# Homey keyboard with bold Smart locker

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/homey-keyboard-with-bold-smart-locker/116853>\
**Category:** Devices\
**Created:** [September 28, 2024, 7:40am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-keyboard-with-bold-smart-locker/116853 "2024-09-28T07:40:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ruben\_Neves](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ruben_neves/32/114815_2.png) [@Ruben\_Neves](https://community.homey.app/u/Ruben_Neves)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2024, 7:40am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-keyboard-with-bold-smart-locker/116853/1 "2024-09-28T07:40:09Z")

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Dear,

I would like to buy the bold Smart locker but they don’t offer a keypad.  
How can I use homey to connect a 3rd part keyboard with bold?

Do I need the homey hub?  
What keyboards are compatible?

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Cuprum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/cuprum/32/41409_2.png) [@Cuprum](https://community.homey.app/u/Cuprum)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 5:31am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-keyboard-with-bold-smart-locker/116853/2 "2024-09-30T05:31:38Z")

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> [@Ruben\_Neves](#):
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> Do I need the homey hub?

If the keyboard does not talk directly with Bold, then You surely need something between - of course You can build some DIY project 😉 But i think, it may be simpler just implement some connecting logic in Homey ( hub/pro/…).  
About keypads - seems, not so many of them walking on Market Street and waiting to take to home. Quick Google giving [thread here](https://community.homey.app/t/keypad-for-outdoor-use/64178) and on top of search is [frient’s kaypad](https://frient.com/the-friently-blog/intelligent-keypad-works-with-homey/) NB! Not tested, just googled and noticed, that here is also Homey app with possibility to start flow with entered pin.

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**Author:** ![Ruben\_Neves](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ruben_neves/32/114815_2.png) [@Ruben\_Neves](https://community.homey.app/u/Ruben_Neves)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 6:42am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-keyboard-with-bold-smart-locker/116853/3 "2024-09-30T06:42:18Z")

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Thanks for replying.  
So, I would need a homey pro + frient keyboard and with that I won’t need the bold hub?

I don’t understand why bold doesn’t have a keyboard as Nuki for example does.

This solution seems a bit overpriced.

Anyway, thank a lot for your time!

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**Author:** ![JPM2707](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jpm2707/32/56789_2.png) [@JPM2707](https://community.homey.app/u/JPM2707)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 7:34am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-keyboard-with-bold-smart-locker/116853/4 "2024-09-30T07:34:01Z")

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I think you should check up on the Bold lock as it is something completely different than a Nuki lock for instance.  
The bold lock is not a moving deadbolt and it is also not operated through a pincode.  
It will activate the lock but it is you that have to set it in motion.  
So adding a keyboard is not something I see as useful.

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**Author:** ![Ruben\_Neves](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ruben_neves/32/114815_2.png) [@Ruben\_Neves](https://community.homey.app/u/Ruben_Neves)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 8:39am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-keyboard-with-bold-smart-locker/116853/5 "2024-09-30T08:39:27Z")

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I know the difference.

You activate the lock using a fob, the idea of the keypad is the same.

With a huge advantage of not depending on multiple fobs. You don’t have to carry anything.

Is that not an advantage?