System 100 further includes a commercial facility 136 that includes similar components to residential facility 102 with similar functionality. Specifically, the commercial facility 136 includes a control unit server 104b, network 106b, one or more speakers 108b, one or more cameras 110b, one or more lights 112b, one or more commercial devices 116 (a printer, a copier, a vending machine, a fax machine, etc.), and one or more sensors 114b to receive sensor data descriptive of events detected by the one or more speakers 108b, the one or more cameras 110b, the one or more lights 112b, and the one or more commercial devices 116. Like control unit server 104a, control unit server 104b communicates over a short-range wired or wireless network over network 106b with the connected devices. Additionally, the control unit server 104b bi-directionally communicates over a long-range wired or wireless connection with the monitoring server 134 over network 132 via communication links 133.