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The Guest House at PNNL Offers One More Amenity: Keyless Access Control

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Technology Category	Application Infrastructure & Middleware - API Integration & Management
Applicable Industries	Education
Applicable Functions	Facility Management
Use Cases	Building Automation & Control Intrusion Detection Systems
Services	System Integration
Challenge	The Guest House at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Washington, was facing issues with its magnetic stripe keycard locks. The keycards often became demagnetized, leading to lockouts. As the front desk isn't staffed 24/7, an on-call employee had to issue new keycards to locked-out guests. This was causing inconvenience to the guests and was also time-consuming for the staff. The management was looking for a solution that could eliminate the need for keys and cards and reduce the time spent on access control management. Read More
About Customer	The Guest House at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is a private 81-room hotel located in Richland, Washington. It caters to visiting scientists, students, and researchers. The hotel offers three types of rooms: dorm rooms for students, studio rooms, and one-bedroom apartments. The hotel is operated by Paragon Equity Management and offers amenities such as housekeeping and linen service, laundry facilities, vending and ice machines, an exercise room, and keyless entry. Read More
Solution	To address the challenge, the hotel installed Kaba’s Oracode keyless access control system. The Oracode system integrates a web application, handheld maintenance unit, and locks to create a system for generating encrypted numerical access codes. These codes are time- and date-specific, allowing the guest entry into a room while eliminating the need for keys and cards. The lock uses a stored digital key to decrypt the code. If the lock ID matches the lock's real-time clock and indicates that the current time is between the designated parameters, the lock will open. Otherwise, it will remain locked and secure. The hotel installed Oracode model 660 locks, which replaced their previous full body 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

Intrusion Detection Systems

Services

System Integration

Challenge

The Guest House at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Washington, was facing issues with its magnetic stripe keycard locks. The keycards often became demagnetized, leading to lockouts. As the front desk isn't staffed 24/7, an on-call employee had to issue new keycards to locked-out guests. This was causing inconvenience to the guests and was also time-consuming for the staff. The management was looking for a solution that could eliminate the need for keys and cards and reduce the time spent on access control management.

About Customer

The Guest House at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is a private 81-room hotel located in Richland, Washington. It caters to visiting scientists, students, and researchers. The hotel offers three types of rooms: dorm rooms for students, studio rooms, and one-bedroom apartments. The hotel is operated by Paragon Equity Management and offers amenities such as housekeeping and linen service, laundry facilities, vending and ice machines, an exercise room, and keyless entry.

Solution

To address the challenge, the hotel installed Kaba’s Oracode keyless access control system. The Oracode system integrates a web application, handheld maintenance unit, and locks to create a system for generating encrypted numerical access codes. These codes are time- and date-specific, allowing the guest entry into a room while eliminating the need for keys and cards. The lock uses a stored digital key to decrypt the code. If the lock ID matches the lock's real-time clock and indicates that the current time is between the designated parameters, the lock will open. Otherwise, it will remain locked and secure. The hotel installed Oracode model 660 locks, which replaced their previous full body locks.

Impact #1	The Oracode system eliminated the need for keys and cards, reducing the time spent on access control management.
Impact #2	The system provided a secure and convenient way for guests to access their rooms, improving customer satisfaction.
Impact #3	The system's multi-user feature allowed up to 128 different users to enter the lock for any given time period, each with their own traceable code. This improved security and accountability.

Impact #1

The Oracode system eliminated the need for keys and cards, reducing the time spent on access control management.

Impact #2

The system provided a secure and convenient way for guests to access their rooms, improving customer satisfaction.

Impact #3

The system's multi-user feature allowed up to 128 different users to enter the lock for any given time period, each with their own traceable code. This improved security and accountability.

Benefit #1	The lock's audit memory stores up to the last 5,000 entries, capturing date, time, user, and code.
Benefit #2	The locks use three alkaline batteries that provide approximately two to three years of operation before the batteries need replacing.

Benefit #1

The lock's audit memory stores up to the last 5,000 entries, capturing date, time, user, and code.

Benefit #2

The locks use three alkaline batteries that provide approximately two to three years of operation before the batteries need replacing.

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The Guest House at PNNL Offers One More Amenity: Keyless Access Control

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