Smart access - Open the entrance door without a key

Fingerprint readers, code scanners or radio systems - with electronic closing systems you can open your garage door easily even without a key. Which version is the best for you depends on your personal preferences and requirements. To make the choice of the ideal system easier we have made a summary of the most important smart closing systems for entrance doors. If you are building a new house or want to get a new entrance door this tip helps you to find the correct version for you.

Advantages of keyless closing systems for entrance doors

Key and lock are the classic version to open and close an entrance door. To get additional comfort and design the entrance door modern and smart with simple materials there are various keyless closing systems. They can help to make your everyday life easier and more convenient and are really flexible. Basic requirement for opening the door with a remote control, finger scanner and so on are automated locks, combined with an electric motor. They allow you to open the entrance door by pressing a button or with your fingerprint. The door locks automatically when it closes. For keyless operation of entrance doors there are three different versions available.

1. Unlock the entrance door with a fingerprint

Especially convenient is the opening of the door with a fingerprint. The Hörmann fingerprint scan can be integrated either in the door leaf or the door handle and can recognize up to 100 different fingerprints, that can be saved without additional coding. The door unlocks when putting the finger on the sensor automatically. You just have to push the door and it opens, therefore you do not have to look for the key as you had to in the past. As the key is used not that often anymore - if it is even used - the risk of losing it is much lower and you can avoid scratches on the door. An advantage of a fingerprint sensor is apart from that, that you do not have to remember a number code, as is the case when having a code pad.

Figure: By using a fingerprint sensor you can open the entrance door fast and easily without a key.

2. With a remote control, radio switch or the smartphone you can unlock the entrance door easily.

Do you want to open the entrance door by using a Smart Home system? Then the Hörmann BiSecur radio system is the correct solution for you. The entrance door is equipped with a special automated lock and can be operated either by remote control, radio switch or smartphone app. To guarantee security, the BiSecur system which has been certified by experts, is secured in such a way that it cannot be copied by anyone else. As all devices and components of the BiSecur Smart Home system are matched to each other you can use the drives for your entry door also to open the garage door for example. The Hörmann socket receiver even allows the control of additional devices like lamps or the lawn sprinkler. Just like when opening the entry door with fingerprint or number code, the Hörmann radio system is really modern and offers more convenience, and the search for the key in your bag is history. Apart from that you can even open the door remotely such as for example from the car to avoid putting down heavy shopping bags to open the door.

Thanks to the BiSecur radio system the opening of the entrance door with a smartphone by using an app is possible. The BiSecur App can not only open the entry door by pushing a button but shows also if the door is opened or closed. The current state of the entry door can be controlled and operated from every location like for example during your holiday. To be able to use the App you only need to have the correct BiSecur radio system from Hörmann as well as the matching BiSecur Gateway that can be connected to your WiFi.

Figure: With a remote control the entrance door can be unlocked already during your way home.

3. Open the door by entering a key-code

By using an individual number code you can open your entry door fast and easily. The required code scanner can be either integrated in the door leaf or the door handle and can be operated easily by all residents of the house by an individual code. A special advantage is that also other persons can get into the house if you tell them the code. In this way also house keeping people or your nanny can enter the house without needing their own key. Another advantage is that the code sensor is also working with body changes in comparison to the finger sensor. Sometimes opening the door is problematic if a fingerprint changes, typically for elderly people and children who grow up. In this case fingerprints have to be updated from time to time.

Figure: With a code sensor that is included to the door leaf the entry door can be opened fast and easily with an individual key code.

Barrier-free house entrances

To make an entry door barrier-free apart from an automated lock and a keyless closing system also a door drive is required. The ECturn from Hörmann, which is available as an option from Hörmann makes opening the doors convenient and fast with a sensor that is fixed on the wall, a radio remote control, a fingerprint sensor or by using the BiSecur app. As soon as the door closes it locks automatically.