Access control and the digital front desk

The Xeqmate access control module digitises the full front-desk routine — visitors, contractors, parcels, lost and found, maintenance and shift handover — and delivers a resident app on the same platform that already manages cameras, plate reading and facial recognition. The lobby desk and the video, together, in a single subscription.

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Overview

What does the access control module cover?

The Xeqmate access control module covers the full front-desk routine — logging visitors, contractors, parcels, lost and found, maintenance and shift handover — plus the relationship with the resident through the app: amenity bookings, notices, bills, visitor authorisation by invitation and raising incidents. It also registers physical access hardware, such as face readers and door controllers. All inside the same platform that manages the cameras.

In most operations, the front desk and video surveillance live in separate systems: one piece of software logs who came in, another records the cameras — and nobody ever cross-references them. At Xeqmate, access control is a module of the same VMS SaaS that handles recording, license plate recognition (LPR) and facial recognition. The concierge logs the visitor on the same screen where they watch the cameras, and the administrator enables the module per account, with per-user permissions and an audit trail.

Digital front desk

The whole front-desk routine, without paper

Everything that passes the desk is logged in the platform — searchable and auditable.

Visitors

Entry and exit logs for visitors, including those pre-authorised by the resident through a self-registration invitation.

Contractors

Control over contractors coming in for works, technical deliveries and services in the units or the common areas.

Parcels

Parcel receipt and collection logged in the platform, with a history of what arrived and what has been handed over.

Lost and found

Items found in the common areas stay catalogued until they are returned, instead of piling up in a desk drawer.

Maintenance

A record of on-site maintenance, so management can track what was done and what is still open.

Shift handover

The concierge going off shift logs the open items for the one coming on — the handover stops depending on a note and someone’s memory.

Resident app

The building in the resident phone

The app brings resident, front desk and management closer — and cuts the calls to the lobby phone.

Amenity bookings

The resident books the party room, the grill area and other amenities from the app, without depending on the notebook at the desk.

Notices and bills

Management announcements and bills land straight in the app — the noticeboard gets a channel residents actually look at.

Visitors by self-registration invitation

The resident sends the visitor an invitation, and the visitor fills in their own details before arriving. The desk just confirms — and the queue at the entrance shrinks.

Raising incidents

Noise, a leak, a problem in a common area: the resident raises the incident in the app and management tracks how it is handled.

The difference

Front desk and video on the same platform

The record of who came in and the footage of who came in stop living in separate systems.

  • Integrated cameras: the site cameras — lobby, garage, common areas — join the same platform, with recording and an event center to review and handle the alerts.
  • LPR at the vehicle entrance: automatic plate reading logs the reads at the gate, with plate alerts and search by period — useful for knowing which vehicle came in, and when.
  • Facial recognition: the facial module monitors faces in real time and raises alerts inside the same operation that runs the desk.
  • One subscription, one vendor: digital front desk, resident app, recording and AI are modules of the same VMS SaaS — the administrator enables what each account uses.

For residential properties, this combination is detailed on the video surveillance and digital front desk for multifamily page.

Access hardware

Access control devices you can register

Face readers, door controllers and multi-function terminals managed from the platform itself.

Registration by make and model

Each device is registered with an account, a site, a make and a model — and linked to the access routes it serves. The model determines the connection fields on the form.

Controlled triggering

Trigger buttons (open door or gate) configurable per user role, with an associated camera, geolocation validation, and use from the app, the web dashboard or both.

Remote maintenance

Test the connection, sync people and the clock, check records, restart the device and back up and restore credentials — straight from the platform.

Governance

Per-user permissions and an audit trail

  • Each user sees only what was released: sites, cameras and modules are assigned by role and permission — the concierge runs the desk, the administrator sees the management view.
  • Module enabled per account: in multi-tenant operations, the integrator switches access control on only for the accounts that contract the module.
  • Complete audit trail: user actions are logged — management knows who did what, and when.
  • Privacy by design: permission-based access, transparency and retention under the customer control.
FAQ

Questions about access control and the digital front desk

Yes. The module covers the full front-desk routine — visitors, contractors, parcels, lost and found, maintenance and shift handover — plus the resident app. The advantage is that all of it runs on the same platform that already manages the cameras, the plate reading and the facial recognition.

Book amenities, receive management notices and bills, authorise visitors through a self-registration invitation, and raise incidents. The app is available for Android and iOS.

The resident sends the visitor an invitation and the visitor fills in their own details before arriving. When they show up, the desk already has the data and simply confirms the entry — shorter queues and less typing at the counter.

Yes. The platform registers physical access control devices by make and model, linked to the access routes, with triggering configurable per user role and remote maintenance routines: test the connection, sync people, back up and restore credentials, and restart the device.

Yes — that is the whole point. Digital front desk, camera recording, LPR at the vehicle entrance and facial recognition are modules of the same platform. The record of who came in and the footage of who came in sit in the same place, under a single subscription.

The administrator. Each user gets a role with permissions and reaches only the sites, cameras and modules released to them. Every action is written to the platform audit trail.

Live demo

See the digital front desk and the cameras working together

30 minutes with our team: we connect one of your cameras live, walk through the front-desk routine and the resident app, and you leave with the cost for your own scenario.

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