ᐅ Doorbell with intercom and fingerprint access for front door and garden gate

Hi everyone,

Here’s the situation: we have a front door with a motorized lock, and initially planned to install a Gira doorbell system with intercom and fingerprint sensor there. The wiring is all set up for that.

Now, as part of landscaping work, we’ve decided to add a garden gate. Normally it will remain closed (to keep the kids in the garden and prevent them from wandering off), the mailbox is also located there, and visitors are expected to ring there first.

It doesn’t really make sense to be able to open the front door by fingerprint, but still have to dig out the key to open the garden gate. So ideally, the gate should also have a doorbell with intercom and fingerprint sensor. There is an 8-wire phone cable and power supplied there, so we have all options.

Aside from the extra cost involved with a second fingerprint sensor:

Apparently, with Gira and other brands, you cannot connect two external stations to one internal station; I only find setups with one door station and multiple indoor stations.

Question 1:

Is there no system like that? Installing two indoor stations side-by-side seems a bit odd to me!

Since the garden gate is not security-critical, another option would be a more affordable system that could also work through my Fritzbox and the connected phones. Internet-based solutions like Doorbird and similar would also be an option.

Question 2:

Does anyone have recommendations for systems worth checking out?

There are lots of doorbell systems out there, but ones with fingerprint sensors are much harder to find.

Best regards,

Andreas

Does it have to be just one system? Ekey offers multi-controllers that allow several fingerprint sensors to be connected. In addition, you can have a standard doorbell and an intercom system; you already have the electric strike lock.

For a similar situation, the ekey system was also recommended to me...

I would also only go with ekey. Multi would be the right solution for you, unless you want additional features...

Why choose Gira? Just go with the GOLIATH; you can register as many fingerprints as you want. It’s technically better and more affordable. You also get full access on your smartphone, and if you want, you can open the doors remotely.

Voltus has now combined ekey with doorbird in one housing. This could be interesting from a pricing perspective.