Re: Residential grade door controllers

[bdolph <bdolph@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Two places to check for low end access products are:

http://www.ieib.com/
www.vikingelectronics.com

BobbyD

hhcuriosity@xxxxxxxx wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I want to rent an appartment by the week and I need to conceive a
>pretty neat setup to let people in.
>
>I want to have a keypad on the exterior door connected to an door
>access
>controller.
>
>I then hook up a PC to the controller and feed access codes
>automatically to it with a program on the computer (probably a linux
>box) through a serial RS-232 interface.
>
>Do anybody know of a cheap setup that could do this. I only found
>big solutions for business use (meaning access controllers that handle
>holidays, 500 codes and up, etc.) I just need to feed it a couple of
>codes (5 max). The computer would update the access controller's list
>of codes. I would like also to handle start dates and expiry dates on
>certain access codes.
>
>I found access controllers that cost 200$ US and keypads that cost 300$
>US + electronic strike that cost 300$US.
>
>I once worked with Kantech equipement at a former employer and it did
>what I want but I remember how all that cost to my boss.
>
>Are there residential grade components out there?
>
>
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