Collective housing/building entrance device and entryphone system having that collective housing/building entrance device

A communal entrance device which is configured to be communicable with dwelling unit devices installed in individual dwelling units, the communal entrance device comprising:

• an input section which can input dwelling-unit specifying information that specifies the dwelling unit device of a resident, on a character-by-character basis, in order for a visitor to call the resident, and can call the specified dwelling unit device;
• a record section which records a call table that includes resident names allocated to the individual dwelling unit devices and a name allocated to at least one of the individual dwelling unit devices;
• and
• a controller which specifies the dwelling unit device to be called, based on the dwelling-unit specifying information inputted by the input section and the call table, and performs a call control for calling the specified dwelling unit device.