One house, several entrances, several people, a single set of keys
Local suburban housing accumulates callers: garden maintenance, a home help, a changeover between two stays when the property is let, children coming home from school on their own. The usual answer is to cut more and more copies, until a single set opens the house, the garage and the shed all by itself. Digital access reverses that logic: you open a right for a given time slot, you close it again, and the log says what happened. That is especially true of the secondary access points, used more in daily life than the front door.
Two things need checking before you buy, and they are very concrete here. Backup first: an isolated house behind an electric gate, of which there are plenty in Beutre, has to be openable despite a power cut or a flat battery, so it needs to keep an accessible mechanical cylinder. Then consistency with what is already there: the gate motor, the entryphone and the lock often come from three different manufacturers, and the single app you dream of does not always exist. Those compatibilities are checked before ordering.
Business parks: getting away from a set of keys passed between teams
From the edges of the Aéroparc to the premises on Chemin Long and the shops on the main roads, the pattern repeats itself: several people lock and unlock, hours shift, contractors and temporary staff come and go. A shared set of keys then raises two problems. You no longer know exactly who holds what, and one person leaving means changing the cylinders. Access control by badge or by code deals with both, provided it is clear who administers the rights within the company.
Three precautions are worth taking in this context. Provide an emergency opening that does not depend on the network, because a router going down must never stop you opening up in the morning. Write down who is entitled to grant access, otherwise traceability loses its meaning. Inform staff that an access log exists, since it remains personal data. Finally, in premises open to the public, emergency exit hardware is governed by its own rules and is dealt with using the appropriate equipment, not with the main lock.
How does this service work?
Techniques, typical situations, standards and things to watch out for: it is all on our smart lock page. This page focuses on what the service involves in Mérignac.