Re: Simple access security setup for home

["BruceR" <brNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxx>]

This one's $80 if it meets your needs:
 http://www.smarthome.com/7458.HTML
It's a self contained system so will be less complex than what you
envision.

From:hhcuriosity@xxxxxxxx
hhcuriosity@xxxxxxxx

> 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 access
> controller that has battery backup.
>
> I will 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
> bigtime solutions for business. 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 found access controllers that cost 200$ US and keypads that cost
> 300$ US + electronic strike that cost 300$US.
>
> Are there residential grade components out there?