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#289549 12-Sep-2021 11:31
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Hi folks. I need to get a SIM card for a gate - how do we go through the initial setup for those? Do we have to use a standard phone or can someone do it in store (I don't have any phone that would use a standard size SIM card)?




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  #2776801 12-Sep-2021 11:43
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I just pop out the nano Sim from the full size Sim, setup in a phone and then push it back into the Full Size Sim.



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  #2776839 12-Sep-2021 12:36
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You mean to say that not everyone has a drawer full of old phones that take all SIM sizes?

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  #2776846 12-Sep-2021 13:00
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Take the gate down to the Spark shop 🤣



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  #2776870 12-Sep-2021 13:55
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The Spark person activated and loaded the balance in store for me. Solved.




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  #2779552 16-Sep-2021 20:20
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Not quite. It did not work. Then realised the gate is 3G 2100 and Spark is 3G 850 in that area.

So off to a Vodafone store today to get a VF SIM...




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  #2779562 16-Sep-2021 20:30
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I have an old Nokia full size sim phone you can use/have think its a Nokia C5 ?

 

 




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  #2779564 16-Sep-2021 20:32
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Thanks. This time the Vodafone person activated the SIM from her computer, so all good.




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  #2779643 16-Sep-2021 22:01
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Ok... curiosity has got me... what is this gate that needs a Sim card? An alarm or something?

 

 




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  #2779728 17-Sep-2021 08:44
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It's basically an intercom but instead of using a radio link to a receiver inside the house, it places a mobile voice call to a programmed number. When you push the button at the gate the in-laws receive a phone call on their (mobile) phone.

 

Basically, it's a $ 0.49 fee paid by the homeowner to a telco when someone pushes the button and announce themselves but for their lifestyle and needs it works (except when they let the prepay SIM expire for not reloading credits into it).




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  #2779735 17-Sep-2021 08:57
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freitasm:

 

It's basically an intercom but instead of using a radio link to a receiver inside the house, it places a mobile voice call to a programmed number. When you push the button at the gate the in-laws receive a phone call on their (mobile) phone.

 

Basically, it's a $ 0.49 fee paid by the homeowner to a telco when someone pushes the button and announce themselves but for their lifestyle and needs it works (except when they let the prepay SIM expire for not reloading credits into it).

 

 

Thanks.

 

 




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  #2779738 17-Sep-2021 09:09
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@freitasm

 

I'd quite like an intercom at my gate but its impossible to get any wiring to it now.

 

It does have power already, a keypad for manual gate open/close and a button that makes a buzzer go off in the house.

 

But no intercom. 

 

Could you please provide a link for this?




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  #2779758 17-Sep-2021 10:19
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I've found a page for the product (price is for bulk): Taiwan LTE/3G/GSM intercom systems(smartphone open this gate without costs)-vertical style on Global Sources,Audio intercom systems,Door intercom systems,Access control systems




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