SecureIDNews | SALTO shows off new security system in Essen

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Electronic lock specialist SALTO Systems, based in Spain, unveiled its new XS4 RFID self-programmable contactless access control system during the recent Security 2008 show in Essen, Germany. Its new access control concept allows users to jump up to the next level of control as their security needs change.

This new networked lockset can be used for a wide range of applications and can be upgraded at any time. Users can choose from a simple self programmable system that needs no computer to manage it, through a more complex mid-range ROM system up to a high performance data-on-card system using SALTO’s Virtual Network technology that allows users to control all the doors in an entire building or group of buildings from a single PC.

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Providing wireless, real time access control is at the heart of the SALTO system. Any number of doors can be equipped with the solution at a than a conventional wired access control system and its battery power consumption is close to that of standard battery powered electronic lock.

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