Hi everyone, looking for alternatives to upgrade an existing street-front gate video intercom at our house. The current one is not IP based and just links to the panel in the house. It has access control with keypad entry and via the panel in the house, using what I think is an electro-magnetic lock on the gate.
I've looked at Doorbird and had a quote to install, seems pretty good but fairly pricey for the model that would have the keypad entry etc. We don't have ethernet run to the gate, could probably be done but ideally a system that can use wifi like Doorbird would be good. We've also been shown some much cheaper Chinese versions similar to Doorbird but I'm just not convinced the remote access/communication will be good enough and the generic looking 'Controlcam' app looks really clunky and has terrible reviews from what I can see.
There seems to be very limited options in this space, just wish there was something like the 'Ring' system but with a keypad and ability to open the gate from the app built in too.
Is there even a Z-wave/Zigbee option for this type of exterior electro-magnetic gate anyway? I know there's plenty of digital deadbolts but that's probably not right for a gate.
I see Fibaro have an amazing looking video doorbell with lock controls etc, but as nobody is selling it here I'm guessing it's using incompatible z-wave too. It looks just as pricey as Doorbird but if we do have to spend that much would be good to know if that's actually an option we might have in NZ sometime.
Any ideas much appreciated ;)