Aloha Claudia, Your better half? Obviously he isn't the one carrying all the *** into the house. Perhaps you could have all the locks keyed to the same key? Betsy
At 10:00 AM 4/23/2010, you wrote: >Wow, > >Everything sounds so high tech. >At my job, we have swipe cards; we have to swipe >them downward, against the door, in order to get into the building. > >On a personal level, I was thinking about >expediting the process of getting into my home. >My better half wasn't thinking when he had the >locks installed. You have to use two keys to >open four different locks, on both the front door and side entrance. >This is a pain in the a**, when you have a child >in toe, hands full of groceries, work-related crap, etc. >I just want to pear down the process that it >takes for us, to unlock the door and get into the house. >SOmetimes, I feel a little leery about stadning out there too long! > >Claudia >----- Original Message ----- >From: <mailto:wstephan%40everestkc.net>wstep...@everestkc.net >To: <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com >Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 4:35 PM >Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Keyless Entry Lock? > >Tom: I'm not 100% sure about this, but I believe >the thing is a flat see-through pannel with a >display of numbers. So the individual has to >touch the numbers corresponding to his/her >password. In addition to that, we have badges >that are probably similar to what you folks have >that are supposed to be presented to some kind of device. > >Bill Stephan >Kansas Citty MO >Email: <mailto:wstephan%40everestkc.net>wstep...@everestkc.net >Phone: (816)803-2469 > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Tom Fowle <<mailto:fowle%40ski.org>fo...@ski.org> >Date: Thursday, April 22, 2010 3:15 pm >Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Keyless Entry Lock? > > So if the buttons are scrambled, then the sightlings must have to > > look at > > some display to get the scramble each time, thus standing there > > puzzling > > over how to manage that task, giving the bad guys even more time > > to watch > > and see what is being entered. > > > > Where i work we have key cards you bring near an antenna, > > no contact required. but that requires a whole mess of > > electronics and a > > computer to manage it with and cost tens of thousands of bucks > > > > Since most people are too lazy to take the card from there pocket > > to > > present it to the antenna, you see scientists and doctors doing a > > little > > "but dance" rite there in the street to get in. It's > > pretty funny. > > > > tom Fowle > > > > On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 02:41:09PM -0500, > <mailto:wstephan%40everestkc.net>wstep...@everestkc.net > > wrote:> I work in a secure facility which is currently having its > > systems updated. We used to have key pads at secure points of > > entry, then the security lads figured out that it was possible to > > isolate the four keys being used by the amount of wear on the > > buttons. So, we're getting scramble pads, where the layout of the > > key pad changes after every use. Needless to say, this is not > > useable for blinks, so I have to have a special access card. So > > if anybody's thinking about key pads, be aware and watch out for > > the scrambled ones. > > > > > > > > > > > > Bill Stephan > > > Kansas Citty MO > > > Email: <mailto:wstephan%40everestkc.net>wstep...@everestkc.net > > > Phone: (816)803-2469 > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Tom Fowle <<mailto:fowle%40ski.org>fo...@ski.org> > > > Date: Thursday, April 22, 2010 1:59 pm > > > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Keyless Entry Lock? > > > > I would never consider any electronic device to be as reliable > > as > > > > a simple > > > > key and lock. > > > > > > > > Also as a bat, one must consider howlikely it could be that > > > > somebody could > > > > watch you enter your pass code without your knowing. > > > > > > > > And you need a key available somehow if the battery fails. > > > > > > > > Also would need to check how hard, or accessible, changing the > > > > code is to do > > > > if someone undesirable gets hold of it. > > > > > > > > Sounds like making something simple harder to no purpose. > > > > > > > > Tom Fowle > > > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 11:32:42AM -0500, Claudia wrote: > > > > > Does anybody know how reliable these things are? > > > > > > > > > > I've just been researching, and apparently, there are others > > > > that recognize your fingerprint? > > > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: Brice Mijares > > > > > To: > <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > > > > > Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 9:02 AM > > > > > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Keyless Entry Lock? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > They also make these keyless door locks where a key fob is > > > > used to unlock > > > > > the door. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: "Michael baldwin" > <<mailto:mbaldwin577%40gmail.com>mbaldwin...@gmail.com> > > > > > To: > <<mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> > > > > > Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 6:40 AM > > > > > Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Keyless Entry Lock? > > > > > > > > > > > instead of using a key, you put in a pass code on a key > > pad > > > > located on > > > > > > the > > > > > > door, and the door unlocks assuming the correct code was > > put in. > > > > > > There is also a key slot, so if the battery dies in the > > key > > > > pad, you can > > > > > > still use the key to get in. > > > > > > > > > > > > Michael > > > > > > > > > > > > _____ > > > > > > > > > > > > From: > <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > > > > [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com]> > On Behalf Of > > Claudia > > > > > > Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 7:10 AM > > > > > > To: > <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > > > > > > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Keyless Entry Lock? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > > > I've been hearing commercials lately, about a keyless > > entry > > > > lock?> > What is this, and can anyone describe it for me? > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > > > Claudia > > > > > > > > > > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version > > of > > > > virus > > > > > > signature > > > > > > database 5049 (20100422) __________ > > > > > > > > > > > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > > > > > > > > > > > <http://www.eset.>http://www.eset. <http://www.eset.com> com > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version > > of > > > > virus > > > > > > signature database 5046 (20100421) __________ > > > > > > > > > > > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > > > > > > > > > > > <http://www.eset.com>http://www.eset.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version > > of > > > > virus signature database 5050 (20100422) __________ > > > > > > > > > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > > > > > > > > > <http://www.eset.com>http://www.eset.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version > > of > > > > virus signature database 5049 (20100422) __________ > > > > > > > > > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > > > > > > > > > <http://www.eset.com>http://www.eset.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of > > > > virus signature database 5050 (20100422) __________ > > > > > > > > > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > > > > > > > > > <http://www.eset.com>http://www.eset.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > >__________ Information from ESET Smart Security, >version of virus signature database 5051 (20100422) __________ > >The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > ><http://www.eset.com>http://www.eset.com > >__________ Information from ESET Smart Security, >version of virus signature database 5053 (20100423) __________ > >The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > ><http://www.eset.com>http://www.eset.com > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
