Honeywell L5200 & L7000: Flash Upgradeability! The Future Proof Security System

NOTE: Firmware upgradability is only available for the L5200, L5210, and L7000. The L5200 requires an over-the-air update, which can only be initiated by Resideo technical support. The L5210 and the L7000 can be upgraded using the Honeywell LYNXTOUCH-MSD Firmware Updater Tool, which can be purchased separately.

So the last key feature, and this is one feature that we've anxiously been awaiting, flash upgrade ability. While these old panels; 5000, 5100 and newer 5100, as they gave new features you needed to upgrade your hardware. If you had the original L5100 with the grey screen, and then all of a sudden you read about the garage door control, there was no option to upgrade the panel to be able to do that. You would have to buy the new panel. With the 5200 and the 7000 they're going to be allowing us to flash upgrade the firmware inside the panel.

Now, because this is a new feature, and we haven't really seen any of the upgrades yet, we don't know exactly what that will mean, but we're hopeful that it's a little more future proof, when you buy the panel as they release new features for the panel, we're hoping that won't mean a full hardware upgrade. Perhaps, more like a phone, as new features come out, you can just download the software and you'll get the features right with the same hardware. So lookout for those upgrades as Honeywell releases the new software features, okay?

So that is our whole run down of all of the LYNX Touch panels. If you have any questions about the LYNX Touch panel that may be in your home or the differences between any of the systems, please email us, support@alarmgrid.com., and make sure to subscribe to our channel, as we will be releasing more videos about these two new panels as we learn more.