Touchscreen Access Locks offer ANSI/BHMA Grade 1 certification.
Press Release Summary:
Combining touchscreen display with cylindrical lockset, stand-alone inTouch® Locks are suitable for data centers, hospitals, and financial institutions. Instead of buttons, locks feature digital display that awakens when touched. Interactive, voice-guided system facilitates programming and user information updates. Granting access with entry of 4- to 12-digit pin code, locks include Easy Mode that accommodates up to 9 user identities and Advanced Mode that accommodates up to 1,000 identities.
Original Press Release:
Yale Intouch® Stand-Alone Touchscreen Access Locks Now Available as Certified Grade 1
Meeting Demand for High-Security Locks in Myriad Industries
LENOIR CITY, TN, - Yale Locks and Hardware (www.yalelocks.com), an ASSA ABLOY Group company and a world leader in door hardware for residential and commercial applications, announces that its inTouch® stand-alone touchscreen access locks are now available to order as certified ANSI/BHMA Grade 1.
The ANSI/BHMA Grade 1 certification was sought to meet increased demand in the marketplace for a higher-security lock in a variety of vertical industries, such as data centers, hospitals, and financial institutions, according to Gary Agans, Brand and Product Manager for Yale Locks & Hardware.
By combining a touchscreen display with a cylindrical lockset, Yale inTouch has redesigned the industry's concept of stand-alone locking devices. Unlike other stand-alone keypad devices, inTouch locks have no buttons. Instead, inTouch robust Grade 1 cylindrical locksets feature a digital display that awakens when touched. Programming for day-to-day use of the lock and fast updates of user information is simplified with an interactive, voice-guided system. Yale inTouch is an ideal access control solution for healthcare facilities, offices, retail establishments, and government facilities.
Access is granted with entry of a 4- to 12-digit user pin code. A request to exit (REX) input allows remote access capability. Two operational modes are available: Easy Mode that accommodates up to nine unique user identities and Advanced Mode that accommodates up to 1,000 unique user identities. Additional capabilities include a lockout mode, passage mode and auto relock.
Yale inTouch Grade 1 units are currently available to order with three-week lead times for shipping. These units will be available as QuickShip orders (just five-day lead times for shipping) after October 3, 2011.
About Yale
Yale Locks & Hardware has provided dependable security since 1840. Yale Locks & Hardware is an ASSA ABLOY Group company with plant operations in Lenoir City, Tennessee. The company offers a broad continuum of door hardware and locks including an extensive range of mid-tier commercial products as well as a wide variety of residential hardware options. This includes an extensive range of mortise and cylindrical locks, exit devices, door closers, electromechanical products and key systems, as well as windstorm certified hardware, decorative levers, and photoluminescent and antimicrobial hardware coatings. For more information visit www.yalelocks.com.
About ASSA ABLOY
ASSA ABLOY is the world's largest lock company and a recognized global leader in door opening solutions, dedicated to satisfying end-user demands for security, safety and convenience.
