System and method for take-over protection for a security system

摘要

A secure communications and monitoring system includes a control unit and a plurality of modules distributed in a region to be monitored. The control unit has an assigned identifier. When a module is installed in the system, the control unit transmits the identifier to the module, which stores the identifier. Before a module communicates with the control unit, the identifier is requested from the control unit. The identifier received from the control unit is compared to the stored identifier. The module will only communicate with the control unit where the identifier received at the module corresponds to the identifier stored at the module.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
establishing a system and providing a plurality of modules in the system each of which communicates with a monitoring system control panel: providing a control panel identifier that is made available to at least some of the plurality of modules: storing the control panel identifier in non-volatile storage at the at least some of the plurality of modules; requesting, by at least one of the plurality of modules, that the monitoring system control panel communicate the control panel identifier to the at least one of the plurality of modules: receiving, by the at least one of the plurality of modules, the control panel identifier and comparing the control panel identifier received by the at least one of the plurality of modules with the control panel identifier stored in the at least one of the plurality of modules; and initiating communications with the monitoring system control panel only if the control panel identifier received by the at least one of the plurality of modules matches the control panel identifier stored in the at least one of the plurality of modules.