Resident Benefits
Using a smartphone, tablet or PC, from anywhere residents can remotely control and monitor:
- Access/Locks
- Receive calls and video chat from door entry system to determine appropriate action, such as unlock door
- Unlock entry doors to admit visitors and maintenance personnel
- Lock doors if inadvertently left unlocked
- Provide temporary access codes for visitors and maintenance personnel
- Verify doors are locked or unlocked
- Lighting
- Turn lights on and off and dim lights
- Change times lights go on and off
- Have lights go on upon entry
- Temperature
- Verify and change temperature in unit
- Change time of day/week temperature for energy efficiency
- Water
- Verify no water overflow in unit
- Shut off water to unit in the event of water overflow
- Alerts upon water overflow
- Network
- Building-wide wireless network and private network per unit
Examples of system benefits include:
- Control of functions within unit using Alexa voice commands
- Play music in selected rooms
- Eliminate security concerns by turning on and off lights while away from residence
- Verify that a door is closed and locked after rushing out to make an appointment
- Admit early-arriving or unexpected guests remotely
- Turn on lights and unlock entry door from car, or set entry light to turn on automatically when entry door is opened, in advance of entering unit with hands full
- Change unit temperature for energy efficiency upon change of plans
- Dim or turn off lights from bed without having to get up
- Shut off water from anywhere if overflow alert
- Turn fireplace on and off
