ᐅ Which video intercom system is best for a newly built single-family house?
Created on: 1 Aug 2023 20:16
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Hunter2605
Dear Forum,
We are building a single-family house and are looking for a doorbell/intercom system with the following features:
> Video intercom at the garden gate
> Simple doorbell button at the front door
> Indoor station for intercom communication and for opening the garden gate (and ideally also for operating the motorized driveway gate).
> The indoor station could (but does not have to) be a KNX control panel, as the electrical installations in our house are implemented with KNX.
Do you have any product recommendations for me?
At the moment, I am leaning towards Gira, specifically the System 106 for the outdoor station and the G1 smartphone panel as the indoor station, where I would also integrate the door intercom system.
If anyone has experience with this setup, I would be very interested to hear about it. In particular, I’d like to know if the door intercom works well on the G1. For example, what happens if the bell rings and I open the door immediately without first using the G1 controls? Does the G1 then return to standby after a defined period?
Thank you very much and best regards,
Felix
We are building a single-family house and are looking for a doorbell/intercom system with the following features:
> Video intercom at the garden gate
> Simple doorbell button at the front door
> Indoor station for intercom communication and for opening the garden gate (and ideally also for operating the motorized driveway gate).
> The indoor station could (but does not have to) be a KNX control panel, as the electrical installations in our house are implemented with KNX.
Do you have any product recommendations for me?
At the moment, I am leaning towards Gira, specifically the System 106 for the outdoor station and the G1 smartphone panel as the indoor station, where I would also integrate the door intercom system.
If anyone has experience with this setup, I would be very interested to hear about it. In particular, I’d like to know if the door intercom works well on the G1. For example, what happens if the bell rings and I open the door immediately without first using the G1 controls? Does the G1 then return to standby after a defined period?
Thank you very much and best regards,
Felix
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Allthewayup25 Oct 2025 16:24Thank you for the note; I have now read the fine print. However, it is interesting that the entire flyer suggests that this is exactly the case.
“ekey” is an Austrian company and is colloquially used as a synonym for the fingerprint scanning function.
So, I assume that the “ekey” version can be equipped with any fingerprint scanner, not just those from the manufacturer “ekey”?
Edit:
There are many negative reviews about the scanner installed by Doorbird itself in the “50” model.
“ekey” is an Austrian company and is colloquially used as a synonym for the fingerprint scanning function.
So, I assume that the “ekey” version can be equipped with any fingerprint scanner, not just those from the manufacturer “ekey”?
Edit:
There are many negative reviews about the scanner installed by Doorbird itself in the “50” model.
Allthewayup schrieb:
So, in the “ekey” version, I assume you can install any fingerprint scanner and not just the one from the manufacturer “ekey”?No. Only the ekey S-Line scanner and nothing else. It clearly states: The Fingerprint 50 comes with a "fingerprint reader from Fingerprint Cards AB," while the ekey version is "prepared for the ekey S-Line fingerprint reader (fingerprint reader not included)."With the ekey version, you’d need the ekey system with all its advantages, if you actually want them. If you just want to open the door with your finger, the Fingerprint 50 version is probably sufficient. Whether it’s any good, I don’t know. Ekey definitely works.
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