| Within the Continuum Cyberstation, Schlage locking devices look and function like a normal door |
Ingersoll Rand recently announced that customers of Schneider Electric’s Andover Continuum Netcontroller II and ACX 57XX family of controllers can now seamlessly integrate wired and/or wireless Schlage AD-Series locks to enhance the cost-effectiveness and scalability of their systems. Within the Continuum Cyberstation, Schlage locking devices look and function like a normal door. An xdriver at the controller level provides access to the locks. Users can remotely administer card access, limiting the need and costs for issuing new cards or programming keypads.
“With the AD-Series, Andover Continuum integrators and end-users can create exactly the access control system that will protect their people and property today while having the flexibility to easily and economically upgrade their systems in the future,” emphasises Dave Sullivan, vice president of sales at Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies. “They provide multiple, interchangeable credential reader modules, interchangeable offline, wired and wireless networking modules, finishes and levers so that access control can now be installed at doors where it had been previously cost prohibitive.”
“It was important to us to broadly and deeply leverage the AD-Series locks to assure that Andover Continuum customers can incorporate all the features that will help them to get the most out of their access control system,” asserts Bob Klein, Vice President, Partners for the Schneider Electric Buildings Business. “Andover Continuum customers can be extremely creative with today’s access control system while facilitating migration to new technologies and needs of tomorrow.”
Klein emphasised that there was a breadth of benefits for Andover Continuum users. For instance, those needing locks for higher security applications could deploy a mortise deadbolt chassis. Others may be using proximity cards today but will be able to switch to smartcards and NFC applications, in which their smart phones will act as the credential, in the future without having to replace or upgrade the reader.
“For those using the wireless AD-Series locks, a Schlage-patent-pending ‘wake up on radio’ feature listens for commands every one to ten seconds and responds,” adds Klein. “Thus, ten seconds is the longest it will take a customer to initiate lockdown or unlock using wireless.”
Contrary to purchasing a reader and a lock, components that have been traditionally located around the door are now integrated into the AD-Series lock itself to yield a smarter solution and more value for the investment. Access control can now be installed at doors where it had been previously unfeasible. The AD-Series electronic locks are available in multiple chassis options, provide a host of power and key cylinder options, and offer field configurable settings.