mnay Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 is there any way to use an electric strike to open the door via mobil phone ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff W Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 Short answer is yes. Long answer it depends how you set it up. To my knowledge the "Chime Video Doorbell" doesn't have relays on it. But you could install relays in the mechanical room or elsewhere and wire it to the door strike and to an applicable Control4 processor. Then setup custom buttons either in the GUI. or use "Custom Button 1" or "Custom Button 2" on the chime. When these custom buttons are pressed, the system triggers the relays and opens the electric strike. This is dependent if you have the wiring etc etc etc. The DS2 has two relays built into the unit itself. You can control electric strikes through the DS2 but it does require some programming. Matt Lowe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Lowe Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 On 8/28/2021 at 9:07 AM, Jeff W said: Short answer is yes. Long answer it depends how you set it up. To my knowledge the "Chime Video Doorbell" doesn't have relays on it. But you could install relays in the mechanical room or elsewhere and wire it to the door strike and to an applicable Control4 processor. Then setup custom buttons either in the GUI. or use "Custom Button 1" or "Custom Button 2" on the chime. When these custom buttons are pressed, the system triggers the relays and opens the electric strike. This is dependent if you have the wiring etc etc etc. The DS2 has two relays built into the unit itself. You can control electric strikes through the DS2 but it does require some programming. Chime does not have any relays. You can always add a wire to a controller or a z2io for the strike or any other various device and still program it to be used in the intercom, as well as the c4 project for any other interface. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBsse Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 I have a home that will have a Control4 Chime at a front gate. I know that the Chime itself does not have the ability to trigger a door strike. But I do have a 16-2 homerun from that location. Can I run a door strike directly off of an EA-5 or do I need some type of controller for the door strike to work as a go between. I guess more specifically I know a strike needs to have a delay to stay open for a few seconds and I don't know if the EA-5 allows for that through the built in Relay connections. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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