device icon represents a location and a state of the at least one premises device corresponding to the device icon.
52 . The method of claim 51 , wherein the at least one premises device is at least one of a door sensor, a window sensor, a motion sensor, a fire sensor, a smoke sensor, a glass-break sensor, a flood sensor, a light, a thermostat, a camera, a lock, and an energy device.
53 . The method of claim 51 , wherein the state comprises at least one of an alarmed state, a tripped state, a tampered state, a low-battery state, an offline state, an unknown state, an installing state, an open state, a closed state, a motion state, a quiet state, an inactive state, a closed state, an untriggered state, and an untripped state.
54 . The method of claim 51 , comprising configuring the at least one display element to include a popup display that is displayed in response to a touch of the at least one device icon.
55 . The method of claim 54 , comprising configuring the popup display to include at least one of a name of the at least one premises device corresponding to the at least one device icon that was touched, detailed information of the at least one premises device, and a link to information of the at least one premises device.
56 . The method of claim 55 , comprising configuring the link to activate presentation of at least one of live video from the at least one premises device when the at least one premises device is a camera, and a control screen comprising controls for the premises device.
57 . The method of claim 43 , controlling an edit mode that is configured to generate the floor plan display and place the plurality of system icons on the floor plan display.
58 . The method of claim 57 , configuring the edit mode to include a plurality of floor plans, and configuring each floor plan of the plurality of floor plans to define a perimeter shape of a floor and corresponds to a floor plan icon that is selectable for the floor plan display.
59 . The method of claim 57 , configuring the edit mode to present a grid comprising a plurality of tiles on the floor plan display.
60 . The method of claim 59 , comprising configuring the edit mode to include at least one of adding walls and deleting walls.
61 . The method of claim 60 , comprising configuring the edit mode to include adding a wall on the floor plan display, wherein the adding of the wall comprises forming the wall to have a length and placing the wall at a location on the floor plan display.
62 . The method of claim 60 , comprising configuring the edit mode to include deleting at least a portion of a wall from the floor plan display.
63 . The method of claim 60 , comprising configuring the edit mode to include placing the plurality of system icons on the floor plan display.
64 . The method of claim 60 , comprising configuring the edit mode to differentiate premise exteriors from premise interiors based on a location of a tile.
65 . The method of claim 43 , comprising configuring the at least one display element to include at least one warning that is an informational warning of the at least one premises device.
66 . A method comprising:
forming at least one network at a premises, wherein the at least one network includes a plurality of premise devices; and
exchanging data between the at least one network and a sensor user interface (SUI) application, wherein the SUI application includes at least one display element that includes a floor plan layout representing at least one floor of the premises, wherein the floor plan layout is populated with at least one premises device that is at least one of a security device and a network device, wherein the floor plan layout visually and separately indicates a location and a current state of the at least one premises device.
67 . A method comprising:
forming an integrated network at a premises, wherein the integrated network includes a security network and a subnetwork, wherein the security network comprises a security system that includes security system components located at the premises, wherein the subnetwork comprises a plurality of network devices located at the premise; and
exchanging data between the integrated network and a sensor user interface (SUI) application, wherein the SUI application includes at least one display element that includes a floor plan layout representing at least one floor of the premises, wherein the floor plan layout is populated with at least one premises device that is at least one of a security device and a network device, wherein the floor plan layout visually and separately indicates a location and a current state of the at least one premises device.