Question about Cat Mate Microchip cat flap 360W

No. The flap also had a decisive disadvantage for my purpose. I wanted to use it to control which cat could go out and which had to stay in (because we were new and had a long adaptation period). Disappointingly, this is not possible with the flap. If you set it so that only the "programmed" cat is allowed through, the way from inside to outside remains open for everyone. I assumed that both ways would then only be possible for the desired cat. My balcony is covered and protected from the weather. So without further ado I installed the flap the other way round. Now all the cats from the neighbourhood could get in. But only the "programmed" cat can get out. That works for me, because no strange cat would ever have come in before. However, this "reversal" would not have been possible if the outside of the flap was not weather-protected. Because now the batteries are outside. In addition, the assembly inside doesn't look very nice....