user45444: How would you go about activating this button remotely?
This board is from the intercom in my apartment. The button when pressed unlocks the building door. I've just ordered the MKR IoT bundle (https://store.arduino.cc/arduino-iot-mkr1000-bundle). My plan is to learn the basics and figure out how to activate this button remotely. 


user337: 3 possible solutions:

Connect the 2 contact for the button to a relay and control that relay from the arduino (example) But the kit you have doesn't include a relay.
Use a transistor to trigger the switch -- I would not recommend this option as your first project.  It would be easy to damage the intercom and/or your arduino.
Use the servo in the kit to physically press the button.  You will need to figure out the mechanical linkages but you don't need to attach wires to the intercom.

For a beginner project I would probably go with the third option.

45444: <p>How would you go about activating this button remotely?</p>

<p>This board is from the intercom in my apartment. The button when pressed unlocks the building door. I've just ordered the MKR IoT bundle (<a href="https://store.arduino.cc/arduino-iot-mkr1000-bundle" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://store.arduino.cc/arduino-iot-mkr1000-bundle</a>). My plan is to learn the basics and figure out how to activate this button remotely. </p>

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 337: <p>3 possible solutions:</p>

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<li>Connect the 2 contact for the button to a relay and control that relay from the arduino (<a href="https://learn.adafruit.com/experimenters-guide-for-metro?view=all#circ11-intro" rel="nofollow noreferrer">example</a>) But the kit you have doesn't include a relay.</li>
<li>Use a transistor to trigger the switch -- I would not recommend this option as your first project.  It would be easy to damage the intercom and/or your arduino.</li>
<li>Use the servo in the kit to physically press the button.  You will need to figure out the mechanical linkages but you don't need to attach wires to the intercom.</li>
</ol>

<p>For a beginner project I would probably go with the third option.</p>
