Life imitates low budget action movie? On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 5:07 PM, Josh Reynolds <[email protected]> wrote:
> Also, pretty sure the one you have... If I remember right, I could rip the > keypad off and touch brown to red to open the door based on the wiring > diagram. > On Mar 28, 2016 7:03 PM, "Sterling Jacobson" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I've had the same problem. >> >> The local alarm company wanted like $3-4k for a two door install, lol! >> >> Here is what I did so far: >> >> I bought a controller board off of eBay that does the standard protocol >> used by the strike. >> I bought the strike off ebay too. >> I bought a keypad controller off eBay. >> The controller came with a small locking box, and has room for a battery >> backup and can use PoE. >> >> The whole thing cost less than $500 I think. >> >> I used Ethernet to connect the box to my switch and to the strike and >> keypad. >> >> The controller has a simple web interface you log on to and then >> add/remove door codes. >> >> I did have to interpret some Chinese manuals to figure out the pinouts >> for everything, but it works as expected. >> >> What I have left to do is map the private IP of the controller to a >> public IP and firewall it. >> >> And then I wanted to write a service/web api to it so I could use a up to >> date 'normal' API access to add/remove door codes. >> >> Let me know if you want more details. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Josh Reynolds >> Sent: Monday, March 28, 2016 4:53 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [AFMUG] door access control >> >> I'm dying here. Every single system I can find is shit or costs an arm >> and a leg, to the point where I'm considering starting a company to make a >> better system. I just need an embedded, web based, IP access control >> system. It needs to be able to control the individual door access >> controllers to electronic striker or maglock to the keypad. POE here is >> best. If it requires software running on a windows PC then I don't want >> anything to do with it, even for those of you who are like "put it in a >> vm"... no. Those resources are reserved for properly functioning operation >> systems (and LXC containers!). >> >> I've got 3 doors at one location, then 2 more doors at 2 other locations. >> >> If it has a mobile app, that's even better. >> >> I've installed a couple of HID Global and DoorKing systems in the past >> and nothing about this is hard, but the chinese systems are only made for a >> single location. >> >> Any suggestions? >> >
