On 11/27/04 19:27 ET, Vincent Delpino said...
is it an audio only system now with lock control?
and would it be possible to run cables if needed?
you may be better off going with an access control
with a video phone. you cant assume that everyone
has a tv cuz its quite possible that people dont.
and it sounds like a hassle to have to turn on
your tv to see who it is. I retrofitted a few
systems like this and was able to use existing
wire in a few cases and had to run a video feed
to others.one of them was a 50+unit buildingwith
front and back door access. if there is access
above and below you dont need to home run everything.you
can run it all to a central location on each level
and feed it from there.belive me when i say you
would like to keep the cable company out of it
if at all possible. Look into it.
The advantage to getting the cable comapny involved is that there is a zero chance of negatively interfering with their system since they specifiy the modulator they want to see, and it's their existing distribution system. You sell the client the commercial grade modulator and the cams, as well as the tech time to engineer the system. In a new construction scenario, a stand alone discrete video phone type of system could be installed. But It's just one more thing to go wrong in the building, and it's a huge added cost. Many apartment complexes have done away with their existing stand alone intercom / door acces systems as they have aged, and upgraded to telephone based systems. The old handsets on the walls of the aprtments hanging there dormant.
