Intercoms and access control for Fourways complexes and estate gates
Fourways is about 13 km north-west of Sandton City. At a Fourways complex or estate gate, two jobs get confused: letting visitors call a unit, and controlling who can come and go without calling. Many schemes still run on remotes handed to residents, domestic workers and garden services over the years, plus an intercom panel at the guardhouse that rings units whose numbers changed long ago, so nobody really knows who can open the gate.
We separate the two. Visitors call through a video or GSM intercom that rings the owner's handset or phone, so they can see or hear who is there before opening. Residents, staff and contractors get their own tags, codes or fingerprints, which can be removed one at a time when someone moves out or a contractor's work ends, and given time limits where that suits.
Trustees need one person who administers the system and a habit of removing old users. Access logs and any stored fingerprints or photos are personal information, so we keep who can see them to a named few; buying a device does not make a scheme compliant on its own. We leave the trustees a short note of who administers what.
Everything we install and repair, and how a job runs from first call to handover, is on our intercoms and access control page.
Questions from Fourways
Can a visitor call my cellphone from the complex gate?
Yes, with a GSM intercom that rings the numbers you register. It needs mobile signal and power at the gate, and the SIM has its own airtime costs.
A resident moved out with several remotes. What now?
We clear those remotes from the receiver, or clear the receiver completely and re-register only the remotes the trustees approve, so the list matches the people who live there.
Every Fourways property is different, so we look before we quote. Send us a photo or call, and we will arrange a visit and a written quote for your intercom work.