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Controlling 32 Locks/Doors In Apartment Community

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Jay Hobdy
•Aug 30, 2017
IPVMU Certified

Client has townhomes with a single door that leads to a hallway of 4 doors. They have 32 of these doors across multiple buildings. They have a DoorKing gate system but trying to connect all these buildings, door strikes, controllers, cabling etc is going to be cost prohibitive.

 

I am thinking stand alone locks/controllers that use prox cards and unfortunately a separate database for these locks

 

Need something management can easily walk around with a phone or tablet, and link to each one to update.

 

Thoughts?

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Brian Rhodes
•Aug 30, 2017
IPVMU Certified

Client has townhomes with a single door that leads to a hallway of 4 doors. 

Are 5 doors access controlled? Or just the 4 after the hallway one? Or just the main door leading to the 4 in each hallway?

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Michael Miller
•Aug 30, 2017
In reply to Brian Rhodes

Salto offline locks might be a good fit from what you describe.   They use "data on card" so you don't have to go around a program each door with a phone/tablet anytime they need to add or remove a card holder.

 

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Jay Hobdy
•Aug 30, 2017
IPVMU Certified
In reply to Michael Miller

I assume there is one database and users can be limited to a specific lock?

The card on a data would not work as designed because users would never enter different areas. But a manager could program the card and send a maint guy to each door. 

 

Have you used these?

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Michael Miller
•Aug 30, 2017
In reply to Jay Hobdy

Yes, there is browser based software that is used to manage the system.  

You would need minimum one hard-wired reader so users get their card programmed regularly.  This reader is normally located at the building/property entrances and can control hardwired door locks. 

In your case, your maint guy would have his own card and would hit a reader then take his card to the doors then go back and hit the reader.  This would update the programming and pull the logs from each door.  You may be able to upsell them to convert all the doors over time. 

I have some experience with it but just never got any traction because we are just too busy to focus on it. 

 

 

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Jay Hobdy
•Aug 30, 2017
IPVMU Certified
In reply to Brian Rhodes

Only the 1 door needs to be controlled. The remaining 4 are tenants and manually locked.

 

The issue is the first door leads into a hallway which is secluded. People are going into the hallways breaking into apartments 

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Brian Rhodes
•Aug 30, 2017
IPVMU Certified
In reply to Jay Hobdy

Do the people in the apartments need to ability to 'buzz people in' and have intercom communication with that door?

Also, briefly describe that 'main door'.  What type of door hardware is currently installed? (leverset, exit bar, etc)

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Jay Hobdy
•Aug 30, 2017
IPVMU Certified
In reply to Brian Rhodes

No need to buzz people in. I think that would add a layer of cost that would make this prohibitive. The community is gated so visitors are allowed in when they use the DoorKing telephone entry at the gate. When they reach the appropriate building, the resident should already be expecting them.

 

This is lower income housing. The primary goal is to limit access to those hallways. 

 

I have not seen the doors but am told they are just like the apartment entry doors. A solid steel door. Hardware unknown at this time.

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Michael Strong
•Aug 30, 2017

Take a look at Isonas Pure Access.  They have a Cloud Tennant management system.

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Robert Tan
•Sep 05, 2017

try checking this company VIZpin... you dont need network on the locking devices but can still manage the access of all doors...

 

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David Fogle, CSEIP
•Sep 05, 2017

The Yale Accentra would be a perfect fit for you. Wireless locks on all common doors entering buildings. Place the updater on the gate or other commonly used entry point to update the cards and cards then update readers. very clean an neat solution and a single database for cards.

 

 

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