Playing a key role as the brains behind an intrusion detection system, alarm control panels also are where vendors continue to make the most exciting innovations. Here are eight recent advances in alarm control technology that are making today’s systems more powerful and compelling.
“When it comes to communication, digital dialers have been No. 1, radio backup is No. 2 and the Internet is barely out there – but at some point, that pattern will be inverted,†predicts Wells Sampson, vice president of American Alarm and Communications Inc., an Arlington, Mass.-based alarm dealer.