Game-changing access control technology for Lockers and Cabinets with SALTO XS4 Locker BLE
The
capability of effectively extending real-time, online and mobile enable smart
electronic access control to lockers and cabinets has eluded the security
market – until now. By incorporating BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy)technology into their latest electronic
locker lock, SALTO has delivered a product that extends up-to-date
comprehensive electronic access control to lockers, cabinets, and essentially
anywhere.
“With the world becoming more digital
every day, the need to introduce the latest technology into the workplace,
retail market, healthcare, and education sectors has never been greater,” said
Aznar Sethna, CSMO SALTO Systems. “The new SALTO XS4 Locker Lock with BLE
technology drives manageability, creates a flexible and safe storage service
environment, and enables users to have what they need at the touch of a mobile
app or smartphone, wherever they are.”
The ability to deliver real-time electronic
access control wirelessly to peripheral devices like lockers or cabinets has
been long desired in the security industry. There are a variety of needs for
securing the contents of lockers. In the workplace, lockers can contain
property or expensive equipment. In gyms, lockers in locker rooms hold clothing
and personal effects. Lockers and cabinets in the medical field, for example,
can contain drugs, and, in retail, cabinets or lockers can contain cash and
other valuables.
SALTO has been a leader in electronic
access control for lockers with the XS4 locker lock, but the new version adds
game changing BLE functionality.
Adding BLE capabilities to SALTO’s XS4
Locker Lock solution not only offers the most up-to-date protection for lockers
and cabinets, but it also delivers the capability for end-users to control
these devices with mobile phones and expands usage to additional SALTO
platforms – like use with SALTO KS -Keys as a Service- cloud-based access
control technology.
SALTO BLUEnet Technology Drives the New Functionality
SALTO BLUEnet Wireless was developed to
meet the highest demands related to security, connectivity and ease of use and
has now been successfully extended to the SALTO XS4 Locker BLE. It is networked
through Bluetooth RF and is specially designed for door lock applications where
real-time control is required. Control and management of access points can be
done remotely and in real-time. The SALTO BLUEnet Wireless engine allows the
operator to monitor live access control events and provides the
ability to unlock the locker lock,
change its opening mode, activate a lockdown, monitor live door status or
change physical access rules in the access plan, all wirelessly and in
real-time.
The advanced smart technology that SALTO has integrated into every SALTO XS4 Locker Lock BLE model also permits battery status management and audit trail recovery in real-time. With the same features as an online SALTO BLUEnet wireless door, users of the SALTO XS4 Locker BLE can:
– Monitor online the status of the locker
– Know if the locker was opened (means card presented)
– Bolt inside status (the deadbolt is retracted)
– Know if the door closed (means card presented)
– Bolt out status (the deadbolt is projected)
– Monitor online the battery status
– Disseminate the blacklist on lockers
– Update firmware through wireless infrastructure
– Open the locker remotely
– Perform an emergency opening
– Perform lockdowns
The SALTO XS4 Locker BLE is smart and easy to install
The SALTO XS4 Locker BLE is an ergonomic
design based on the same housing and mechanical mechanisms of the original
version. A locking thumb turn makes for easy use – even with wet hands. The
outer thumb turn – with a red and green indicator indicating availability of
the locker – has an electronically managed release. Ready-to-install into
pre-existing doors it is designed as a replacement locker lock and can be used
to quickly secure any pre-existing cabinet.
And at a time where contagious viruses and bacteria dominate the headlines,
it’s impressive that the XS4 Locker BLE comes with BioCote® Antimicrobial Technology that can reduce bacteria by up to 99.99% as standard.
What are the benefits of a BLE-Enabled Locker Lock?
Electronic access control in general and
the SALTO XS4 Locker BLE specifically, eliminate the problems of key
management, a user losing a key, or leaving a locker lock in a locked state for
a long period of time. The SALTO XS4 Locker BLE gives operators complete
control and different specific and configurable opening modes for users that
include: Fixed assignment locker: A specific user ID carrier or user
assigned mobile key operates a specific locker lock. Free-assignment locker: Any user ID carrier subsequently used to
unlock a locker takes control. Family option: Multiple user ID carriers to operate a single locker.
Mobile access use makes it a Game-Changer
One of the primary benefits of a smart
electronic access control solution is the ability to easily incorporate mobile
access use. The SALTO XS4 Locker BLE is JustIN Mobile compatible which means
that any usercan use a smartphone (IOS or Android) to operate the locker
lock.
Adding JustIN mobile functionality to a
locker lock, means adding more features that can be conducted over the phone network,
like: updating credentials; blacklist transmission; automatic audit trail
collection; and automatic battery status collection.
“SALTO’s proven smart technology
products have long delivered unique access control solutions for any type of
use case and application whether you’re in working space property management,
healthcare, or education,” concludes Aznar Sethna, CSMO SALTO Systems. “The new
SALTO XS4 Locker with embedded BLE technology makes this product an excellent
solution for all of those projects that require a locking solution for a
controlled, easy-to-operate, and fully-integrated mobile access technology
system.”
