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1. A security system comprising:
a plurality of hardware device modules, at least one of which having a microcontroller coupled to a memory element that stores a configuration map for remote configuration encoded with configuration option information available for the at least one hardware device module; a plurality of security sensor detection devices, wherein each of the plurality of security sensor devices is configured to monitor a premises and is capable of sending a status signal to one or more of the hardware device modules based on a change in status of the area being monitored; and a remote programming tool that includes a configuration engine, wherein the remote programming tool is indirectly coupled to the at least one hardware device module and is configured to receive the configuration map from the at least one hardware device module, and generate a dynamic user interface to configure the at least one hardware device module based on the received configuration map from one of the hardware device modules using the configuration engine of the remote programming tool, and; wherein the plurality of hardware device modules includes a main controller module configured to receive the status signal from one of the plurality of security sensor detection devices and send an instruction signal to one of the plurality of hardware device modules based on the status signal and the dynamic user interface is specifically tailored to the one of the hardware device modules and also tailored with programming options available for programming the hardware device module, the remote programming tool further includes a display that displays the dynamic user interface and a user input device that is capable of configuring options provided in the dynamic user interface; a user is allowed to configure the hardware device module using the user input device on the remote programming tool to navigate through menus created in the remote programming tool; wherein the dynamic user interface is sent to the display; the configuration map includes a plurality of fields for configuration option information, each field is represented by an ASCII character used by the configuration engine to identify the particular field thereof, the fields in the configuration map includes a combination of: a menu identification, a menu index identification, an input data type, an input data size, a multiple entry index, a grouping index, a minimum user input value, a maximum user input value, an input validator selector, a value used to disable a feature, a user access index and a text prompt, wherein the configuration map is pre-installed in the hardware device module itself or the configuration map is updated by a vendor of the hardware device module of the pre-installed configuration map therein. |
