Evaluating the state of any market is a tricky thing during a pandemic — things are changing daily; new technologies are being explored; the future is unknown; and it’s difficult to look back at the past clearly.

Napco Security Technologies Inc. introduced a full-line brochure on its StarLink Cellular Solutions for commercial fire, connected business/home and intrusion alarm applications. 

The Honeywell Home 6290W 7-in. color graphic high-resolution touchscreen keypad with voice annunciation boasts a thin, sleek design that looks appealing in any residence or business.

The 711S zone expansion module from DMP is designed for tight spaces.

DMP’s 1128 wireless glassbreak detector is designed to detect the shattering of framed glass mounted in an outside wall.

DMP’s DualCom dual alarm communicator can be connected to a Vista series ECP bus, and with Remote Link Version 1.92 users can program the Honeywell panel remotely using the Compass downloading software.

Qolsys has received UL 1610 Certification for Commercial Burg, opening small business and commercial opportunities for dealers using IQ Panel 2 Plus. The latest 2.3 software update adds features specific to business use cases including up to four partitions, screen lock, 6-digit passcodes and additional support for PowerG sensors and secondary keypads.

Doomsday didn’t happen. For all the concern many security dealers have shown in recent years — particularly about the rapidly changing residential market — all indicators seem to finally point to what was always the hope in the midst of the fear: that all the new entrants, technologies and business models would start to grow the pie for all.