Door phone for residence

[Doug L]

Anyone have any recomendations for a door phone/intercom for a residence.
Two stations one at the front door and one at the gate.
Needs to have a gate release and the ability to sound a call waiting tone
over the phone if the phone is busy when the door button is pushed

Doug L

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[alarman]

Anyone have any recomendations for a door phone/intercom for a residence.
Two stations one at the front door and one at the gate.
Needs to have a gate release and the ability to sound a call waiting tone
over the phone if the phone is busy when the door button is pushed

Have you looked at Viking?
http://www.vikingelectronics.com/
js

 

[Frank Olson]

Anyone have any recomendations for a door phone/intercom for a residence.
Two stations one at the front door and one at the gate.
Needs to have a gate release and the ability to sound a call waiting tone
over the phone if the phone is busy when the door button is pushed

Doug L

http://www.logenex.com.

In Canada it's carried by Burtek (owned by Richardson Electronics).

Frank Olson
http://www.yoursecuritysource.com

 

[Crash Gordon]

Door Fon !!! (ADI sells em)

Most excellent, easy to install. Handles up to two doors/gates, and you can
add on a door strike module too. I've put in abt 10 in the last year. Good
money too.

I put the module in the SWB along with my alarm wires. Double gang
electrical box at the fd or gate...piece o'cake! Run it to the SWB because
it's not a low voltage powered device, it has a 120v cord, so ya just plug
the module into the SWB outlet and since your phones go to the swb your all
done. I run a cat 5 to the FD or Gate...and your done. oh, yeah...no moving
parts either.

Stainless or Bright Brass (sorta)



hth


| Anyone have any recomendations for a door phone/intercom for a residence.
| Two stations one at the front door and one at the gate.
| Needs to have a gate release and the ability to sound a call waiting tone
| over the phone if the phone is busy when the door button is pushed
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| Doug L
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[grabbitt]

RLB goes thru all the trouble to post this and you have the gall not to read
all of his extremely helpful posts? PLEASE read the one about this subject
for your answer.

Never overestimate the power of large stupid people in GROUPS.

 

[Robert L Bass]

100% right (of course), Crash. Also, you can use the doorbell wire if it goes
to the basement (most do) on an existing house. I've sold tons of these little
systems to DIYers. Some clients want more access at than two doors. That can
be done if you install a second module on the telco line as follows:

[street] -- [module 1] --- [module 2] --- [house phones]

I wouldn't recommend using use more than two modules (max 4 door stations)
though.

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Regards,
Robert L Bass

Bass Burglar Alarms
The Online DIY Store
http://www.BassBurglarAlarms.com

 

[Jim]

Door Fon !!! (ADI sells em)

Most excellent, easy to install. Handles up to two doors/gates, and you can
add on a door strike module too. I've put in abt 10 in the last year. Good
money too.

I put the module in the SWB along with my alarm wires. Double gang
electrical box at the fd or gate...piece o'cake! Run it to the SWB because
it's not a low voltage powered device, it has a 120v cord, so ya just plug
the module into the SWB outlet and since your phones go to the swb your all
done. I run a cat 5 to the FD or Gate...and your done. oh, yeah...no moving
parts either.

Stainless or Bright Brass (sorta)

I've used this one also. Good product. Quality seems good. A Couple in
for about two years now.

Two comments. If the power goes out, when it comes back up, the phone
rings as if someone is at the door. ( woke up my client in the middle
of the night) we couldn't figure out why it rang in the middle of the
night until he noticed clock blinking.

Tech support consist of one guy (who I think is the owner, chief cook
and bottle washer too) who's not always in the office. Oriental, with
an accent and not too easy to understand what he's saying.

 

[Crash Gordon]

It's pretty similar to the Viking.

Whoo needs tech support anyway?...the ring coulda been induced tickler
current...or you client dreaming

I've been using DoorKing stuff for almost 20 years and Mike the tech is
STILL freekin there ... sometimes small companies are much better


|
| Crash Gordon wrote:
| > Door Fon !!! (ADI sells em)
| >
| > Most excellent, easy to install. Handles up to two doors/gates, and you
can
| > add on a door strike module too. I've put in abt 10 in the last year.
Good
| > money too.
| >
| > I put the module in the SWB along with my alarm wires. Double gang
| > electrical box at the fd or gate...piece o'cake! Run it to the SWB
because
| > it's not a low voltage powered device, it has a 120v cord, so ya just
plug
| > the module into the SWB outlet and since your phones go to the swb your
all
| > done. I run a cat 5 to the FD or Gate...and your done. oh, yeah...no
moving
| > parts either.
| >
| > Stainless or Bright Brass (sorta)
| >
| >
| >
| I've used this one also. Good product. Quality seems good. A Couple in
| for about two years now.
|
| Two comments. If the power goes out, when it comes back up, the phone
| rings as if someone is at the door. ( woke up my client in the middle
| of the night) we couldn't figure out why it rang in the middle of the
| night until he noticed clock blinking.
|
| Tech support consist of one guy (who I think is the owner, chief cook
| and bottle washer too) who's not always in the office. Oriental, with
| an accent and not too easy to understand what he's saying.
|
|

 

[Robert L Bass]

I've been using DoorKing stuff for almost 20 years and Mike the tech is

STILL freekin there ... sometimes small companies are much better

DoorKing is good stuff. The problem is getting the distributors to stock it.
Due to the per unit cost of their controllers, most don't want to keep it on the
shelf.

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Regards,
Robert L Bass

Bass Burglar Alarms
The Online DIY Store
http://www.BassBurglarAlarms.com

 

[Crash Gordon]

I used to buy direct, but I'm not doing that kind of volume anymore with
them...but TriEd has it.


|> I've been using DoorKing stuff for almost 20 years and Mike the tech is
| > STILL freekin there ... sometimes small companies are much better
|
| DoorKing is good stuff. The problem is getting the distributors to stock
it.
| Due to the per unit cost of their controllers, most don't want to keep it
on the
| shelf.
|
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|
| Regards,
| Robert L Bass
|
| Bass Burglar Alarms
| The Online DIY Store
| http://www.BassBurglarAlarms.com
|
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|
| Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups.
|

 

[Robert L Bass]

I used to buy direct, but I'm not doing that kind of

volume anymore with them...but TriEd has it.

Yes, Tri-Ed sells it but they frequently have to special order it for us. I've
all but given up on the idea that they will ever handle an order correctly.
I've had them screw up so many DoorKing orders that I finally suspended offering
it. Another of my distributors says they carry DoorKing so I might still
reactivate the pages once I get new pricing.

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Regards,
Robert L Bass

Bass Burglar Alarms
The Online DIY Store
http://www.BassBurglarAlarms.com

 

[Doug L]

That sounds like BassSpeak for " another distributor has cut us off "

Doug L

 

[Frank Olson]

That sounds like BassSpeak for " another distributor has cut us off "

Doug L

Shhhhhhh!!! It is.

 

[Jim]

It's pretty similar to the Viking.

Whoo needs tech support anyway?...the ring coulda been induced tickler
current...or you client dreaming

Actually the unit DOES ring once when you power it up. Minor problem
and inconvenience as long as you know about it when your client asks.
Otherwise I was thinking the unit was ringing for no reason in the
middle of the night and I'm thinking a bad unit or some kind of
undetectable "glitch" or something. The way I had to "inbed" the out
door unit on a plinth, it would have caused some problems if I would
have had to re install it.

I've been using DoorKing stuff for almost 20 years and Mike the tech is
STILL freekin there ... sometimes small companies are much better

I'd bet he's not the ONLY tech though.

And as the propritor he can't always be sitting at the phone because
he's the sales man too. That's what concered me. I know you gotta start
somewhere but when I'm out in the field with a service problem, and I
call tech support, I don't want to hear that Soong Li is on the road
for a sales trip today and will be back tomorrow to answer technical
questions. I figure someday he's going to have to take a 2 or 3 day
sales trip ............. Just when I need him.