[asterisk-users] Asterisk as a Condo door opener/intercom

[Kyle Kienapfel]

On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Andreas Sikkema <h323 at ramdyne.nl> wrote:
> On 4/12/11 1:21 AM, Don Kelly wrote:
>> Continuing top posting...
>>
>> The same argument could be made for any commercial solution. Why use
>> Asterisk when we could throw $4,000 at our problem for a commercial
>> solution?
>>
>> I'd like to have a solution that would have the features you suggest for
>> $400.
>
> What part of the system isn't working? The "route calls to the
> appartment" part? That could be replaced by Asterisk with enough
> (analogue?) ports to serve the front door and appartments using existing
> wiring.
>
> If the door part also needs replacing because it is proprietary to the
> old system, you could use a SIP dooropener/intercom, but these are
> generally expensive, starting around EUR800/$800? or so and probably
> need an expension for apartment buttons. And you'd need to run new
> wiring to the door and perhaps change the lock.
>
> And then there's the apartments, it could get *very* expensive when you
> need to replace wiring and the "phones" in each apartment to something
> VoIP like.
>
>
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> Andreas Sikkema
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My apartment building switched from something that tapped into phone
lines to having the panel outside take a 3 digit extension, and then
it does a phone call. Needs a bit of administation to associate the
extensions to the right number to call, but then the call can go to a
cellphone or a voip provider... I like being able to buzz myself in
with my laptop :)

Outdoor intercom SIP phone + server + door striker and hopefully less
than $2000 in time to tie it all together.