cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/28482551
I’m looking into installing a door lock w/ key pad at home for two use cases:
- I’m out of town and need to allow someone to enter my home, in an emergency or for any reason.
- Nice to have - “oh shit, did I lock the door” - ability to lock the door remotely from my phone, would also solve use case #1 by unlocking remotely.
If there are no privacy respecting / self hosted apps for remote control (use case #2), then a “dumb” electronic lock w/ key pad that enables me to set a PIN that I can give to a friend or neighbor in a pinch and then reset the PIN after I get home, that would be good enough. If no such keypad/electronic locks exist, then my backup plan is to just make a few copies of my key for trusted friends & family and/or hide a key, but I’d like to explore the keypad route.
I sorta wish the way locks had developed had been the other way around were the standard was the lock in the wall and the hole in the door. Then we would wire them up at this point.
That’s a fantastic idea. You’d probably need the controls to be on the door, but I’m sure that could be done with some pogo pins or wireless charging to the wired unit in the wall.
I was thinking like long ago that the key in the wall and a simple static push/pull type handle on the door.