摘要:
A central facility automatically receives status information regarding at least three different kinds of system elements and processes that status information to provide a corresponding status report. These teachings will readily accommodate a wide variety of system elements including, but not limited to, area lights, security cameras, overlooks, movable barrier status detectors, point-of-entry elements, sensors of various kinds, data communication paths, and so forth.
摘要:
A self-storage facility having a variety of differing facility components (that utilize electricity) can couple those components to an electric mains to provide operating power. Upon sensing a lack of electrical power to that electric mains, however, these teachings can provide for actuating a back-up generator to provide back-up electrical power for some or all of those components. These teachings will also accommodate, if desired, using a renewable electrical source to provide the aforementioned electrical power to a disparate grouping of facility components. These teachings will also further accommodate, as desired, providing a source of direct current electrical power (such as a 48 volt direct current electrical power source) and then coupling that source to this disparate grouping of facility components to provide their required electrical power.
摘要:
These various embodiments can be deployed in conjunction with a movable barrier (100) and an end user manipulable lock hasp (300) and generally provide a movable hasp-blocking member (301) and a transport member (302) that can selectively move that hasp-blocking member between a hasp-blocking position and a non-blocking position. By one approach, this transport member further comprises a locking component (305) that readily permits the movable hasp-blocking member to be pulled from the hasp-blocking position towards the non-blocking position but that resists pushing of the movable hasp-blocking member towards the non-blocking position. These teachings will also generally provide for a barrier mounting member that is configurable to secure the movable hasp-blocking member and the remotely controllable transport member to the movable barrier.