It’s amazing how much can change in a year. Last year’s state of the market report on access control was released at the beginning of April, just as the coronavirus started to spread throughout the U.S., and much of the research that went into the report was done before COVID-19 was a real concern.

ELK Products Inc. has released a new wall mounted PIR motion sensor in their 319 series wireless sensor line. 

ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions completed the integration of its Aperio wireless lock technology with the Connect ONE cloud-hosted management platform from Connected Technologies, Monument, Colo. 

Wireless access control has a bit of a bad rap. Connectivity issues, short battery lives and a lack of information have led to problems installing the technology over the years. But when installed properly, wireless access can be of great advantage to the security integrator and end user.

For the last eight years The Monitoring Association’s Alarm Industry Communications Committee (AICC) has been running an annual communications survey.

Inovonics’ new EN1245 Wireless CO detector addresses a market need by meeting the UL 2075 (gas and vapor detectors and sensors) and California State Fire Marshall regulatory approvals.