There's a system like this installed in the building where I work. I don't know why (I've only been working there for two months now) but the system is disconnected. If I can find the time tomorrow I will look into this matter and report my findings...

Hi Peter

I am a dealer for EIB (european installation bus) now known as KNX which is a truly open standard building mangement system. One of the companies that makes products for KNX is Gira & they make a finger print reader door/gate entry system here 

Simon,

Thank you for your kind offer but it would seem that the company that you work in partnership with supply commercial / industrial properties.  I am looking to retro-fit a lock to my existing home, wooden front door.  This is just one of the styles I have found so far:

Ebay

 Item number: 280218099611

This is just the general type of lock I am looking for, easy to install and easy to use for  the family.

Thanks

Peter

Hi:

 I don't know how true this is. However, I have heard that some of the early locks you could "fool" by getting a print of the correct finger put onto a piece of sticky tape. Perhaps not the most secure system at the moment?

Like I said tihs could be rubbish.

Back on the situation in the building where I work. The system was installed two years back and never worked properly. Sometimes the doors wouldn't unlock even if you should have access to the building. It turned out to be a software related problem, but it couldn't be fixed because the firm who supplied the system went bust.

Related to this, has anyone any experience with home installations of proximity card sensors to control door locks?  They use them all the time in the hospital but there is a large variation in the quality and aesthetics of the system.

See, one of the things I tend to do during the day when I really ought to be working hard is dream up the ultimate games/TV room which would be laden with B&O, PCs, and consoles, and protected with multiple layers of security including retinal scanning, fingerprint locks and prox cards.  That way only I will be able to access my den and the kids wont be able to get in and mess up the choice set up!

I was thinking of doing the same. I work in a college which has a setup based on card readers and electro-magnetic locks.

 The setup in principle is simple:

Elecro magnetic lock

Card reader/scanner

PC with software

Card

However, the last I heard there was only one company that offers such a solution and it is very expensive - they own the rights over the software and that is how they make their money. Unless there are any third parties that make software to "talk" to this equipment you maybe paying a lot to achieve this.

I think the company is dynalock although I maybe wrong.

When I checked last (a year or so ago) this was the case. However, it may have all changed now.