Lots of thoughts on this one as I've helped The Red Victorian coliving hotel in SF, Creative Blueprint here in Seattle, and of course our coworking space, Office Nomads. Your setup is going to cost a fair amount. For a real integrated system I don't see how you are going to get away with anything less then $5K.
For Creative Blueprint we are going with simple residential keypad solution on 2 doors. We will have to program each code at each door and that will get annoying fast but the price point ($250 for 2) is right for getting started. Can't give you a review yet as the hardware is coming in the mail this week. You can use the Lockstate Remote Lock like Angel uses. They have a central system so you don't have to program each door, but you rely on their servers and their hardware gets poor reviews. These are $250/door. They have a beefier model that is more expensive but also maybe more robust? Haven't played with these systems so I can't say much. For The Red Victorian we created our own system. This ended up costing about $1K/door. This has the most flexibility as I wrote all the code, but they have had some reliability issues. I've only ever made one door controller so I'm not surprised I didn't get all the bugs worked out on my first try. The flexibility is important for that application though as I'm issuing unique codes for each reservation and expiring them right away. Eventually we will use remotely programable residential units at each room for around $250/door. 30 doors, so that is going to get expensive. For Office Nomads we originally dropped about $4K on an ISONAS system. This is only for 2 doors but each door needs a strike and a commercial grade lock. We've expanded it to 3 doors now.... but I strongly do not recommend going ISONAS. After years of dealing with their software and their company we are jumping ship. We are currently in the process of switching to HID Edge Solo hardware ($1K for 3 doors minus door strikes and installation). I'm going to be able to program these from Nadine, our coworking management system, and I'm pretty excited about the possibilities. Not sure if that helps or answers specific questions. I've gone 4 different ways in 3 different installs. Jacob On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 10:36 AM, Jerome Chang <jer...@blankspaces.com> wrote: > Most lock solutions are $. I would recommend limiting access to just one > door per floor, and make the others either exit-only, or entry during biz > hours only. > > > *JEROME CHANG* > > *CENTRAL: Mid-Wilshire* > 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) | ph: (323) 330-9505 > > *EAST: Downtown* > 529 S. Broadway, Suite 4000 (@Pershing Square) | ph: (213) 550-2235 > > > *NORTH: Pasadena (Opening 2016 Q1!)600 E. Colorado Blvd. (@Los Robles)* > <http://vimeo.com/blankspaces> > On Oct 26, 2015, at 10:17 AM, Carly Nix <ca...@industry-lab.com> wrote: > > Hey everyone, > > Wanted to resurrect the topic of locks. I saw some past threads about > this, and wonder if there are any updates to what folks would recommend > since last year. At Industry Lab we've been looking into different lock > upgrade options, and haven't settled on a best bet yet. Here's our > situation: > > - We're in a building with 2 exterior entrances > - Our space spans 3 floors with 8 points of entry > - We share the building with other tenants > - Don't have tons of money to throw at this problem. > > Any thoughts? What's worked for other spaces? > > > > -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
