SmartCode wireless deadbolt locks, with Home Connect technology, are now compatible with Legrand’s Intuity home automation platform, part of the On-Q line.
AES Corporation announced that the City of New York Fire Department has officially accepted the 7706-ULF Integrated Fire Monitoring System in addition to previously accepted AES-IntelliNetfire products for use by authorized AES Dealers to communicate fire alarm signals to approved Central Stations.
Advancements in reliability and features of analytics, thermal imaging, and wireless and solar technology-based products have enabled perimeter security to be accessible to a more mainstream market than ever before.
Wireless locks are not just exploding in the commercial market, they are in the home as well.
February 17, 2014
Kwikset, Lake Forest, Calif., uses Z-Wave and ZigBee — two protocols that operate in the 2.4 GHz range and feature mesh networking — on wireless products for their Bluetooth-based home security products, says Keith Brandon, Kwikset’s director of sales and marketing for residential access solutions.
I enjoyed the recent ISC West show and came away optimistic and somewhat frustrated with our industry’s slow progress in several areas critical to the future of security. Internet Protocol (IP) networking “expertise” and cloud computing knowledge are areas that propel video surveillance and integrated security solutions to the next level.
