These locks are quite accessible as Sieghard describes. We have one with a touch screen which I can unlock with my iPhone or an actual key. The lock on our backdoor has a tactile keypad. Neither lock was all that expensive and booth are programmable. For example, the code for our housecleaners works only on Thursday afternoon and the code for the pet sitter is active only while we are on vacation.
I highly recommend these locks. Sent from Kimber's iPhone The happy ending still beckons, and it is in the hope of grasping it that we go on.—Annie Proulx > On Jan 13, 2018, at 12:18 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > > Not any more, quite a few electronic lock companies made fingerprint > doorlocks years ago, I had one and so did a friend of mine, and they were the > biggest pain in the neck. > Depending on how much you want to spend, you are much better off with an > electronic lock with a keypad or a smartlock which you can unlock with your > phone. > I have a Weiser electronic lock at my retail store which was actually > installed by my alarm company and which has a keypad, but it also connects > via the Zigbbee protocol to my alarm panel so I can unlock it via the alarm > app remotely. > At home we just recently purchased a Schlage Sense smartlock which has home > kit support. This means you can unlock it by telling SIRI “Unlock my front > door” or from the home app. It has also a keypad, but it’s a touchscreen so > you’d have to put at least a dot on the 5 or maybe put a tactile dot on the > 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 to be able to use it manually. > Before we bought it we had a Schlage electronic lock on the front door and I > really like it, too. It has a lock button at the top and underneat two rows > of buttons, 1 to 5 and 6 to 0. The lock button is above the 3, so in the > middle above the two number rows. This particular lock (forgot the model) > doesn’t actually have a motor so the single 9 Volt battery lasts forever > because all it does is to engage a deadbolt which you turn by hand to lock > and unlock the door. Less high tech, but also completely reliable and we now > moved this lock to our patio door. > If there are still fingerprint locks around I really advise you to stay away > from them, if you don’t want to spend too much then you can get a lock like > that electronic Schlage with the keypad I described for around $100 and it’s > super-easy to use, you can program multiple codes and it’s easy to program > it without sight, all you need to know is the master/programming code which > you can customize and then you of course need to write down the basic > commands for adding or removing a code. It's usually something like enter the > master code and press the lock button, then press 1 to add a code followed by > the lock button, then enter a 4-digit code, press the lock button and > re-enter it. This is just an example, but it’s that type of sequence. > I am not sure if this particular Schlage can do one-time codes, but before we > got the smartlock at my store we had a electronic keypad lock from Tamor. > That one you could set a mastercode anywhere from 4 to 8 digits long and user > codes then had to be the same length which means if you think a 4-digit code > might be too insecure this one is nice because you can do a 5 or 7 digit code > which is more unusual. Anyhow, that one also allowed for one-time codes so > if, for example, you wanted to give a plumber or electrician or a friend > access to your house without giving them a permanent code, you could set up a > one-time code and once it got used once it would no longer work. Of course > with a smartlock this functionality is even further expanded, you can give > your dog walker who picks up your dog every weekday between 8 and 8:30 AM a > code which only works during that time or you could simply ask them to call > you when they are at the door and you can then unlock the door remotely. > > Best regards, > Sieghard > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Cris Ali > Sent: Friday, January 12, 2018 8:50 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Door locks with fingerprint technology with Bluetooth and accessible > app? > > Hello Folks, > Since I have the tendency to lock myself out from time to time, I thought I > should explore the possibility of getting a door lock that works on > fingerprint. But It must have a Bluetooth connection to the phone so that I > can do the settings, or change them when I want to, provided that the App is > accessible with voiceover.. > Are you guys aware of any such product? > > Cheers, > > Cris > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. 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