Method and apparatus for communicating between a home network and a wireless network

摘要

A bridge apparatus is provided that interfaces the home network to the wireless network. The bridge apparatus is separate from the security panel module, and includes a processor that translates commands received from the home network control unit into wireless network commands and transmits the wireless network commands over a wireless network to a security monitoring service center or to a health monitoring service center, depending on whether the commands relate to detected security conditions or detected health conditions.