Biometric with electric bolt

[Serhito]

I would like to know if anybody has done this in the past, or if anybody knows if it is possible. A description of all hardware involved would be great. I plan on having the Omnipro II controller.
I plan on installing on my main door a biometric deadbolt such as this one :
http://www.shopkeylesslocks.com/NextBolt--NX5-High-Security_p_118.html
together with an electric door strike.
 
The final result is being able to use the biometric deadbolt but also to remotely unlock the door through my iphone via the Omnipro controller.
 
I am looking for any input, ideas, suggestions on how to do it, as well as hardware recommendations for the biometric reader and electric door strike. Needs to be under 500$ for both.
 
Thanks

 

[Serhito]

All right. Here's what I am thinking...
I install the nextbolt biometric reader as an extra bolt, and an electric door strike with the door handle.
My understanding is that whenever  the reader identify the person, an electric signal is sent to release the lock. Would it be possible to use that electric signal to also energize the door strike at the same time, therefore unlocking both ?

 

[electron]

If it's just a basic low voltage signal, then you could use a relay to trip an input on the HAI Omni controller.

 

[Serhito]

If it's just a basic low voltage signal, then you could use a relay to trip an input on the HAI Omni controller. 

 
 
 
Do you think there would be a delay from the moment the reader sends the signal until it goes through the controller, that would send the signal to release the electric strike ?

 

[tmbrown97]

Probably a slight delay of about a second or less.   The reader on the main door at my office sometimes takes 3 seconds to release the handle and nobody has said a word to me about it so I'm sure it'd be insignificant.

 

[Serhito]

Thanks.
 
Actually, do you think that it worked too if I want to remotely open the door? Can I send a signal to the reader to unlock ?

 

[az1324]

Why do you need to both retract the deadbolt and release the strike?  One or the other should be good enough.  To do it without the strike, you could tap into the button on the inside of the lock that locks/unlocks it for remote control, but you would have to get creative to determine the current state plus run a wire through your door.  Why not use a standalone fingerprint reader mounted to the side (with a normal deadbolt and strike)?  Or go with one of the z-wave/zigbee deadbolts w/ keypad even though it is not as "we are from the future".

 

[tmbrown97]

For a while I was considering using the z-wave transmitter then integrating this into the alarm with the wall-mount reader; I successfully integrated it with my elk via the wiegand interface at a keypad without having to buy a single thing for the Elk.  It's not cheap but it's pretty cool.  I just ran out of time to deal with it and had problems getting the 4-buttons to be recognized individually; but for the wall-mount one that's a non issue.  If installing multiple, the fact that it's wireless provides quite an advantage in not having to run wires or use multiple wiegand interfaces.  I'm only guessing but I'd think HAI could do the same thing.
 
It's not easily accessible in the US yet but if someone likes that option I can elaborate more.
 
Edit: Maybe I'll finish this after all... apparently for $40 I can get a wiegand to RS232 and plug it into my spare XSP on the Elk - with that setup I'd be able to detect the 4 button presses individually and do whatever I want to integrate with the alarm from the car completely completely securely; then I can add the wall mount readers near the doors if I want to unlock them too.