We cover a lot of big, beautiful smart homes on CE Pro, but this 22,000-square-foot residence is a winner with Elan entertainment and control, home theater, Lutron lighting, Elk security and luxury car collection.

As POTS lines disappear, security dealers are upgrading alarm panels with dual-path communicators that provide both IP (Wi-Fi or hardwired) and cellular connections to the central station.

While they didn't make our annual Quest for Quality Awards list, companies like AudioControl, Stewart Filmscreen, One Firefly, eero and others were passionately singled out by dealers in their Q4Q entries.

Check out the 2016 BEST Award winners in the Control and Automation category: IC Real Tech, ELK, iRoom, Logitech, QMotion, Crestron and Basalte.

Two-way keyfobs from Elk Products and Z-Wave receive feedback from the alarm system, ensuring a message to arm or disarm has been received.

New sales tool from Connect One allows security integrators to let customers 'test out' systems from Axis, Bosch, Exacq, Barix, DMP and ELK Products before they actually purchase it.