Blog: Hands free is more than just convenient, it’s sanitary.

Wherever you find yourself on the scale of sanitization, one thing is certain: There’s more cleaning than ever before. That’s why we love the Qolsys IQ Panel.  It includes a feature called “Bluetooth Disarming” which was originally designed for hands-free convenience, but in today’s new normal hands free is more than just convenient, it’s safer.  Simply pair a smartphone with the IQ Panel over Bluetooth and the system deactivates itself as soon as that phone gets in range.  In addition to disarming the security system, use smart home rules to unlock the front door, turn on lights, and resume thermostat schedules.  Now when you come home the only thing you’ll have to touch is the door handle.  Bluetooth Disarming TRULY makes less to sanitize.  

Imagine just getting home from the DMV.  To be safe, you tried not to touch anything, but there were some things you just couldn’t help, like the pen to sign the forms, the credit card machine to process the payment, the renewed license you got back from the person who verified your identity, and the paperwork and receipts you were handed at the end of your visit.  Any one of those items could have come in contact with something that could make you sick, and to be safe, you plan to wash your hands as soon as you get home.  As you approach the front door it unlocks automatically.  You touch the door handle but DON’T have to touch the keypad.  You step inside and lights turn on automatically, thermostat fires up and the security system is already disarmed.  The first thing you do after placing things on the counter is to wash hands, and then, just to be safe, perhaps sanitize the car door, the steering wheel, the controls in the car, and my door knob.  Its a lot of work, but knowing that the Qolsys IQ Panel lightened that load by making my lock, lights, and thermostat all hands free…. Its a good feeling… thanks technology!  (Alexa, buy more Clorox wipes….)

News: Home Automation/AV/Security- intrusion detection

The IQ Panel 2 Plus is a 7″ HD Touchscreen with built-in camera designed by Qolsys Inc, a Silicon Valley based security and smarthome manufacturer. The IQ Panel boasts 7 different wireless radios in a thin, elegant tablet. The intuitive swipe-based user interface feels like your phone, easily providing control for security, life safety, smart lighting, locks, smart thermostats, garage openers, video cameras, video doorbells, and much more. Powerful unique software features like Bluetooth Touchless Disarming let you leave your phone in your pocket and the home greets you automatically as you arrive, unlocking doors, adjusting thermostats, and disarming the security system completely hands free. Disarm photos from the built in 5MP camera are sent directly to your phone so you’ll know when kids or guests arrive. Live Answer video doorbells from the 7″ HD screen to make sure you never miss a package. Amazon Echo, Google Assistant, and Apple’s Siri Shortcut compatibility provide the homebuyer with their choice of voice control and the mobile app powered by Alarm.com provides a single place to control everything remotely. Tie multiple devices together in “Scenes” for one touch executions and get smart notifications based on Geolocations for the ultimate in smarthome control.

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News: Security Industry Seeing Minimal Supply Chain Disruption From COVID-19

With China’s manufacturing sector recovering from the impact of the coronavirus crisis, the availability of security products has remained mostly normal.

With the coronavirus epidemic in China subsiding, the country’s battered manufacturing centers appear to be on a path to recovery. This has stakeholders across the global technology supply chain breathing a collective sigh of relief. In particular, the electronic security industry has so far escaped relatively unscathed despite fears of a catastrophic impact to the supply chain.

As the United States and other nations confront the escalating coronavirus crisis, security manufacturers, integrators and other industry professionals SSI spoke with for this story remain wary of increasing uncertainty.

Nonetheless, they describe successful strategizing to counteract what supply chain disruptions they have encountered during the first four months of 2020. Security industry veteran Kirk MacDowell, founder and CEO of consultation firm MacGuard Security Advisors, says in his near 40-year career he has witnessed multiple supply chain disruptions, but none that threatened on a global scale.

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News: Qolsys Makes Value Proposition Pitch to Interlogix Dealers

Qolsys SVP Mike Hackett explains the fortuitous timing of Interlogix’s exit announcement, plus how his company is attracting dealers left in the lurch.

Interlogix’s decision last September to bail on its security business in the United States and Canada may well endure as one of those “Where were you when you first heard?” moments in industry annals.

Pose that question to Mike Hackett, co-founder and senior vice president of sales and marketing at Qolsys, and it’s clear why that consequential announcement will forever remain with him like it hit yesterday.

“I’m very sensitive to the people at Interlogix, so I don’t mean to say this in a disrespectful way,” he says. “The timing couldn’t have been more opportunistic for us.”

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Press Release: Qolsys Expands to North American Manufacturing

Leader in Smart Home Automation and Security partners with Foxconn Industrial Internet to Manufacture Flagship IQ Panel in Wisconsin.

Sept 19, 2019 – SAN JOSE, CA. – Qolsys, the leading provider of security and smarthome technology, announced today an expanded partnership with Foxconn Industrial Internet (Fii) to assemble the IQ Panel at their current facility in the Wisconn Valley Science and Technology Park, Mt. Pleasant, WI..

“Foxconn Industrial Internet enables Qolsys to deliver best-in-class manufacturing technology enabling our high quality and leading market position,” says Qolsys CFO Ken McMaster. “US based manufacturing provides additional logistics benefits reducing lead times for faster customer deliveries and further expands our global footprint. In addition to our Juarez Facility which opened late last year,” added McMaster.  “This new facility gives us greater flexibility to serve our customers in North America”.

“The Fii team has supported Qolsys from the beginning,” said Fii USA President Foo-Ming Fu. “We now have the opportunity to help this customer expand their platform by combining our smart manufacturing capabilities such as artificial intelligence and industrial internet of things (IOT) with our years of manufacturing and supply chain experience.  Our team is excited for the continued partnership with Qolsys and look forward to the opportunity to support their aggressive growth plans.”

Foxconn Industrial Internet will leverage its expertise in smart manufacturing, supply chain management and global reach in implementing system production in the Wisconn Valley Science and Technology Park in Mt. Pleasant, Wisconsin.  This fully integrated value-added manufacturing capability will enable Qolsys to achieve market expansion with sustainable supply chain success. 

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