Last summer we deployed over 600 Wi-Fi locks to a new dorm building. The batteries have not lasted as long as expected. After our Access Control people adjusted so all 600 locks do not check in at the same time, things work well. Before that, their virtual server got overloaded when the locks checked in.
We are using locks dfom Asa Abloy (Sargent) Bruce Osborne Wireless Engineer IT Infrastructure & Media Solutions (434) 592-4229 LIBERTY UNIVERSITY Training Champions for Christ since 1971 From: Derek Johnson [mailto:djohn...@fhsu.edu] Sent: Thursday, July 2, 2015 1:33 PM Subject: Wireless Door Locks 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 | dpjohn...@fhsu.edu<mailto:dpjohn...@fhsu.edu> ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
