Front Entrances
Greet visitors before they're inside.
A Commercial Intercom System Planned With Your Doors
Summit Logic plans and installs commercial intercom systems for Collingwood businesses as part of one security system. Your intercom, door locks, cameras and alarm get designed together, by one team, with one point of contact.
We start with how visitors arrive: which doors they use, who answers, and what happens after hours. The hardware comes after.
Intercoms are part of our commercial security in Collingwood, alongside commercial access control and commercial security cameras.
What a Commercial Intercom Does
- Video so you can see who's at the door
- Two-way talk with visitors
- Calls answered at a desk station or on a phone, on systems that support it
- Remote door release once you've confirmed who it is
- Different call routing for business hours and after hours
- Credentials for staff, intercom calls for visitors, when paired with access control
Where Intercoms Are Used
Reception Desks
Answer the door without leaving the desk.
Delivery and Loading Doors
Let couriers in without walking to the back.
After-Hours Entry
Calls go to a phone when the office is closed.
Staff Entrances
Credentials for staff, intercom calls for everyone else.
Shared Buildings
One entrance, with calls routed to the right business.
Questions to Ask Before You Choose an Intercom
- Video or audio only? Video lets you see who you're letting in. Ask what the camera covers.
- Who answers, and where? Ask if calls can go to a desk, a phone or both, and what happens if nobody picks up.
- Does it work with your access control? If not, door release and entry logs live in two places.
- What happens if the internet goes down? Ask which features keep working.
How We Plan an Intercom
During the site visit, we look at each entrance: where visitors stand, the lighting, and the walk from the door to whoever answers.
Then the commercial intercom system goes on the drawings with your door locks, cameras and network, before anything is ordered.
With a service plan, our remote monitoring catches offline devices and network drops.
Door Release and Ontario's Fire Rules
An intercom often unlocks a door with an electric lock. If that door is an exit with a magnetic lock, Ontario's Building Code requires a fire alarm system. The lock must release when the alarm sounds or the power fails. Our access control page explains the magnetic lock rules.
Plan the intercom, the lock and the fire alarm together. Bring your fire alarm contractor in early.
Service Area
We install commercial intercom systems in Collingwood, The Blue Mountains, Thornbury, Wasaga Beach, Meaford and Creemore. We're local to Georgian Bay, not driving in from Toronto.
Frequently Asked Questions
Video, in most cases. Seeing who's at the door before you open it is the main reason to have an intercom.
Many systems can send calls to a phone app. It varies by system, so ask before you buy.
Yes, when it's connected to an electric lock. You confirm who's there, then release the door from the station or your phone, depending on the system.
It can, when they're planned together. Staff use cards or phones, visitors use the intercom, and door events can go into one log.
Yes. A courier calls, you see them on video, and you let them in or tell them where to leave the package.
With a service plan, our remote monitoring catches offline devices and network drops. Most issues get fixed without a site visit. Call 249-444-7793 to ask about plans.