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Hi, DIYers.
Sterling with AlarmGrade here.
And today, we're very proud to introduce you
to the brand new Honeywell Lyric system.
This is the next generation of all in one wireless security
systems.
This is a control panel, a touch screen keypad.
It's got built in z-wave, built in Wi-Fi.
It supports cellular.
It has a siren built in.
It has a camera built in.
It supports wireless zones and two hardwired zones.
And so it's basically the next level, the next generation
of the Links touch panels.
While the Links touch panel started out
with the L5000, jumped to the L5100, and then
the L5200 and the L7000, those panels
are still going to be sold.
They're going to be supported.
New features, I'm sure, will still continue to come out.
But this system is really a brand new evolution
of the all in one wireless system.
We were invited out to Vegas for the ISE West trade
show by Honeywell just to be a part of this Lyric beta
program.
That was towards the beginning of the year.
We were introduced to the system.
We got our first look at it.
We were able to put our hands on it.
And now we're in the beta program.
We're one of a handful of companies
across the country that has access
to this system before full release,
and we've been able to test it in the lab
and we've actually done a few installations.
In this one we're going to install here, and show you
exactly what's involved with installing a Honeywell Lyric
system.
Our first impressions of the panel
are that we're very impressed.
Obviously the case design is a little bit different.
This style at the bottom, when we look at all the sensors,
you'll notice is kind of the Lyric line of sensors.
They all have this kind of whole Swiss cheese design
here, both on the glass breaks and the sirens,
and various devices like that.
The system, just like the LYNX Touch, as I said,
is all in one self-contained unit.
On the back side, you've got your battery backup,
you've got your internal screw terminals
to connect your power wires.
One thing the panel we feel is a little bit of a downgrade
is that it does not offer DC or a barrel plug input
on the back.
So if you've seen the LYNX Touch and you've
seen our videos on installing with the LT cable,
which has the barrel plug that just
plugs into the back, which made it a lot easier for DIY-ers.
This panel you do have to strip your wire
and actually land it to the screw terminals.
So we'll show you that in a little bit.
Not difficult, but certainly something
we feel like Honeywell should bring into a later version
of the system.
The camera feature is really nice.
When you disarm the system, it can
send a snapshot of who disarmed the system out
to the Total Connect service.
So now when your kids come home from school,
instead of just getting their code,
you can actually see a video and see that it's then.
Not a video, but a picture.
See that it's them and that they don't have a bunch of friends
with them, for instance.
So that's a really nice feature.
It supports 130 total zones.
So that's even more than the L7000, which did 80 zones.
Two of the zones are hardwired only.
The next set of zones all the way up to 129
would be regular wireless zones.
You can use existing 5800 series sensors.
So the same type of sensors you would
have used with a LYNX Touch panel
or with a Vista system that has a wireless receiver, any
of the traditional Honeywell 5800 series sensors
will work with this system.
But also, and probably the biggest difference
from this system to the prior Honeywell wireless systems,
is that this uses SiX sensors.
So you've heard us refer to RF sensors or 5800 series sensors.
The new range of sensors that are used with this system
are called SiX, S-I-X. And the SiX sensors work on the 2.4 gig
frequency range, which is a typical Wi-Fi range.
The sensors themselves have a 16 digit MAC address,
unlike the seven digit serial number
that you're used to with the 5800 series sensors.
And basically, each sensor is its own little microprocessor,
own little computer.
The sensors themselves can get firmware updates.
So it's not just the panel gets a firmware update.
The actual SiX sensors can get a firmware update.
So they already have plans to introduce new features
to a sensor that you have now, and all
of a sudden in a few months, that sensor could
be able to tell you the temperature in that room,
even if it's just a regular door contact.
So we're really excited about the potential for that
and the future proofing of this system.
Because once you buy the equipment,
the idea is you'll be able to firmware update
the sensors and the panel as Honeywell
introduces new features.
And a lot of these features are already on the roadmap.
So like I said, that temperature sensing one,
they're going to have every single sensor that
works with this panel, that's a SiX sensor, be
able to give you a temperature reading, which is really nice.
The SiX sensors are actually two way bi-directional sensors.
So with the old 5800 series, whenever the sensor had
a transmission, a fault, an alarm, a trouble,
it's just sending the signal out into the air.
And it's not knowing which system to talk to.
It's just sending it out.
And the system that has that sensor programmed
can listen and hear that sensor.
So you could have a sensor programmed
to more than one system.
And if both systems are in range,
both systems would hear that fault
of the sensor or that alarm, and the panel
would act upon that signal.
With the SiX sensors, they're bi-directional,
and only to the system that they're enrolled in.
So that means the system can talk to the sensor,
and the sensor can talk to the system.
So that bi-directionality is a big difference.
And beyond that, they're also encrypted,
which is very important.
While there is some debate about how important the Honeywell
sensors, or any wireless sensors in the industry
now, being encrypted, there's been
debate about how important that is,
we've never heard of a confirmed RF signal jamming or RF
spoofing or some of these technologies or hacking
that you may have heard about that could defeat a 5800 series
wireless system.
Basically, those sensors communicate on one channel
back to the panel.
And so with the right kind of technology,
which is typically not legal technology, but doesn't mean
you can't get it.
So with the right type of technology,
there are ways to defeat those old systems.
With the Lyric sensors, they can communicate encrypted
on many different channels.
And therefore, it's near impossible
to block a transmission from a SiX sensor
or spoof the transmission of a SiX sensor
to make the panel behave in an unexpected manner.
So this is a really big security advantage.
And even though historically we haven't
seen a lot of this RF jamming or RF spoofing, as technology
advances, if you have one of those older systems,
it's something to keep in mind that this system is encrypted
and more secure.
And while you can use the 5800 series sensors with this panel,
they won't be encrypted because they're 5800.
You would have to have SiX Series sensors with a Lyric
panel if you wanted a full encrypted system.
And we'll have more information about the SiX technology
and how it works.
But that's kind of a quick and dirty overview
of the difference between the wireless sensors
that the LYNX Touch panels and the Honeywell
wireless Vista panels would use and what the Lyric uses.
We haven't proven this yet, but we're
told the range is also much better.
Wider range where they don't even
have a repeater yet for this, because they don't
think you'll ever need that.
So we're expecting 300 to 400 feet range from a sensor
back to this panel, whereas on a LYNX Touch
we would say more like 200 feet.
So almost double the range in most applications,
which is kind of why they got rid of the repeater,
because the repeater used to double the range itself.
So we've got Z-Wave built in, Wi-Fi built in, camera
built in, encrypted wireless technology,
backwards compatible to the old 5800 series.
Supports cameras, supports garage door control,
supports Total Connect.
The cellular communication option on this system
is going to be AT&T. And they're also,
which we're very excited about, going to have a Verizon
or CDMA option.
So if you've ever tried to use a Honeywell system and a cell
communicator, historically you would
have been using an AT&T communicator, one
that uses AT&T's network.
If you're in an area with poor AT&T coverage,
then you might not have been able to use cellular,
and maybe you're using Wi-Fi or internet only.
With the Lyric, as soon as that Verizon communicator
is available, you'll be able to put
in a CDMA communicator that would
work on the Verizon network.
So if you happen to be in an area
with Verizon coverage and no AT&T,
the Lyric's going to give you the option
to have a cellular based system.
And if you're not in one of those areas,
you'll have the option to choose AT&T or Verizon.
So if you try one and the signal is poor,
you could always try the other.
So that's a nice feature as well.
Although we expect Verizon communicators
to come to all Honeywell systems,
but they are making a point to have it for the Lyric.
So that's kind of a rough breakdown of the new features
that this system will support.
And we're now going to show you how
to actually install this system on the wall
and get it connected to an outlet.
It's got a plug in power supply, the same power
supply that the LYNX Touch used.
So if you've seen our LYNX Touch L5100 installation videos,
a lot of this will seem similar.
But these panels are slightly different,
and we're going to break down those differences
in that installation video.
So we hope you like this introduction to the Lyric.
We invite you to email us, support@alarmgrid.com.
If you have any questions on Lyric,
we can get you on a mailing list so
that once this panel is released,
we can let you know it's available.
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