Home Automation

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Home automation is the residential extension of building automation.

It is automation of the home, housework or household activity.

Home automation may include centralized control of lighting, HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning), appliances, security locks of gates and doors and other systems, to provide improved convenience, comfort, energy efficiency and security.

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Auto/ Smart Door Lock, with separate, physical, remote unlock button? (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by ist109@alien.top to c/homeautomation@selfhosted.forum

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I run a small business from my home, with a small walk-in area for customers to walk in.

I am currently look to install a smart lock for my home, so that my door auto-locks when me and my family leave the house for a short while (example when going to the side of the house to tend to our house dog, or to the back to do some chores etc.).

Inside the house, we usually sit in the counter (some distance from the door) where we work on computer.

We get many visitors so ideally, I am looking for a door that also sell/ integrate with some kind of remote switch which I can press, to unlock the door, a bit similar to the magnetic doors in offices.

Anyone has similar use case or suggestion?

Thank you.

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[–] FinneganMcBrisket@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Schlage Encode Plus deadbolt works well. Many locks have an auto lock timeout. Some have homekit or google assistant integration so that you can create some automation that locks the door when you leave. You can also get notifications from the lock.