Key takeaways:
- Receive video calls via the ButterflyMX mobile app or press ‘9’ during a phone call to let your visitors in.
- Share time-limited QR codes with guests for secure, managed access.
- Create one-time PIN codes for delivery drivers to ensure secure entry for your package deliveries.
- Use the ButterflyMX mobile app or voice commands with Alexa & Siri to open doors, gates & garages remotely.
If you live or work in a building with ButterflyMX, you’ve hopefully learned that there are many ways to open the door from your smartphone without relying on keys or fobs. However, one of the main benefits of ButterflyMX is that you can easily let in your guests or deliveries.
You’ll no longer have to leave the comfort of your apartment — or worse, rearrange your schedule — to let in guests, mail carriers, or delivery drivers. With the ButterflyMX mobile app, you can provide access into your building from anywhere in the world without having to stop what you’re doing.
Here are five different ways to let someone in with ButterflyMX:
- Intercom phone or video call
- Visitor Pass
- Delivery Pass
- Swipe to open
- Voice command with Alexa or Siri
1. Intercom phone or video call
Perhaps the simplest way to let someone in with ButterflyMX is to have them call you directly from the video intercom.
When you download the ButterflyMX mobile app to your smartphone, you initiate a video call, allowing you to see exactly who is at your building before letting them in. You have the option of a two-way video call or, if you’d like to remain private, a one-way video call in which you can see the visitor but they can’t see you. Once on the call, you tap the ‘door open’ button to grant them access.
If you don’t have a smartphone, or you haven’t downloaded our mobile app, you can still let in your visitor. Instead of receiving a video call, you’ll receive a regular phone call. Once you’ve verified their identity, you press ‘9’ to open the door or gate.
How video calling works with ButterflyMX »
2. Visitor Pass
If you have a recurring visitor or visitor you know will be coming, you can send them a Visitor Pass. Visitor Passes are time-sensitive QR codes you send to trusted guests for easy access.
With a Visitor Pass, visitors can let themselves into your building whether you’re there or not. You can customize your Visitor Passes so that they’re recurring, single-use, or just for certain days and times. You can also delete the Visitor Pass to revoke access at any time.
How to create and issue a Visitor Pass »
3. Delivery Pass
If your visitor is a delivery person, such as an UberEats or Amazon driver, you can give them access to your building with a Delivery Pass.
Delivery Pass is a one-time access PIN code that you send to your delivery driver to access your building. When they arrive, they enter the PIN at the video intercom. That way, they don’t have to leave your pizza out in the cold.
4. Swipe to open
Another way to let someone in with ButterflyMX is swipe-to-open in the mobile app.
On the mobile app’s home screen, you’ll see a button that allows you to swipe to open your door or gate from anywhere in the world. Once you swipe, the door will release for five seconds.
5. Voice commands with Alexa or Siri
Using Siri and Alexa makes your daily life so much easier. With ButterflyMX, you can use Siri or Alexa to conveniently grant visitors access to your building.
So, whether your phone is charging in the other room or you’re cooking and don’t want to touch your phone with messy hands, you can simply tell Alexa or Siri to open the door or gate when your visitor has arrived.