Automatic Deadbolt

June 18, 2011 in Home Automation

My latest HA gadget arrived and I immediately discarded the installation manuals and dived in! I replaced the front door handleset and deadbolt with a new one made by Morning Industry, Inc. The new handleset is nifty in that one can not only lock and unlock the deadbolt the usual way – by key from the outside or knob from the inside, but also by a built in keypad and also wirelessly from included keyfob. The install was like any other handleset. Once installed, programming the codes for the keypad was easy. I also purchased an Insteon 2458A1 controller which allows wireless control of the lock via my home automation system. The handleset by itself works great and is “wife approved”, but the addition of the Insteon controller increases it’s awesomeness tenfold. I can now have the door automatically unlock in the event of fire, lock/unlock as the security system is armed or unarmed, etc. Since I can control and status my system from my iPhone I could even lock/unlock it remotely.