So what’s the difference between MBS (Magnetic Bond Sensor) and DSM (Door status monitor)?
DSM senses when the door is closed whether it is locked or not. These are commonly used for alarm systems, access control systems or any other type of system that would require knowing if the door is closed or not.
MBS is used [...]
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Sometimes when there’s an issue such as “a door will not lock”, multiple things could go through your mind as you are driving to the site as far as what the problem may be. Could be a software issue… a power supply issue… a wiring issue… could be a lot of things. Before diving into [...]
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I had a service call that I had to do recently that involved a pedestrian gate (a normal swing gate next to a rolling vehicle gate) that would not lock. This gate has a card reader and a maglock. The customer called and stated that the maglock would not secure. It sounded like a power [...]
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AMAG M2100 1DCR
End of Life Notice
We know how important the ability to anticipate, well in advance, any changes in the availability or reparability status of your AMAG Technology equipment is to your long range planning. That’s why we’ve established a policy of giving you advance notice of the end of the life of our products.
Effective [...]
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In this article, we will discuss the term fail secure. As we discussed in the article on fail safe locks, they require power to lock. The fail secure locks are the opposite. With no power at all they are locked. They only time power is applied to them is to put them in the “unlocked” [...]
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Fail Safe versus Fail Secure
If you’ve worked around or dealt with access control locks at all you’ve probably heard of the terms fail safe and fail secure. These may seem to mean the same thing since safe and secure seem to be on the same side of fence versus unsecure and unsafe. Well, in the [...]
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An HID proximity card is a card the size of your driver’s license or credit card. The card contains embedded information that will activate and open doors so that the holder of the card can enter. The card alone does not have the capability of accessing an area. The card must be combined with additional system components.
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So what is an electric door strike? An electric door strike is a device that’s installed on a door to allow access with an access control system or some other type of remote release system. The door strike, unlike a magnetic lock doesn’t actually secure the door. A door with a door strike is being [...]
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