SALTO Systems based in Oiartzun, Spain has been selected by UK”s Merton College Oxford to provide advanced access control management within its new Finlay Building administration center.
SALTO got involved early, as part of the construction process. One of its business partners, Smiths Security, conducted a security survey to determine what form of security and access control equipment would be needed to ensure that only authorized staff could gain admission to the new center.
The SALTO E2000 series is a stand alone access control system where information is recorded and stored in the lock and in the ID carriers. This enables the college to program keys to allow access to certain rooms or areas within the administration center for only specific periods.
Since most user related access information is stored in an encrypted format on the ID carrier, this eliminates the physical restrictions of traditional stand alone electronic locks and allows the locks to be updated at will. This means that the college will not have the worry about the cost of changing lock cylinders, but will now have the ability to instantly cancel out fobs from their security system if staff do lose them or they are stolen.
The E2000 series is ideal for applications in buildings such as Finlay in which a restricted but numerous group of people have access to a designated group of doors. The ability to create different levels of security and the management of access flow and user access time zones, together with the option of downloading door audit trails, are all key elements to this kind of installation.
Merton College, one of 38 independent colleges and halls that work within the University of Oxford, was founded in 1264 and is one of the oldest colleges in Oxford with just over 300 undergraduate and more than 250 graduate students in residence. ![[end]](/resources/bullet/archive-4.gif)
