It make sense to add wireless locks to an existing access control system when more control over the site is needed or if the business has expanded to a new building, or if better security for existing offices, records stores or meeting rooms is required.  Wireless locks with built-in RFID readers — including Aperio devices from Assa Abloy — enable control and audit access at more doors.

Battery-powered Aperio wireless locks integrate seamlessly with installed access control systems from over 100 different manufacturers. Key management can create more and more workload.  And tracking and re-cutting keys when they are lost or misplaced, and replacing locks that have been compromised, are tedious tasks placing a heavy workload on a facilities or office manager. Installing Aperio wireless locks means that keys can be forgotten about altogether.

No more mechanical keys means no more worries a lost key threatens security at a site, but you can amend or cancel a key-card in an instant.

If more flexibility in providing access is needed and when a business grows, not everyone should have access to everywhere at all times. Adding wireless access control at more doors means you can assign finer-grained access rights to employees, visitors and contractors.

So, staff can access communal areas during working hours, while cleaners and other contractors only have out-of-hours access for the duration of their contracts. Only IT staff access the server room; just office administrators and senior managers open the records store.

All this — and thousands more bespoke combinations to suit any particular workplace — are possible without expensive and disruptive cabling, when fitting Aperio wireless devices to more doors.

Aperio wireless locks work within every major access control system on the market, from more than 100 different manufacturers. Installing them is more cost-effective and faster than hard-wiring extra doors, because there’s no cabling and almost no disruption to everyday business. The only maintenance needed is a new standard battery every 40,000 cycles (typically 2 years).