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Champlain Student Association Upgrades Access Control System

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Technology Category	Application Infrastructure & Middleware - API Integration & Management
Applicable Industries	Education
Applicable Functions	Facility Management
Use Cases	Building Automation & Control
Services	System Integration
Challenge	The Champlain Student Association (CSA) at Champlain College Saint-Lambert faced a challenge with their existing access control system. The system, which was installed in 2003, used Kaba Solitaire 850 Locks and magnetic stripe card credentials for students to gain access to rooms. However, after a renovation project at the college, some of the locks were damaged or removed, reducing the number of functioning locks. The CSA needed a solution that would allow them to repair and upgrade their existing locks, while also expanding their access control capabilities and streamlining operations. Read More
About Customer	Champlain College Saint-Lambert is a cégep or Collège d’enseignement général et professional established in 1971. It offers two-year general programs, a prerequisite for university studies, and three-year career programs, such as nursing, computer science, graphic communications, and sports marketing. The college is one of three Champlain Regional College campuses that serve the English-speaking residents of Quebec. The Saint-Lambert campus is located on the South Shore of Montreal and is home to approximately 2,700 students. The college strives to balance academics with students’ personal development and growth. The Champlain Student Association (CSA) funds different student clubs and groups and organizes many events each year. Read More
Solution	The CSA decided to upgrade their existing Kaba Solitaire 850 Locks to work with a new software platform. The upgrade program allowed the student center to keep their initial lock investment and mag-stripe cards, while expanding access control capabilities and streamlining operations. With the implementation of new Enterprise Software, the student center gained real-time functionality of events, centralized access control management, global lockdown or passage of locks. The Enterprise Solution is a three-part hardware and software upgrade package that adds Enterprise Software to a central workstation, wireless antennas and circuit boards to existing locks, and Gateway/Routers to communicate from the server to the locks. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - API Integration & Management

Applicable Industries

Education

Applicable Functions

Facility Management

Use Cases

Building Automation & Control

Services

System Integration

Challenge

The Champlain Student Association (CSA) at Champlain College Saint-Lambert faced a challenge with their existing access control system. The system, which was installed in 2003, used Kaba Solitaire 850 Locks and magnetic stripe card credentials for students to gain access to rooms. However, after a renovation project at the college, some of the locks were damaged or removed, reducing the number of functioning locks. The CSA needed a solution that would allow them to repair and upgrade their existing locks, while also expanding their access control capabilities and streamlining operations.

About Customer

Champlain College Saint-Lambert is a cégep or Collège d’enseignement général et professional established in 1971. It offers two-year general programs, a prerequisite for university studies, and three-year career programs, such as nursing, computer science, graphic communications, and sports marketing. The college is one of three Champlain Regional College campuses that serve the English-speaking residents of Quebec. The Saint-Lambert campus is located on the South Shore of Montreal and is home to approximately 2,700 students. The college strives to balance academics with students’ personal development and growth. The Champlain Student Association (CSA) funds different student clubs and groups and organizes many events each year.

Solution

The CSA decided to upgrade their existing Kaba Solitaire 850 Locks to work with a new software platform. The upgrade program allowed the student center to keep their initial lock investment and mag-stripe cards, while expanding access control capabilities and streamlining operations. With the implementation of new Enterprise Software, the student center gained real-time functionality of events, centralized access control management, global lockdown or passage of locks. The Enterprise Solution is a three-part hardware and software upgrade package that adds Enterprise Software to a central workstation, wireless antennas and circuit boards to existing locks, and Gateway/Routers to communicate from the server to the locks.

Impact #1	The upgraded system provided real-time information about door access, including when doors are open and who is opening them.
Impact #2	The system allowed for centralized access control management, enabling the general manager to assign access schedules, manage visitors, create access groups, create reports, and pull an audit trail without leaving his desk.
Impact #3	The system also provided the ability to globally lock down or allow passage of locks with a few strokes on the keyboard.

Impact #1

The upgraded system provided real-time information about door access, including when doors are open and who is opening them.

Impact #2

The system allowed for centralized access control management, enabling the general manager to assign access schedules, manage visitors, create access groups, create reports, and pull an audit trail without leaving his desk.

Impact #3

The system also provided the ability to globally lock down or allow passage of locks with a few strokes on the keyboard.

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Champlain Student Association Upgrades Access Control System

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