Tag: Lynx Touch 5100

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—The Honeywell Security team will leave the Electronic Security Expo (ESX) in Nashville this week with three awards in tow, including the Best Overall award, given to the LYNX Touch 5100, Honeywell's wireless residential security platform, according to a news release. The LYNX Touch 5100 received the award based on the opinion of a panel of judges. The Best Overall award was delivered by John Cerasuolo, president of ADS Security, host company for the show. The LYNX Touch 5100...

MELVILLE, N.Y.—At ISC West, Honeywell plans to showcase products and services that reflect advancements in cloud and mobile device technology, according to a company statement. "If there's a common theme that runs across the technologies we're showcasing this year, it's probably 'mainstream,'" Scott Harkins, president of Honeywell Security Products, Americas, said in the statement. "A lot of trends like mobile, the cloud and connected home and business used to be considered novelties, but that...

MELVILLE, N.Y.—Advertisements for two Honeywell Security products were recognized at the 34th annual Telly Awards, according to a post on the company's The Security Channel blog. The two product advertisements—for MAXPRO Cloud, a hosted-video solution, and for LYNX Touch 5100,�part of Honeywell's family of self-contained wireless controls—received bronze awards in the Non-Broadcast Productions-Direct Marketing category, according to the post. The Telly Awards honors video and film...

ROMEOVILLE, Ill.—Protection 1 announced this week that it has launched a new integrated home security/home automation service called P1 Life.The introduction of P1 Life, which uses Honeywell's new LYNX Touch 5100, marks the first time that Protection 1—which bills itself as the nation's second-largest business and home security company—has fully embraced the new home automation trend in the security industry, according to Jamie Haenggi, Protection 1 CMO.She told Security Systems...

YARMOUTH, Maine—AT&T will phase out its 2G networks by 2017, setting a long-anticipated timeline for the “sunset” of the technology and giving the alarm industry a target date to upgrade cellular equipment.The telecom giant made the announcement on Aug. 3 in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company cited “significant spectrum and capacity constraints on its wireless network in certain markets” as it continues to transition customers to 3G and...

DALLAS—Monitronics International has begun accommodating Wi-Fi for IP alarm communications, paving the way for what the company says will be easier installations and lower service costs for customers and dealers.Bruce Mungiguerra, vice president of Monitronics' sales and dealer program, said that since more than 60 percent of U.S. homes have wireless broadband, it makes sense to use it for alarm signals.“It should reduce the overall cost of service because IP communication is a lot less...

MELVILLE, N.Y.—Honeywell Security Products is integrating its two business units—access control/video and intrusion—into one P&L, and is planning to name new leaders for its three dealer programs before ISC West, Scott Harkins, who was named president of Honeywell Security Products in December, told Security Systems News.The dealer groups are Honeywell First Alert Professional (FAP), Commercial Security Systems (CSS) and Honeywell Integrated Systems (HIS). HIS, which has 200 dealers...