Digital PIN Door Security with Code Handle
Many businesses and buildings need trustworthy, keyless door security without the expense and invasiveness of an advanced access control system. For such premises, PIN-based digital door access adds this security efficiently, freeing managers, employees, and visitors from the cost and hassle of handling physical keys.
In all kinds of workplaces, private rooms need separating – securely and reliably – from spaces where the public have free access. Their doors need a simple, standalone locking solution, whether for a stock or medicine store, staff break room, private office, or any similar room. A Code Handle PIN lock from Assa Abloy is an elegant device designed for precisely these use-cases. A Code Handle keeps a space secure while admitting authorized employees via a digital PIN code on its discreet handle-keypad. Designed to add valuable door security to any private room within interior public areas, it is already field-proven across multiple applications and environments to keep unauthorized people out.
Fitting is simple, only requiring a change of handle. The existing mechanical locking cylinder stays in place and may still be operated with the existing key. Staff need no specialist knowledge or outside help to manage their doors with Code Handle. This versatility has seen it deployed successfully in a wide range of small and medium-sized settings.
In a busy medical facility, such as surgeries, dental practices, pharmacies, or physiotherapy suites for example, it is easy to accidentally leave a door unlocked. With expensive equipment or controlled drugs on the other side, any opening invites opportunists. With a Code Handle digital PIN lock, however, practice managers need never to worry again. Doctors and patients expect privacy during consultations. and they get it with this solution. To secure controlled drugs and any hazardous waste bins, a Code Handle is quicker and safer than tracking a physical key – with no need to change the lock when one goes missing. Many treatment and examination rooms have expensive or dangerous equipment such as X-ray machines, dental tools, and physiotherapy equipment. Fitting a Code Handle provides the extra level of security without the expense of a software-based access system.
In shops and other retail environments, every store has doors from the retail floor where the public should not go. Managing keys for these openings creates unnecessary workload and distracts staff. At the same time, a bulky mechanical PIN lock can ruin carefully thought-out aesthetics. Retail managers can instead secure these doors with a slimline, contemporary Code Handle that adds reliable, aesthetic, digital security to almost any interior door. It is easy for shop staff to operate, and no training is required. When an employee moves on, it is straightforward to cancel their PIN in seconds without removing the handle.
The growth in work-from-home (WFH) and hybrid working strategies has also led to an increase in private workspaces within the home and other communal settings such as co-working premises. These require their own security and privacy, whether to make video calls or have a sensitive conversation. Commercial security is always desirable and, in many industries, it is required by law: the physical security of documents, data, and conversations may be the responsibility of those who keep them. As experience across sectors and locations has demonstrated, the most elegant, seamless way to put an effective barrier between a residence and a private workstation is with a Code Handle digital door lock.
Code Handle is fire-door compliant (EN 1634) and with a certified lifetime of at least 100,000 operations. Product design makes disinfecting easier. Unlike mechanical push-button PIN locks, a Code Handle has a smooth surface without corners or ridges, so germs have fewer places to hide. A disinfected damp cloth is all a caretaker needs to keep a handle hygienic – and school doors and storerooms secure. Code Handle devices are easy for any small organization to retrofit to their existing doors: the cylinder or lock remains in place and its handle simply swapped for the new device. Two standard batteries (CR2) slot inside the handle, typically lasting 30,000 lock/unlock cycles before needing to be replaced. Installation needs no wires, specialist tools, or drilling. Two screws attach it to almost any interior door up to 80mm thick. Every Code Handle comes with a Master Code and nine different user PINs, making it simple to abandon the inconvenience of carrying and keeping track of keys. PINs are easy to set and to change whenever necessary.
