New systems brings flexibility for physical access control
The University of Virginia was looking for a door locking system that would give it the flexibility to mix and match, something modular that would make changes easy and less expensive. Wireless was another option the university wanted. Thanks to Ingersoll Rand and its partnership with CBORD, the university’s campus card provider, UVA was able to make that happen.
“We wanted a wireless solution so we didn’t have to wire dormitories,” says Gary Conley, facilities and systems engineer for UVA, a 19,000-student institution located in Charlottesville. “When we first started the process a couple years ago nothing met our criteria.”
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This sounds like a really nice system.Would like to know if the locks have a hard key overide for when the batteries fail and does it take alkiline or lithium batteries.I beat the maint dept loves them..programing from afar..what a great thing.Anybody have a cost on the cards for these? Has to be more than a standard magstripe hotel key card.