Looking for a product for a client-requested solution:
They have an existing Door King telephone entry panel at their main door. It has limited capacity and can only make calls to a specific area code (but it can call mobile phones if they have that area code).
They'd like to get a new entry panel with a good camera that sends video to the resident's smart phone before they use the phone app to release the door lock (would be a dry contact input to the access control system panel to be programmed for release).
A cloud-based solution is ok ( I would think it would have to be a cloud/hosted solution anyway in order to send video to the resident's mobile phones).
This almost sounds like a Ring to the nth power type of solution.
Thanks in advance for any and all suggestions and past successes with this type of product.
Thanks Brian ... I saw the 2N model on their website and have never used it for telephone entry (just for single door intercom use).
The telephone entry panel would have to have the rolling resident name display and buttons for a visitor to dial up their requested resident and request entry. I know 2N has this type, but I am not thrilled with their support and thought there may be some other alternatives that folks have recently installed.
I've seen brands like ButterflyMX but have never used it. I'll check out the links and see if the 2N with the resident display feature fits the bill.
The DoorKing being only able to dial one area code is most likely an issue with the phone line not the DoorKing. We've been selling DoorKing products for years but unfortunately the product hasn't changed much in all the years we've been selling it.
We've been looking at Comelit, 2N and Mircom for solutions that can work as a traditional telephone entry system as well as an app based system.
I looked into this about a year ago and there are several products, and Butterfly is one. But none do everything. Butterfly is OK, but its not expandable. So if you have a building or gate entry, and need to control laundry, fitness etc you need expansion boards or an 1838, etc and all can be controlled via one software package and update. With Butterfly they have no expansion boards so you would need two systems. Plus you loose any RMR if you are not adding accounts yearly.
Doorking allows 255 area codes. I would put a butt set on the phone line and dial a long distance # and see what happens.
If you find something, please post. I would be more than happy to pay a finders fee.
It was actually the reason we went to ISC last year. That was one of 3 things we were looking for. All I came home with was Connectwise... lol
For condo applications, I have looked at Mircom Touch for Multi-Tenant Video Entry. Have never installed one. Everyone asks for video entry however does not want to pay the high cost. I have never installed one. Has anyone here successfully installed this system? How did it go?
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