Verification of visual inspection of a fire control system having self-testing components

摘要

Devices, methods, and systems for verification of a visual inspection are described herein. One method for visual inspection verification of a fire alarm system having self-testing components includes using a visual inspection verification software mobile application on a mobile device, a technician selects one or more groups of fire alarm system components within areas of a building for visual inspection, wherein each self-testing fire alarm system component has an associated wireless beacon; and wherein each fire alarm system component having an associated wireless beacon emits a unique identifying signal which can be received by the mobile device when the technician moves the mobile device into a range corresponding to a visual distance of the technician to a particular fire alarm system component emitting the unique identifying signal to verify that a technician has been within the range corresponding to a visual distance of the technician to the particular component.