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How much of the system exists currently? Is the gate already motorized? Is it already activated by a keychain transmitter?

For time being, i got nothing at all in my hand. By checking through the web, i thinking of getting this system to start off with, mean while i can learn and play with it and later i will put it for my owe use.

Which system? Was there meant to be a link there?
I would consider building a small working model first while you learn, then look at hooking it up to the real system.

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The bad news is, making it robust enough to work as a real-world system could get a little more complicated.

Can you tell me more what so of problem that i will face or is this the more high tech system which can integrate with PC and CCTV type.

I’m thinking stuff like safety issues – an auto-shutoff if something gets trapped in the gate! Weather sealing, and the mechanical systems breaking down.

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Initially, the hard part will be interfacing with the existing components, so we need as much detail about that as possible.

I am sorry I can’t get this. I thought the Arduino Kit is the easiest, I just need to get the require kit and put them up and they will do the work. sound silly…
So, what you can suggest on the hard ware part? What things that should i need?

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Any arduino kit would be good. For a transmitter you might look at the IR remotes sparkfun sells.
Check out this project. It seems they’re more focused on control of a security camera, but you could look at the way they control the camera with servos, pretend the servos are controlling the gates instead, and use that to work out your door-keychain logic.
code.google.com/p/ugate/
Granted, you won’t be able to control an actual gate motor the same way (the motors will be way too big), but once you have everything else worked out, you can worry about controlling big gate motors.