Sentry Solo Access Control Software
Self-service entry for unmanned gates, doors, and amenities that eliminates hardware like callboxes, keypads, and fob readers.
Sentry Solo gives users smartphone entry with VirtualKey, guests a tap-to-open SoloPass, vendors unique VirtualKeypad codes, and unexpected visitors the Intercom built into VirtualKeypad. No app required for visitors. Built for gated communities, apartments, and multifamily properties.
How Sentry Solo Works
One system, four ways to enter. Users use VirtualKey, guests use SoloPass, vendors use VirtualKeypad, and unexpected visitors use Intercom.
Users
VirtualKey
Users tap to open gates, doors, and amenities in the Gate Sentry app, near the entrance or from anywhere, depending on community settings.
Guests
SoloPass
Invited guests tap to open with a pass tied to their phone. Access can be permanent, temporary, or one-time, with no app, account, or code.
Vendors
VirtualKeypad
Vendors scan the SentrySign QR code to open VirtualKeypad in their phone's browser, then enter their unique, time-limited code.
Unexpected Visitors
Intercom
Visitors without a pass or code use the Intercom built into VirtualKeypad to call a home by address, with names and phone numbers kept private.
Administrators
Cloud Dashboard & Entry Logs
Manage users, permissions, entrance schedules, ban lists, visitor activity, and entry logs from one cloud dashboard, with visibility across every Sentry Solo access point.
Sentry Solo Access Control Software Features
Sentry Solo gives properties flexible ways to manage every type of entry. Users use VirtualKey, invited guests use SoloPass, vendors and service providers use VirtualKeypad codes, and unexpected visitors use the Intercom built into VirtualKeypad. Every deployment includes a cloud-based administrator dashboard with entry logs and reporting.
Users
VirtualKey Smartphone Access
VirtualKey turns each user's smartphone into their access credential. One tap in the Gate Sentry app opens any authorized gate, door, or amenity entrance, near the entrance or from anywhere, depending on community settings. No fobs, remotes, or codes to carry.
- One-tap entry: Users open authorized gates, doors, and amenities from the mobile app.
- Replaces fobs and remotes: Mobile credentials replace traditional physical access devices.
- Personal entry history: Users can view their own access activity.
- Secure mobile access: Each user receives their own authorized credential.
- Hands-free option: Communities can add Sentry Beacon, which opens supported entrances as an authorized user approaches.
Invited Guests
Digital Guest Access with SoloPass
SoloPass is a digital guest pass that gives an invited visitor their own access directly on their phone. Instead of sharing a gate code or issuing a physical credential, users send a SoloPass that the guest taps to open approved Sentry Solo entrances.
- Send a digital pass: Users invite a guest by text or email, giving them their own SoloPass before they arrive.
- No app, account, or code: The guest opens the pass on their phone, with nothing to download or create.
- Tap to open the entrance: When the guest arrives, they open SoloPass and tap to open the approved gate or entrance.
- Tied to the guest's phone: Forwarding the link doesn't give anyone else access.
- Choose how long it works: SoloPass can be one-time, temporary, or permanent, depending on the guest.
Vendors & Unexpected Visitors
VirtualKeypad & Intercom
VirtualKeypad gives vendors and service providers a phone-based way to enter access codes, and its built-in Intercom gives unexpected visitors a way to call a home when they don't have a SoloPass or code. Both work from the visitor's phone without a traditional physical keypad or callbox.
- VirtualKeypad codes: Each vendor gets a unique, system-generated code by text or email that expires after the duration the user sets.
- SentrySign QR access: Scan the posted QR code to open the mobile VirtualKeypad.
- Intercom calls: Visitors search by address and call the home, with names and phone numbers kept private. If the community allows it, the user can open the gate remotely.
- No app required: Vendors and visitors use their smartphone's browser, with no app download.
- Eliminates hardware: No callboxes, physical keypads, or fobs to buy or maintain.
Complete Access Control
Hybrid: User & Visitor Access
Bring Sentry Solo's access methods together in one self-service system. Users use VirtualKey for their own entry, while SoloPass, VirtualKeypad, and Intercom provide the right access experience for guests, vendors, and unexpected visitors.
- User entry: Users access authorized entrances with VirtualKey.
- Invited guests: SoloPass gives each guest their own digital pass with one-time, temporary, or permanent access.
- Vendor access: VirtualKeypad codes provide controlled access for vendors and service providers.
- Unexpected visitors: Intercom lets visitors call a home when no SoloPass or code exists.
- Pairs with Gate Sentry: At properties with a staffed main gate, guests get one link with both a SoloPass and a SentryPass.
The Control Center
Sentry Solo Admin Dashboard
Sentry Solo includes a cloud-based dashboard that gives administrators visibility into access activity, credential management, access points, and reporting from one central location.
- Account restrictions: Block selected entrances for restricted accounts with one set of rules, and give selected accounts unrestricted access.
- Access point scheduling: Set weekly hours for each entrance by group, with custom groups, holiday closures, extended hours, and hold-open.
- Ban list: Banned visitors' SoloPass and VirtualKeypad codes are blocked, and security is alerted.
- Real-time entry logs: Review access activity across VirtualKey, SoloPass, VirtualKeypad, and Intercom.
- Instant credential management: Grant or remove user access in real time.
- Reporting & audit trails: Generate detailed entry records for operations and security reviews.
- Property broadcasts: Send property-wide messages by app push notification and email.
Sentry Solo vs. Traditional Gate Access
Eliminate hardware like bulky callboxes, physical keypads, fobs, and remotes, with simpler mobile access for users, guests, vendors, and visitors.
| Access | Sentry Solo | Traditional Systems |
|---|---|---|
| Entrance Hardware | Eliminates hardware like callboxes, keypads, and fob readers |
Callboxes, keypads, fob readers, remotes, and related equipment |
| Users | VirtualKey on their phone |
Fobs, remotes, cards, or shared gate codes |
| Invited Guests | SoloPass tied to their phone: permanent, temporary, or one-time |
Callbox calls, shared codes, or physical guest passes |
| Vendors | Unique, time-limited VirtualKeypad codes |
Shared keypad codes or staff-assisted entry |
| Unexpected Visitors | Intercom built into VirtualKeypad calls the home by address |
Physical callbox or no self-service option |
| Amenity Hours | Weekly schedules by group, with holiday closures and hold-open |
Manual timers, or entrances left open |
| Banned Visitors | Their SoloPass and VirtualKeypad codes are blocked, and security is alerted |
Shared codes keep working until someone changes them |
| Access Management | Update access from the cloud dashboard in real time |
Reprogram devices, replace credentials, or update hardware |
| Entry Activity | Central, searchable digital entry logs |
Varies by system and installed equipment |
Traditional system capabilities vary by manufacturer and installation. This comparison reflects common callbox, keypad, fob, and remote-based access setups.
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Sentry Solo brings self-service access that eliminates hardware like callboxes and keypads to gated communities, apartments, and multifamily properties, and it works alongside Gate Sentry wherever a gate is staffed.
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