In busy offices, gyms, schools, hospitals, or co-working spaces, nobody wants to leave their belongings lying around, risking loss or theft. It often makes sense to provide space users with secure locker access. However, managing physical locker keys eats up staff time. Coin-operated lockers are inconvenient in an increasingly cashless world. The solution: digital access for lockers. ASSA ABLOY EMEIA has more…
A digital lock designed specifically for lockers and cabinets solves the most important challenges facing any security team which manages lockers – whether independently, in a changing or post room for example, or as part of their SMARTair access control system.
A wireless digital locker system enhances the customer or visitor experience by reducing the risk of theft without requiring changes to (or replacement of) existing furniture. At the same time, it eliminates the need for mechanical keys, cutting the hassle and cost of replacing those lost or stolen. The right solution creates a flexible, efficient way to manage locker access almost anywhere.
Flexible digital access management for lockers and cabinets
The new SMARTair® i-locker was created to meet these needs, offering wireless, mobile-enabled, real-time locker management as a smart, standalone solution for modern storage or connected with a SMARTair wireless digital access management system.
The i-locker brings intelligent, flexible control to personal storage, including convenient locking/unlocking via smartphone app. Site users enjoy peace of mind when their belongings are secure and out of sight. Facilities managers save the time previously wasted managing and replacing keys.
Each i-locker is quick to fit without cables, wires, or damage. Devices are engineered by a global leader in access technologies for reliability, attack resistance, and regulatory compliance. Battery power ensures energy-efficient operation without the need for expensive electrical maintenance. With the option of real-time, remote control if required, i-locker helps facilities managers run a suite of keyless lockers, or to integrate lockers and cupboards with a growing digital access solution.
The i-locker offers two convenient operating modes. In Free Mode, users identify unoccupied lockers at a glance and lock the device with a tap of their smartphone, RFID smartcard, tag, or bracelet. LEDs give rapid feedback and provide peace of mind that belongings are safely stored inside. With smartphone operation enabled, the Openow® app displays their locker number for easy collection after use. In Assigned Mode, the user is allocated a specific locker.
Broad range of applications
Two shaft lengths depending on the locker width and different cams ensures i-locker covers a range of applications to streamline locker management – in a pool changing area, for example – without the need for complex infrastructure. A single, wall-mounted SMARTair Hub connects up to 60 lockers with intuitive admin software. The i-locker can just as easily integrate with a digital access system to provide security and facilities managers with a more holistic site overview. When an organization installs more lockers, adding them to the system is simple.
Mikel Gaztañaga, SMARTair Sales Manager at ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions, comments: “A school, university or hospital can deploy i-lockers in staff rooms, or to secure medicine trolleys and drug cabinets. In offices or co-working spaces, the i-locker is a perfect fit for cupboards with sensitive or valuable contents, as well as document drawers, for example.
“Retail managers can deploy it on customer-facing display cases. As well as pool changing, additional applications include gyms and individual mailboxes in multi-residential apartment blocks.
“The SMARTair i-locker replaces the hassle of mechanical management with mobile, wireless convenience. Install it fast, manage it remotely, scale it easily.”
To find out more about the brand new digital access management solution for lockers, be sure to download a free brochure by clicking here.
