NSC has deployed more than 4 million connected systems and over 20 million security and home control sensors and peripherals. Headquartered in Carlsbad, California, NSC has over 50 years of innovation, and is dedicated to addressing the lifestyle and business needs of millions of customers every day. For further information, visit nortekcontrol.
Wireless sensor enrollment and system programming are similar in both panels, and distinctively simpler than traditional enclosure panel and keypad based sensors, even those using hardwired sensors. Unlike platforms like Honeywell Ademco Vista or Tyco DSC PowerSeries Neo where each sensor must be coded into a panel and wireless uses external modules, 2Gig's platforms are auto-detecting and enrolled via touchscreen. The image below shows the panel's "listen" mode for auto-detecting sensors once batteries are inserted and the unit is hung in range.
A typical residential system can be programmed from scratch quickly, with the panel's optional 'walk test' feature permitting one-man confirmation of sensor performance. The programmatic walk-test is not available in most incumbent systems, and allows a single installer to also test all zones with additional help during install. The notification process is similar to either panel, with a single touchscreen button selecting either a 'stay' armed perimeter sensors only or 'away' armed all sensors mode.
The panel begins a user-defined countdown clock, indicated both by visual timer and via voice commands:. While loud enough to be heard in a small single floor dwelling, additional wireless Z-Wave units are needed for large or outdoor alarm notifications.
A subtle but potentially important difference between panels is found in the plug-in wall transformers:. The older GC2 furnished adapter is factory terminated and unsecurable at the plug, forcing an installer who wishes to hide the cable and fish it to the panel's wall location to snip and splice the assembly, essentially destroying it.
The transformer itself cannot be screwed into or fastened into place, therefore not meeting UL power requirements for intrusion systems. While this extra material is likely part of a 'professional' install, a DIYers user may find furnishing this cable an unexpected hassle, as none is furnished in the box. While 2Gig is a dealer brand, channel controls are are fairly poor with many products listed in the 'grey' market or online.
In fact, most major incumbent brands offer a similar platform. Interestingly, 2Gig does not offer a stock app-based remote control for its panels. Instead, the platform must use a third-party remote app offering from companies like Alarm. In terms of training and sales aids, 2Gig offers a free, app-based panel emulator that essentially gives customers or sales people 'try before you buy' access and allows for training new installers on configuration and programming without actual equipment.
Given the notorious inexperience of alarm installers, the app offers 'hands on' experience with an example system, and that familiarity may help actual installs proceed faster in the field. In order to use the central automation features of the panel, most often a proprietary monitoring service or a 'smart automation' service like Alarm. Unless a central station incorporates these remote user interface features, it will not likely be a legitimate candidate to monitor 2Gig panels.
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Blackstone sold 2Gig in a deal announced earlier this year and that closed in April. Before the acquisition, Linear had about employees and job openings with the most common titles being engineers electrical, radio frequency, and software , and some sales.
The Carlsbad office serves as the development, design, testing and administrative center for the company.
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