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What’s more, a collaborative research project between SDM and the Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association (CEDIA) proves that a level of convergence is taking place in the residential market between security dealers and electronic systems contractors. There is common ground with low-voltage systems such as security, surveillance cameras, home healthcare, energy management, and home controls, among others. ) While revenue from residential sales/installation, as a percentage of the whole, picked up steam in 2011, revenue from non-residential sales/installation declined slightly — from 39 percent to 34 percent.

Keypads can also be good choices, particularly those utilizing Piezo technology, which has no moving parts. But there are times when a technology must be used — either for economic or security reasons — that is not inherently good for harsh environments. “Proximity is better, but a lot of times the customer doesn’t have a choice,” Aikin says. “We have two types of magnetic readers for our integrated locks. One is a swipe reader, which is generally more user friendly but the read head is more exposed.

The paragraphs limiting the alarm company’s liability expressly encompassed the alarm system as a whole. ” Most importantly, the court held that the rule was well settled in New York that the court could not, under the guise of interpretation, make a new contract for the parties or change the words of a written contract so as to make it express the real intention of the parties if to do so would contradict the clearly expressed language of the contract. The court concerned itself with what the parties intended, but only to the extent that they evidenced what they intended by what they wrote.