Hardware configurable security, monitoring and automation controller having modular communication protocol interfaces

A method comprising:

• receiving, by a computing device associated with a premises management system located at a premises, user input that indicates a zone function associated with one or more premises devices of the premises management system;
• and
• causing, based on premises device data received from the one or more premises devices, execution of one or more operations associated with the zone function.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause:

• receiving, by a computing device associated with a premises management system located at a premises, user input that indicates a zone function associated with one or more premises devices of the premises management system;
• and
• causing, based on premises device data received from the one or more premises devices, execution of one or more operations associated with the zone function.