Remote central locking - for the home!

[john_p]

Remote central locking has been in use for many years on cars and is after numerous iterations rather resistant to all attempts to break in via electronic or physical means.

So, why aren't we stepping outside our houses and locking all our doors and windows, plus setting our alarm, via remote ?

I appreciate cabling/electronics are required but people probably spend far more on home automation or alarms - and with new houses it could be cabled in from the start.

[saleen836]

You mean like this...
http://www.home-security-action.co.uk/central-lock...

[JustinP1]

You know last week I thought of exactly the same thing.

I was having a 'tired' moment and got out of the car and pointed the key fob at the front door!

I then realised how much easier that would be but hard to implement.

[Plotloss]

It already exists commercially, the difficulty with it in a lot/most applications is windows need to have the mechanism built into the frame for closing/open on a motor and this really cuts down the choice of window, it also makes them costly.

[DippedHeadlights]

I looked at this when doing my selfbuild. The showstopper is insurance. The insurance companies all insist on approved 5 lever mortice or multipoint based around a Eurolock and the remote systems are neither.

DH

[davidjpowell]

and most of these systems include a central computer. What happens when it crashes?

PS I do know having seen a client locked out of their head office with no manual backup. Unfortuntately this was their new building, with top security for the IT suite where the computer happened to be kept.

It was quite distructive.

[davidjpowell]

and most of these systems include a central computer. What happens when it crashes?

PS I do know having seen a client locked out of their head office with no manual backup. Unfortuntately this was their new building, with top security for the IT suite where the computer happened to be kept.

It was quite distructive.

[FlossyThePig]

davidjpowell said:

and most of these systems include a central computer. What happens when it crashes?

How often does:

1. The computer in your car (engine management) crash?
2. The computer in your vcr (if you still have one) crash?
3. The computer in a lot of other consumer products crash?

[monthefish]

Product Design consultants Seymour & Powell did this very idea about 10 years ago. It was featured on a channel 4 program called "Better by Design" (see 3rd paragraph).

[davidjpowell]

FlossyThePig said:

davidjpowell said:

and most of these systems include a central computer. What happens when it crashes?

How often does:

1. The computer in your car (engine management) crash?
2. The computer in your vcr (if you still have one) crash?
3. The computer in a lot of other consumer products crash?

1. Depends on which computer. One of them fairly frequently.
2. VCR old had. Sky box once every 6 months.
3. Depends. Consumer produce not really a problem, unless it has locked me out!

PS electric gates have same issue as we have long lost the manual key. Got home to find no power to gate one day. Fortunately had my collapsable ladder with me - so over I went.

[loltolhurst]

davidjpowell said:

and most of these systems include a central computer. What happens when it crashes?

PS I do know having seen a client locked out of their head office with no manual backup. Unfortuntately this was their new building, with top security for the IT suite where the computer happened to be kept.

It was quite distructive.

or what happens if you put the security card in chocolate and lock yourself out when theres a bomb inside like that last episode of spooks!!