Exhibit 23

                          CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Selected Financial 
Data" and to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement 
(Form S-8 No. 33-74646) pertaining to the Checkmate Electronics, Inc. 
Employee Incentive Stock Option Plan and the Checkmate Electronics, Inc. 1993 
Stock Option Plan and in the Registration Statement (Form S-8  No. 33-93520) 
pertaining to the Checkmate Electronics, Inc. 1994 Directors' Stock Option 
Plan and the Checkmate Electronics, Inc. Non-Incentive Stock Option 
Agreement of our report dated  February 18, 1998, with respect to the 
financial statements of Checkmate Electronics, Inc. included in the Annual 
Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 1997.

                                             /s/  Ernst & Young LLP

Atlanta, Georgia March 26, 1998

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