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What you describe as "legacy" is actually leaps-and-bounds ahead of nearly every apartment buzzer I've ever had in my life. The "call my phone #" was only ever
by pavel_lishin 1y ago
What you describe as "legacy" is actually leaps-and-bounds ahead of nearly every apartment buzzer I've ever had in my life. The "call my phone #" was only ever a feature at one apartment, and it was great - everywhere else, it's always been either a physical box with three buttons & a speaker/mic mounted somewhere near the door, or a hard-wired telephone that functioned identically.
- aphrx 1y agoYou're totally right — "legacy" probably wasn't the best word. In a lot of cases, even the setups that call your phone are more functional than what most buildings still have: just a mic, speaker, and a few buttons, or a hard-wired landline. I think what I really meant was that there's a lot of untapped potential for automation and smarter access, even in those "more advanced" systems. Long term, I'm also exploring a hardware solution to modernize those even further — something that could work with the more basic setups and bring them up to speed with features like remote unlock, access logs, and scheduled access, too.