Glossary
Access code
The PIN a tenant uses at the gate or keypad, issued automatically when the contract activates.
An access code is what replaces handing out keys at the site. It is issued when the contract activates — that is, once the first payment lands — and sent to the tenant by SMS or shown in the customer portal.
The details decide whether this works in practice. Issuing has to be idempotent, so that activating a contract twice does not create a second code. The code has to be withdrawn when the tenant falls behind, and restored automatically when they pay. And the operator has to be able to see who opened what and when.
An example. A customer pays at 11 p.m. The system pushes a code to the gate controller and sends it by SMS. The tenant drives onto the site an hour later without anyone being there. Two months on, they fall behind: the code stops working at the gate until the payment lands, then works again within minutes.
For units with padlocks rather than smart locks, the same logic applies to the gate alone — the rest of the system does not change.