16. Industry History That Can Predict the Future
Chapter objectives
1. Get to Know the Basics in the Chapter Overview
2. Learn about the First Generation
3. Understand the Second Generation
4. Learn about the Short-lived Third Generation
5. Learn How the Industry Matured in the Fourth Generation
6. Learn Why the Future Is with the Fifth Generation Systems
7. Answer Questions about How Access Control History Affects Design, Installation, and Maintenance
CHAPTER OVERVIEW
There have been five generations of Alarm/Access Control Systems. With each movement from one generation to the next major changes in architecture and capabilities occurred. If one looks through the lens of history, one can see into the future through the pathway the industry has taken. ...

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