A new access control system incorporating SALTO’s electronic locks system, has been added to the Burgh Hall dormitory at Chicago’s North Park University. Student dorm rooms now have card-operated proximity locks.
As part of its renovation, the university wanted to address the problems it was having with key control issues in Burgh Hall. The old-fashioned mechanical keys and locks were becoming increasingly difficult to manage. If a key was lost, it meant a lot of time to replace the affected lock. The solution was to introduce a one-card system, enabling students to carry one multifunction card that would operate as their ID badge, access key and cashless vending credential.
To accomplish this, SALTO, a Spanish company, designed an access control system tailored to the needs of Burgh Hall. The result incorporates XS4 electronic mortise locks with dead bolts, hot-spot wall readers, and rim-panic devices controlled via MIFARE enabled proximity cards.
Nineteen online Hot-Spot wall readers have now been installed utilizing SALTO Virtual Network (SVN) technology on all exterior and stairwell doors, and 135 XS4 offline XS4 locks have been fitted to each individual dorm room. Rim-panic devices and 50 additional XS4 offline locks have been fitted to other facility doors.
The XS4 system needs no hard wiring and provides a wire-free networked electronic locking solution with a great range of features. It is designed with state-of-the-art technology that uses distributed intelligence to pass information between microprocessors in the electronic handle set and the key card. It also allows the University to benefit from the many advantages of SVN and enables access profiles to be changed rapidly—adding value to the access management of Burgh Hall. ![[end]](/resources/bullet/cr80news-4.gif)
