if you're in the market for a new home security system chances are you're
looking at the honeywell lyric controller and qolsys IQ panel 2
and maybe wondering which is the best for your installation we'll look no
further today we'll be comparing and contrasting
these two security systems please if you have any questions comments or concerns
feel free to list them below in the comments box and keep in mind if you
have any existing security system chances are we can usually take over
that system to save you time and money the lyric controller which serves as the
main control panel for the security system still has a 7 inch touchscreen display
but has upgraded from the previous l7000 with a new screen resolution of 1024 by
600 end-users if they wish can setup voice commands to verbally communicate
to the lyric controller to start or stop security or home automation function no
other system has this capability on our list flexible monitoring features such
as Wi-Fi only cellular only or dual pass communication this gives the end-users
the choice to whether they want to sacrifice reliability or lower cost
alarm monitoring rates lyric has added a 2 megapixel front mounted camera so that
when the system is disarmed they can text or email a notification to
end-users with the Wi-Fi communicator activated and Total Connect 2.0 services
with the lyric controller you can do up to 8 cameras with its dual quad stream
capabilities which is unmatched the lyric controller has added a new line of
wireless encrypted sensors called six sensors the two major benefits of 6
technology is the of all of its devices and lastly the new
six smoke offers the one go all go feature one go all go means any time one
lyric sixsmoke is triggered all of your other connected six smoke detectors will sound
out of all the wireless systems Geoarm offers the lyric controller is the only
system able to perform this task installation of the lyric controller
scores great remarks because all the end-user has to do is slide the cellular
communicator into place install the backup battery and decide whether they
want to wall mounts or nest mount the control panel you only downsize to the
honeywell lyric security systems that we could find was the six series sensors
are a little bit bulky and there's no option for an external hard wired siren
like there has been in the past the IQ panel 2 boasts the smallest seven
inch touchscreen display ever created and the leading screen resolution of
1280 by 800 IQ panel 2 has upgraded to an industry best five megapixel front
mounted camera directly on the touch screen this front camera will send
clients who have alarm.com interactive monitoring services
activated a tech and/or email notification when the pan would disarm a
Qualcomm Snapdragon quad-core processor and Android five plus software has been
added which helps announce cuts of words makes using the menu driven navigation
system more user-friendly and allows for more customization this panel offers a
24-hour backup battery from factory some of the other panels on our list to allow
for 24 hour backup battery but will set you back about 30 to 40 dollars a whole
new line of security sensors were added called ëthe line sensors these sensors
offer end users in in the best wireless signal range
nominally at 600 feet and an average battery life between five to eight years
these next features are really what sets apart
IQ panel 2 from the others and the one word that comes to mind is
innovation IQ panel 2 is the first security system ever to include a
built-in glass break detector and a motion sensor that saves both time and
money to the end user a built-in Bluetooth LTE 4.0 module has been
installed directly to the panel this allows for its end users to pair up to
five smart devices so when they come within 30 to 40 feet of the panel it
will automatically disarm the system without touching anything a built in
router if a client has a bunch of other devices such as video games or other
streaming devices on the Wi-Fi network the IQ panel tubes built-in router will
divert some of the bandwidth so you don't any lapse in the connection speeds
the IQ panel 2 is one of the first panels ever to offer z-wave Plus
technology z-wave plus improves speed security and range compared to standard
z-wave devices the IQ panel 2 has all of its communicators modules and backup
battery built directly in all of end user needs to do to begin installing and
programming the IQ panel 2 is to plug in the power supply and decide whether
they want a wall or desk mount the actual panel the only downsides to the
iq panel 2 is that we can find work one you cannot view IP cameras
directly on the touchscreen to qolsys has decreased the decibel level of their
siren from their previous IQ panel