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1. A security system comprising:
a control panel connected to a plurality of sensors or detectors monitoring a region, wherein the plurality of sensors or detectors includes at least one from a group consisting of motion detectors, glass break detectors, smoke detectors, and thermal detectors, and wherein the control panel includes a programmable element, the programmable element having an interface for communicating with a computer network; and a plurality of devices coupled to the computer network, wherein the programmable element monitors a status of members of the plurality of devices and provides status related feedback, wherein the programmable element monitors the status of the members of the plurality of devices by at least one of detecting a presence or an absence of a respective member of the plurality of devices, detecting a status of the respective member of the plurality of devices, or detecting functionality of the respective member of the plurality of devices, wherein the control panel sends a notification to a person associated with the region when the programmable element detects the absence of the respective member of the plurality of devices from the computer network when the security system is not armed, and wherein the control panel sends the notification to a different person when the programmable element detects the absence of the respective member of the plurality of devices from the computer network when the security system is armed. |
