Abstract: A method and apparatus, the method includes a security system transmitting a beacon, a portable wireless setup device in a geographic location proximate a wireless access point of the security system reading at least a unique identifier of the security system, relocating the setup device to a geographic location proximate one of the plurality of wireless sensors and activating the one wireless sensor, the activated sensor reading the unique identifier of the security system from the setup device and the activated sensor automatically registering with the security system through the access point based upon the unique identifier read from the portable setup device.

Abstract: A method and apparatus, the method includes a security system transmitting a beacon, a portable wireless setup device in a geographic location proximate a wireless access point of the security system reading at least a unique identifier of the security system, relocating the setup device to a geographic location proximate one of the plurality of wireless sensors and activating the one wireless sensor, the activated sensor reading the unique identifier of the security system from the setup device and the activated sensor automatically registering with the security system through the access point based upon the unique identifier read from the portable setup device.

Abstract: A system including a control panel having a wireless transceiver that operates under a 6LowPan/IPv6/IoT or equivalent protocol where the 6LowPan/IPv6/IoT protocol supports one or more of a 6LowPan protocol, an IEEE802.15.4 protocol and IEEE802.11 coordination, a plurality of remotely located, wireless devices each having a wireless transceiver that exchanges messages with the control panel within a time division multiple access (TDMA) slot on a radio frequency (RF) channel and a respective processor within the control panel and each of the plurality of wireless devices that controls transmission and reception of messages within TDMA slots of a repeating super frame where at least some of the plurality of wireless devices select TDMA slots within the super frame under a carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA/CA) algorithm/mechanism and some other of the plurality of devices select slots of the super frame under a WiFi protocol.