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As soon as you start working on the building, you pretty much have the replace the panel, as 1) it has to be secure, and 2) you have no guaranteed network conne
by tarikjn 11y ago
As soon as you start working on the building, you pretty much have the replace the panel, as 1) it has to be secure, and 2) you have no guaranteed network connectivity.
The closest to what you are asking could be a 2N IP video intercom with a 2N 2Wire connector (uses the old copper/coax cable of the analog intercom system for IP), costs around $1,000.
People would then have to connect the network cable from the 2Wire box on their apartment side to their home router and setup their phone to connect to the intercom in P2P mode (intercom acting as SIP server).
Other options is connecting the intercom directly online, which makes setup much simpler but incurs a recurring cost for the building association.
- tarikjn 11y agoA hack suggestion for someone who wants to build something that is more an upgrade than a replacement and address this better -- specially for panels which have individual buttons for each apartment: - build a camera only panel that can be added on the wall - camera has a built-in power supply that uses the doorbells panel power - camera has built-in PLN module that uses modulations on the doorbells panel ground - in your apartment, you setup a box that connects to your entry phone and grab the video feed from the ground PLN, grabs the triggering from the entry phone line, the box connects to your Wi-Fi network - the rest is software