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I do something similar with voip.ms (hosted Asterisk).

The intercom calls my voip number, which can be set two ways: 1) play DTMF tone 9 to let the person in, then hang up (which is a security risk if random folks at the intercom buzzed me up trying to get in.

Or 2) plays audio "enter passcode", then:

- if the visitor enters the code that I told them, it plays DTMF 9 to let them in

- if the code is incorrect, plays "incorrect passcode" and hangs up

It also sends an email and SMS whenever someone triggers the intercom so I know about it. With passcodes, I can even set up multiple passcodes to give out to various people (like Amazon, friends) and my notification will display which code was used.

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That's pretty cool! If it were me, though, I'd be afraid that I'd forget to turn the socket off after using it.

I guess I'd also set it up so right after the voicemail message runs and lets someone in, it would turn the socket off.

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This is cool.

But it wouldn't work for OP, whose door intercom can no longer make phone calls.

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