If you wanted an
intercom system for your
home or business as a security and monitoring device you were out of luck or were in for a bit of sticker shock when you got your installation estimate. Until the advent of wireless technology a decade ago, if you wanted an intercom you were talking about a great deal of wiring that needed to be run. If you wanted it only for a front door screen and to monitor a single room for the baby it was a little more feasible. Since the late 1990s more companies have been making intercom systems that feature wireless communication capabilities so that you can have stations in every room of your house.
Even the master control station can be wireless. If you do not want to make a big enough hole for the master station, you can buy a corded wireless control station for your wireless intercom system. Of course, all of the satellite stations will be wireless as well. All of the various wireless products have to have a power source and it is batteries. Some wireless intercom systems use standard alkaline AA batteries while others use CR123 and other types of batteries normally found in the photo department at rather high prices. Most all makers of wireless intercom systems have had their models meet Energy Star ratings so that the actual battery use is minimal unless under heavy use.
Here are the various components you will need for the installation of your very own wireless intercom system for your home. You will need rough in boxes for the various stations – one rough in box per station, speakers in the rooms you want the music from the master control to play in, a master station and covers for your speakers. You can also purchase outdoor rated stations for your patio and back yard areas.
Your master stations come in a couple of varieties, with and without music capabilities. There are three models with music available from NuTone. The first model has a radio only. The next model up includes a CD player and the voice intercom. The final model is in the NM series and has the capability of adding a multi disc CD changer to expand your music offerings. Your decision on the number of stations you will need for your home or business wireless intercom system will hinge on where you want to listen to music and how many rooms you want to monitor or answer the door from.
Wireless Intercom System, business wireless intercom system
business wireless intercom system, Wireless Intercom System
Are you looking for a front door
business intercom system or do you want to be able to intercom through your phone system? Do you have a warehouse and need to have pickers be able to intercom back to the shipping or office areas? Assess your business intercom needs before contacting vendors for quotes. If you do not have a regular public area for our business a
business intercom system is a great way to control access to the private areas of your business.
There are a number of communications companies that offer home and business intercom equipment and installation from a variety of manufacturers including NuTone, Aiphone, Siedle, and M&S. NuTone offers the IM-5000 which you can have up to 20 remote stations attached to it. There are a number of advanced intercom features as well. The IM-5000 has an “All Call” feature that lets you call all of the remotes stations from any single station on the system. If you only want to intercom a single station, all you have to do is to enter its station number on the numeric keypad. This keeps you from disturbing the entire office. Answering either an “All Call” or selective call is a breeze. All you have to do is answer verbally and the intercom picks it up without the need to press a button to communicate like on the old wired in versions. Finally, volume is controlled with an up and down electronic push button system.
Aiphone is another communications company offering business intercom and access systems nationwide. They offer simple intercom systems, intercom systems with music capability, music distribution systems and office access and door access systems. You can get a simple voice access intercom system starting at under two hundred dollars ($148) and they have just about everything in between including color video and voice intercom systems starting at just under four hundred dollars ($386) and topping out at their deluxe Black and White Video/Access System at a little over two thousand dollars ($2503). You can have up to three video door stations and eight inside audio or video stations. From each station you can make an “all call” or you can make selective calls to any station in the system. You can also unlock the doors from any station. The system has fantastic audio and video clarity in both day and night. The system also has a hands free answering feature by voice only.
Business Intercom
Business Intercom