Inspector Arc
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Time- 8:51:00am Greenwich Mean Time
Day- Monday 11th
Month- November
Year- 2249
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In the year 2249, a man called Leccy Arc, AKA Inspector Arc, founder, CEO and technician of Arc Fire Detection and Alarm Systems Limited, trading as Arc Fire Detection and Alarms has bought a brand new AFDaA-4002 fire alarm panel and has decided to retrofit an AI based operating system into the panel.
“Let’s see, when building an AI based OS for a fire alarm panel, the human voice is reassuring”.
A moment later, Inspector Arc starts programming the system on his AFDaA-2060-34 handheld programmer PC, as soon as he has finished, Leccy”Lec” Arc/Inspector Arc plugged his handheld programmer PC into the serial port on his panel and pressed “Upload program” and waited. He then unplugged the handheld programmer PC, connected 2 12VDC batteries via the battery leads, plugged the plug into the socket and turned the switch on. Success, the LCD display read “System booting up…” and then the buzzer did a continuous 5 second beep, then the speaker said, “Name”.
“Leccy “Lec” Arc”.
“Hello, Leccy Arc. Please choose a 4-digit access level 2 passcode”!
“My passcode is 2134”.
“Is your passcode 2134”?
“Yes”.
“Good. I am glad”!
“What is my name, Lec”?
“Janice”.
“Ok, I am Janice. The AI based fire alarm control panel that has a human voice”.
“Dedicated to protecting your life and property/family/pets/etc. from fire”.
“Yes, Janice”.
“Lec, please clean my smoke detector”.
“Later, you’ve only been powered up for 30 minutes, just make it wait for now, please”.
“Ok, Leccy Arc”.
Yes, my name is indeed Leccy Arc”.
A few hours later Leccy decided to head to a call out for a system that is in a supervisory condition.
“Sprinkler flow switch, right, Jim, disconnect the water feed using the valve lever, I’ll drain the excess water, and replace the flow switch”.
2 hours later, a new sprinkler flow switch was installed, and wired, so that when a sprinkler activates, causing the flow switch to trip which when tripped will cause a full fire alarm activation instead of a supervisory condition.
Later, Inspector Arc opened his front door and closed it when he got inside his house.
“Janice! I am home”.
“Finally. I was starting to wonder when you would get home”.
“Ok Janice, relax”!
“Ok, I will Leccy Arc”.
The next day, Leccy realised he needed to go shopping, which would also test how Janice would cope being alone for 3 hours.
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To be continued…