Wireless Key Card Reader targets hospitality applications.
Press Release Summary:
Designed to automate hotel room energy conservation by disabling HVAC and lighting in unoccupied rooms, Key Card Reader installs in minutes without wires or batteries. Reader generates its own power when key card is inserted or removed, converting motions into wireless control signals. Reader transmits signals to ILLUMRA receivers attached to appliances and lights, activating them when card is inserted and deactivating them when card is removed.
Original Press Release:
ILLUMRA Wireless Battery-Free Hotel Key Card Reader Drives Profits to the Bottom Line
Orem, UT, - ILLUMRA announced today the release of a new wireless Key Card Reader that automates hotel room energy conservation by disabling HVAC and lighting in unoccupied rooms. The new device installs in minutes without wires or batteries, minimizing installation, clean up and downtime costs.
ILLUMRA's new Key Card Reader generates its own power when a key card is inserted or removed, converting the motions into wireless control signals. The battery-less solution is based on the EnOcean wireless standard, the only wireless standard in the world that allows for zero-maintenance, self-powered, battery-free operation. ILLUMRA products are used in new construction and retrofit applications to save time and the cost of hard wiring.
The new device, ideal in hospitality applications, can use standard or customized key cards to control energy usage in a hotel room. The reader transmits signals to ILLUMRA receivers attached to appliances and lights, activating them when a card is inserted and deactivating them when a card is removed. With seven code combinations available, key cards that are customized offer additional functionality, giving the ILLUMRA Key Card Reader the ability to activate different sets of appliances based on the preferences of the building manager. For example, hotel staff could use one card, guests wanting standard amenities would be given another, and guests selecting optional amenities would receive another.
"Hotel owners are looking for a solution that can differentiate between hotel issued cards and others that could circumvent their system," said Jan Finlinson, vice president, "We are pleased to announce that the ILLUMRA Key Card Reader fulfills this need and also makes a positive impact on a hotel owner's bottom line."
The ILLUMRA Key Card Reader has an organic, ergonomic design that compliments the room style and is simple to operate. The Key Card Reader features a screw-less cover and supports standard magnetic-strip and Ving type cards.
About ILLUMRA
ILLUMRA is the largest supplier of self-powered, battery-free, wireless lighting and HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning), and energy management controls in North America.
ILLUMRA provides easy to use wireless control systems that save energy, time, and money by utilizing the EnOcean radio protocol, the wireless standard for
sustainable buildings.
Operating in the uncrowded 315 MHz band, ILLUMRA products offer a greater transmission range than other wireless technologies.
