System and method for take-over protection for a security system

1. A method comprising:

a module of a monitoring system storing, in a memory device of the module, a control panel identifier of a control panel of the monitoring system;

the module requesting that the control panel communicates the control panel identifier to the module;

the module receiving the control panel identifier from the control panel;

the module comparing the control panel identifier received from the control panel with the control panel identifier stored in the memory device; and

the module initiating communications with the control panel when the control panel identifier received from the control panel matches the control panel identifier stored in the memory device.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the memory device includes a non-volatile storage device.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the module includes an ambient condition detector, a motion detector, a position detector, a glass break detector, a smoke detector, a flame detector, a gas detector, a thermal detector, a door access control module, or an authorizing module.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the monitoring system includes a heating ventilating and air conditioning system, a fire detection system, a gas detection system, or a security monitoring system.

5. A system comprising:

a transceiver device;

a memory device;

a programmable processor; and

executable control software stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium,

wherein the memory device stores a control panel identifier of a control panel,

wherein the programmable processor and the executable control software request, via the transceiver, that the control panel communicates the control panel identifier to the transceiver,

wherein the programmable processor and the executable control software receive, via the transceiver, the control panel identifier from the control panel,

wherein the programmable processor and the executable control software compare the control panel identifier received from the control panel with the control panel identifier stored in the memory device, and

wherein the programmable processor and the executable control software initiate, via the transceiver, communications with the control panel identifier when the control panel identifier received from the control panel matches the control panel identifier stored in the memory device.

6. The system of claim 5 wherein the memory device includes a non-volatile storage device.

7. The system of claim 5 further comprising an ambient condition detector, a motion detector, a position detector, a glass break detector, a smoke detector, a flame detector, a gas detector, a thermal detector, a door access control module, or an authorizing module.

8. The system of claim 5 further comprising a heating ventilating and air conditioning system, a fire detection system, a gas detection system, or a security monitoring system.

9. A system comprising:

a first control panel; and

a first module that stores a first control panel identifier of the first control panel in a first memory device of the first module,

wherein the first module requests that the first control panel communicates the first control panel identifier to the first module,

wherein, upon receiving the first control panel identifier from the first control panel, the first module compares the first control panel identifier received from the first control panel with the first control panel identifier stored in the first memory device, and

wherein the first module initiates communications with the first control panel when the first control panel identifier received from the first control panel matches the first control panel identifier stored in the first memory device.

10. The system of claim 9 wherein the first control panel transmits the first control panel identifier to the first module for storage in the first memory device upon detecting that the first module is installed in the system.

11. The system of claim 9 further comprising:

a second module that stores a second control panel identifier of a second control panel in a second memory device of the second module,

wherein the second module requests that the first control panel communicates the first control panel identifier to the second module,

wherein, upon receiving the first control panel identifier from the first control panel, the second module compares the first control panel identifier received from the first control panel with the second control panel identifier stored in the second memory device, and

wherein the second module abstains from initiating the communications with the first control panel when the first control panel identifier received from the first control panel fails to match the second control panel identifier stored in the second memory device.

12. The system of claim 11 wherein the first memory device includes a non-volatile storage device.

13. The system of claim 11 wherein the first module includes an ambient condition detector, a motion detector, a position detector, a glass break detector, a smoke detector, a flame detector, a gas detector, a thermal detector, a door access control module, or an authorizing module.

14. The system of claim 11 further comprising a heating ventilating and air conditioning system, a fire detection system, a gas detection system, or a security monitoring system.