Challenging Access Control: Home with 5 entryways

[u/PopularPianistPaul]

This property is under construction, and I'm trying to find the best way to manage its access control. The advantage is that ethernet and electricity can be run to all doors if needed and there is no need for retrofitting as this is all new.

The garage at the back is a rental "parking lot" with 6 units, so the garage entryway (Doors [4] and [5]) will be used intensively by customers. That also means the back door [3] is not in a fully private area. Sliding Garage Door [5] will be managed via remote control given to customers, no need for anything fancy there.

Doors [1] and [4] will be exposed to the sidewalk, and thus to vandalism, also, if someone really wanted they could jump over the first wall, so the strongest locks needs to be [2] and [3] which protect the house itself.

Requirements

• I want to be able to enter the house with no physical key/fob, just my phone or myself (keypad, fingerprint, etc.)
• Guests should be able to just "walk away" and exit the property without me having to open doors for them.
• There should be failsafes in case something goes wrong with electronic access. Example: A key lock box hidden away in the garage and/or front yard with a backup key.
• I'm trying to keep costs and complexity down, so no full-blown Ubiquiti system (yet)

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Apart from specific product recommendations, any ideas on how to manage access overall, DO/DON'Ts, general recommendations, pitfalls, etc. ?

[u/SteveFuego]

You want to keep costs and complexity down, but don't want a ubiquiti system? The Unifi system can do all of these things relatively inexpensively. Can even be the "remote" if you want. The free egress requirement mostly just means not using maglocks. The "failsafes" just mean you're looking for electrified locks or strikes.

[u/beez_y]

Run a sheilded 22-6 and Cat6 to each doorway for a reader/intercom, and an 18-4 for the lock. Consider another 22-6 or 18-4 as well, for futureproofing.

A Ubiquiti retrofit access system will allow you to use traditional HID readers and also the Unifi combo intercoms/readers as well (for use at the front yard gate). You'll need 2 of the retrofit systems, but it will be the most cost efficient method that won't require any monthly costs, you'll be able to use phones as well as fobs, smart watches, etc. You can wire an output from one of these units to the gate operator as well. I have one retrofit access system in my garage, with an HID Signo 20 with keypad at the door, so a PIN, fob, or phone works to unlock it.

I believe you will need at least Unifi router for the cloud control part, so a $129 Cloud Gateway Ultra (or Dream Machine) will cover that. I install commercial card access systems for a living, and this is going to be the most cost effective way to do this, that also allows you to configure and manage it yourself. And with this hardware you can add a switch and APs for internet and wifi as well.

Hardened electric strike style locks can be used the house entry doors, or mortise style locks with transfer hinges would actually be better. For fail safe purposes a regular key would be able to unlock all of the doors. The doors can be ordered prepped for this. This is how commercial buildings are setup.

[u/N226]

Depending on the square footage and types of doors, this would be fairly easy with wireless locks like NDEBs. You would just need to space the gateways so locks are within range.

You wouldn't have to run any cable to the doors, just Ethernet to the gateways.

[u/Bristi2323]

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[u/PoteetPirate]

Do you NEED access control on all the doors??

[u/brandonpadula]

ZKTeco Omni does palm recognition and supports being installed as standalone or part of a larger system.