Property / Building Managers

DoorKing manufactures a variety of products designed specifically for controlling access into gated communities and apartment houses. When designing an access control system for your property or building, you must take into consideration various factors to determine the type of equipment that will best suit your needs. DoorKing's Sales Representatives can help you with specification and design criteria for your access control system whether it be for a gated community, apartment house, or single family residence. We can also assist with referring to you quality dealers to install and maintain your access control system.

One important advantage of using DoorKing products and services is that we manufacture the complete access system. Gate operators, telephone entry system, card readers, RF access system, and the most common accessories are available from DoorKing.

Gated Communities - Your Needs

If the need is to control vehicular access, you must consider both resident and guest access control. Will residents use cards, RF devices, or simple digital codes? There must be a means for a guest to communicate to the resident, and a means for the resident to grant or deny access. You must also consider vendor access control, utilities, and emergency vehicle access. If tail-gating is a problem, there are various methods to help control and reduce vehicles from tail-gating behind each other. There must also be a method to allow vehicles to exit the property. There must also be a way to activate the gates during power outages. A gate release mechanism must also be considered to allow the gate to be opened in case of a catastrophic mechanical failure, or failure of the back-up system to open the gate. Gate safety must also be factored into any vehicular access control system design. This must include systems and devices to protect both pedestrian and vehicular traffic. Do you wish to keep a transaction log of all access activity? Vehicular gate activity? Will your system be programmed on site or remotely using a personal computer? Sound complicated? It could be, but with the help of a DoorKing's sales representative, we can assist you and your system designer with answers to all of these questions.

The Perimeter Access Management System (PAMS) was designed for gated communities to provide access control for both resident and visitor vehicular access, as well as pedestrian walk through access, and provides accountability of all entries and entry attempts at the controlled access point(s). The system consist of a combination of slide and/or swing gate operators, barrier operators, loop detectors, a visitor communication system, and resident controlled entry devices such as cards and/or RF transmitters. The access system is managed by a personal computer which maintains the resident datadase and provides reporting of all entries and entry attempts through the system using the DoorKing Remote Account Manager software for Windows®.

Before designing or installing any vehicular access control system, please see our Vehicular Gate Safety page and our Emergency Vehicle Access page so that you can become familiar with the various safety issues that need to be addressed before any system is installed.

Apartment Buildings / College Resident Halls

When controlling access into a building, both resident and guest access control must be addressed. A means for communication from the lobby to a residents apartment must be addressed along with the ability for the resident to grant or deny access. Additionally, vendor, utility, and emergency personnel access must be considered.

DoorKing's model 1816 Telephone Intercom System is a unique access control system that provides residents with full duplex voice communication to, and control of, a buildings entrance door through their own telephone. The 1816 does not require a dedicated central office phone line for operation. This eliminates the need for costly hard wired intercom systems and monthly line charges and equipment lease payments to the telephone company. In addition, central office phone service is not required by a buildings resident to be able to communicate with the lobby panel and grant or deny access. This makes the 1816 ideal for low income and government housing projects, and college resident halls. The 1816 is uniquely suited for buildings housing two or more residents. The system expands in multiples of 12 and with auxiliary cabinets can accommodate up to 3132 residents.

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