“The most interesting thing going on now is automation within the panel,” comments Fred Leonardo, president of Electronix Systems Central Station Alarms, a Huntington Station, N.Y.-based alarm dealer.
Leonardo’s company uses Total Connect alarm systems from Honeywell that, Leonardo explains, can be used to control thermostats or lights as well as to provide traditional security functionality. “We interface our alarm controls with HAI for automation and control outlets and lights and thermostats.”