Re: Re: HomeVision access control???

["Mark Harrison \(Yahoo!\)" <mph@xxxxxxx>]

I assume that people are only considering these for internal doors?

I do wonder what the attitude of your insurer would be if you were burgled,
and in response to the question "was there any sign of a
break-in", you
answered "well, it looks like they got in with my BP points card"
:-)

M.

----- Original Message -----
From: "matt_miles_uk" <m_miles@blueyonder.co.uk>
To: <ukha_d@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 12:47 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] Re: HomeVision access control???


Hi!

Just wondering what would be the best control system now then... is
HV the best option or would HomeSeer be better?  Whichever is used I
could do with a hand trying to figure out how to get the 'mechanics'
working - i.e. what to do after the card reader has input its
findings to the serial port!!!!

Cheers,

Matt

P.S

The guy on ebay selling these has about 900 in stock so maybe a bulk
buy would be a good idea?

--- In ukha_d@yahoogroups.com, "Rob Lamb" <rjl@s...> wrote:
> Matt,
>
> we used to use BP Premier Points cards on our Bewator door entry
> system. Much cheaper than the Bewator cards! Each card already had
a
> unique number on it and this was used as identification (plus a 4
> digit code on a keypad).
>
> Rob
>
> --- In ukha_d@yahoogroups.com, "matt_miles_uk"
<m_miles@b...>
wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > Just thought i'd provoke some tired braincells!  There are quite
a
> > few magnetic swipe card readers being sold on ebay at the moment
> for
> > less than £20 each... they have an RS232 connection.  They
output
> > ASCII code from any card swiped.  Could HV or any other
controller
> > for that matter be programmed to open an electric lock if the
> > correct card is swiped?
> >
> > Just a thought as it seems like a MUCH cheaper door access
system
> > than comercially available ones!
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Matt


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