We have some of these from Stanley; we already have wired badge readers from them so the wireless was a nice fit. It is nice to remove any responsibility from IT for managing connectivity, troubleshooting, etc. We use these primarily for accessibility for individual dorm rooms where a traditional key may be difficult to use. They’re tied to our rfid ID cards so the students can hold the card near the lock to unlock the door.
I believe they do a similar periodic update, and will continue to work with local (to the lock) info even if the wireless is down. The wireless unit does connect back to the central monitoring system via the wired network, but I get the impression that it’s pretty rock solid reliable. Thomas Carter Network & Operations Manager Austin College From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Cunningham Sent: Thursday, July 2, 2015 1:37 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wireless Door Locks Stanley makes a door lock that is wireless but does not run on 802.11 so does not interface with the campus data wi-fi network. I think it’s 802.15 but not sure of that. I know it works with Tyco and their iStar controllers. You do have to deploy a Tyco proprietary access point that is just for the locks. We don’t have any wireless locks yet but probably will be moving in that direction and when we do we will deploy this system since we already have all of our wired locks using Tyco iStar hardware. Mike Cunningham From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rossella Mariotti-Jones Sent: Thursday, July 2, 2015 2:27 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wireless Door Locks We have ASSA ABLOY locks too. I agree with Aaron, as that is exactly the reason why we went with the wifi locks. One argument that might have a little more traction is that we, for example, are not able to send and "immediate lock" to our wifi locks because they connect to the controller for a very short amount of time at midnight (or whatever time they're programmed to do it), at which time the sync occurs, and after that they disconnect from wifi, once they disconnect, the controller is not able to access them because they are offline. So in an emergency situation this doesn't work very well at all, especially if you have, or are looking into a system integrated with your locks (like informacast for example) that can lock down your whole campus with the push of a button. Now, our locks are about 4 or 5 years old so it might be that the new ones are "smarter", but this has been our experience with these so far. rossella mariotti-jones | network analyst | information technology | chemeketa community college | p: 503-589-7775<tel:503-589-7775> | e: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 11:07 AM, Aaron Abitia <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Yeah, this thread is summing up the issues with doing the door locks over WiFi, but in the near term it's unlikely that any arguments will deter most organizations because it's all about initial financial layout. The cost of retrofit for a hardwire connection is so high, they will not want to pay for that when wireless is available. They don't yet know about the pitfalls, but since it's all about the initial layout, none of that matters until disasters start to occur. Here there's a push to do the same thing in our dorms. The only buildings that will get hardwire to the door locks are the ones already in construction. -Aaron On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 10:33 AM, Derek Johnson <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Our campus planners are looking to standardize & modernize lock systems across campus, and they're drooling over my worst nightmare wireless door locks that connect to our existing wifi network. 2.4GHz only, of course. I'm against this idea for too many reasons to list (technical & security-based), but I'm curious to hear perspectives from the community. Has anyone deployed or had to support a wifi-based door lock system? What's been your experience? On the flip side, have you successfully fended off a push for wireless door locks? If so, do tell... :) Thinking back to Lee's recent drone discussion... perhaps I can get administration interested in drone surveillance instead of wifi door locks. That's an idea I could get behind... Derek Johnson | Data Communications Coordinator FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY 415 Lyman Dr. TH 101, Hays, KS 67601 (785) 628 - 5688<tel:%28785%29%20628%20-%205688> | [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. -- Aaron Abitia Network Analyst Enterprise Systems, Networks Information Technology Services Cal Poly State University Tel: 805.756.1295<tel:805.756.1295> ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
