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SALTO Systems has upgraded MyLock, the online lock customization tool that allows users to choose and see potential door configurations prior to final architectural project and design definition.

With MyLock, users can select a SALTO electronic lock model, door type, and choose from a broad range of colors, finishes, handles, and functions. The new MyLock design has an improved user experience for web as well as mobile access and adds important new capability including configuring accessory products like wall readers. SALTO SPACE access control management software and SALTO KS Keys as a Service compatible product ranges are also included.

Whether it’s a change model, finish, or door type texture, SALTO MyLock users can easily navigate through a menu to make their selection and customize the chosen model as much as possible. User can choose between different door standards and technology platforms, like SALTO SPACE access management software or SALTO KS cloud-based solution, and opening mode options like contactless smart card, mobile key, or keypad.

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Users can now make more than one configuration in a single MyLock session which allows those seeking electronic lock solutions the capability to configure a variety of door models within a building. Once completed, a MyLock user can preview and download 3D and 2D files including BIM files in a variety of industry formats including Revit, STP, DWG, JPEG, PDF, and more.

SALTO developed MyLock to aid project designers and planners and provide them the capability to see how their electronic lock choices work with a variety of doors. This new MyLock design has simplified the user interface and website navigation to provide users with the most positive experience as possible as they carefully construct the access point model that best suits their access control and security needs.

Salto Visitor Management System

Managing visitors in hospitality – or any commercial environment – is an essential access control activity traditionally handled through paper forms or guestbooks. Visitors sign in at the front hotel or security desk which involves time on behalf of the employee - and a wait for the guest - that can drastically impact staff performance and the guest experience.

Salto has a Visitor Management Module that streamlines visitor registration, tracking, and reporting and can drastically improve your visitor management while also elevating the guest experience.

How does it work Salto ProAccess SPACE?

The Salto ProAccess SPACE Visitor Management Module allows you to modernize your approach by taking the visitor management process to the next level: paperless, more efficient, flexible, and secure. ProAccess SPACE visitor management allows you to assign and create credentials for new visitors, assign physical access rights, and track visitor movements with ease. You can issue visitor cards for a few hours, a few days - or for something in between - and all with a built-in cancellation date that will disable the credential automatically when it expires. This solution delivers a more flexible and efficient check-in and check-out system that enhances security and also meets compliance mandates for the collection and auditing of visitor data.

ProAccess SPACE visitor management users quickly discover that the visitor management module is intuitive and reduces the time required to register new and returning visitors. Hotel staff can even save time and pre-register visitors via the simple web-based interface, making it easier for security staff or administration to swiftly check-in visitors when they arrive at the front entrance.

Because the visitor module is embedded within the Salto ProAccess SPACE web-based interface, your operators and staff can manage visitors alongside the other security activities they routinely conduct. And because it’s the same Salto software they are accustomed to, operators do not have to install and learn a separate visitor tool.

When evaluating how you can improve visitor management - and save time and money for your hotel - consider exploring what the ProAccess SPACE Visitor Management Module can do for your property and the guest experience.

How are hotel door locks powered?

Battery life is particularly important in an electronic access control solution that relies on battery-operated locks. If a user experiences product downtime due to dead batteries or gets frustrated with having to change batteries too frequently, they will likely choose not to use a battery-powered smart lock. This is rather unfortunate because the right battery-powered lock in an access control solution can improve both hotel efficiency and the guest experience.
 

Battery operated locks: the best solution for your hotel

Smart lock systems often contain many integrated circuits such as LED light-emitting signalling, RFID, and a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) microcontroller with wireless and mobile connectivity or motor driver. Salto’s battery power technology for battery-operated locks offers a cost-effective and far superior solution than others in the market.

Many traditional building operators still use wired access control and are perhaps unaware that wireless systems use a lot less energy and are more secure when monitoring what's happening 24/7 at their property. Because wireless locks are battery powered and only "wake-up" when a guest or staff key card is presented, they consume less power than that used by hardwired online locks. Wireless electronic locks provide better cost, convenience, and aesthetics than a wired solution - achieving wired system benefits without the cost of a hardwired system. Plus, wire-free, battery-powered locks are easy to retrofit on the variety of doors used in a hospitality setting including guest rooms, amenities, and Back-Of-House (BOH) operations.
 

There’s also the question of sustainability. With many businesses evaluating their carbon footprint and impact on the environment, some might ask how using a battery-powered lock can complement a green commitment. How “green” is it to employ a battery-based system? There are significant cost savings in moving away from a reliance on electrical power. This of course lowers the carbon footprint. Additionally, batteries used in a battery-powered electronic access control system can be recycled resulting in further reduction of ones carbon footprint.

Salto SVN data-on-card

Salto’s electronic battery-powered locks provide an access control technology that - together with ProAccess SPACE front-desk management software - allows stand-alone Salto smart wireless hotel locks to update, store, and send the latest access information and lock battery status from a user’s and guest smartkey throughout the building - wirelessly and remotely - via SVN. This data is captured from a guest or staff member access credential that’s used at a wirelessly-networked smart lock or an online IP SVN access point that can be located at strategic points throughout the building.

The “updating access points” download and revalidate user-related access plan information that is then used to permit or deny access. This smart solution allows hotel employees to manage and secure access control for an entire hotel property right from the front-desk. They can check battery status (to optimize maintenance and battery life) and obtain user event information in just a few easy clicks.
 

Salto BLUEnet Wireless real-time

The advanced smart technology that Salto has integrated into every BLUEnet generation smart lock also permits battery status management and audit trail recovery in real-time via a Business Automation System (BAS) integration with Guest Room Management Systems (GRMS). Hotels can now integrate seamlessly with a wide variety of Salto wireless locks that bring intelligent and dependable automation for guest rooms and operating enhancements that provide the most reliable, cost-effective, and technologically-advanced guest room system. Salto BLUEnet wireless is designed for doors where real-time control is required and can be installed as an independent system or can complement SVN. It dramatically reduces the cost of installing additional updating points in an access control system yet provides the capability of adding updating points where required thanks to SVN-Flex technology. The options for affordable updating points are endless: perimetral doors, emergency exits, hall doors, gates equipped with mechanical cylinders and much more.

Salto JustIN Mobile

One of the primary benefits of a wire-free electronic access control solution is the ability to easily incorporate mobile access use into a hotel property. Mobile technology now plays a vital role in the hotel industry. The most recent data reveals that almost half of travel searches begin on a smartphone. And the booking process is just the start. The real technological magic can present itself when the guest arrives and checks in and gains access to their room only using their smartphone and a mobile application! In addition to supplying guests the capability to unlock a guest room door, Salto’s mobile app - JustIN Mobile - can send lock audit trail and battery status notifications directly to the front desk.

Hotels are now presented with the opportunity to use smart technology to create meaningful, customized experiences that enhance a guest’s entire stay. By incorporating the latest in technology to help hotels provide efficient and smart battery-powered electronic lock solutions, Salto helps hotels improve both operations and the guest experience.

SALTO Systems and INTEREL, the award-winning hospitality guest room management solution, today announced the integration of SALTO’s BLUEnet technology into INTEREL’s guest room control solutions, using BLE wireless radios to allow hotels to minimize their infrastructure investment, optimize energy consumption, and take advantage of SALTO’s next-generation products.

The new SALTO and INTEREL BLE integration replaces traditional ZigBee with SALTO’s BLUEnet wireless – a future-focused Bluetooth Low Energy technology.

INTEREL is one of the first guest room management solutions to integrate with SALTO’s BLUEnet Wireless Technology. Hotels can now integrate seamlessly with a wide variety of SALTO wireless locks that bring intelligent and dependable automation for guest rooms and operating enhancements that provide the most reliable, cost-effective, and technologically-advanced guest room system. SALTO BLUEnet wireless is designed for doors where real-time control is required and can be installed as an independent system or can complement the SALTO Virtual Network (SVN).

We’re excited to continue to offer technologically-advanced solutions for the hospitality industry with leading guest room management partners like INTEREL. Our newest integration incorporates the most efficient and advanced technology into guest room access control and energy management and is just another example of how SALTO and INTEREL continue to improve product offerings.

The integration provides secure room access control for guests and staff that works in tandem with in-room thermostats and controls to ensure that energy consumption – one of the top expenses for the hospitality industry – is minimized. Guest room management includes features such as controlling the temperature, lighting, curtains, and even requesting hotel services, with the touch of a button.

The integrated solution - which can replace mechanical keys and proximity cards with smartphone-based access control technology - also can alert hotel staff when a room is occupied and can help them to respond quicker to guest requests. Additionally, INTEREL and SALTO deliver these advanced guest features and online access control functionality without additional infrastructure, reducing total cost of ownership for the hotel.

To learn more about INTEREL guest room management solutions, visit www.interelme.com

Incorporating mobile access into your premises without jeopardizing security is crucial to maintain safety. Flexibility is also crucial because users may not be using mobile credentials. Being able to mix and match systems, hardware and credentials is a must and is offer by Salto.

Traditionally, check-in process requires going to the front desk, showing ID and providing a credit card for room charges. Once guests are identified and all of their questions are answered, they’re provided with a plastic keycard and pointed towards the elevators or led to their room.

Salto’s Hospitality Solutions and Guest Experience Enhancement

For the Hospitality market, Salto has developed specific add-ons, which allow hotel clients to control all their access, and guest management easily needs with one wire-free, easy-to-use system. Salto suits all sizes and types of hotels, providing an optimal guest experience and the best utilization of a hotel’s rooms, suites and meeting space infrastructure.

When guests arrive at a hotel, they want to check-in quickly and make the best of their time, either for professional purposes or leisure. That means all the steps of the check-in process need to work flawlessly, from issuing a key to the guest to them being able to access their room, swimming pool, spa or other amenities.

Revolutionizing Access with JustIN Mobile App

The intuitive Salto JustIN Mobile app communicates securely via the Cloud and enables guests to receive a room key online, anytime and anywhere. When guests arrive at your hotel, they can choose to go straight to their room and receive their key on their phone, or they can ask for assistance at reception. It is their choice.

Technologically cutting-edge, Salto JustIN Mobile technology means the end of lost key hassles, expense and waste. Plus, the technology isn’t limited to hotel rooms – it can also be used on main entrance doors, elevators, car park barriers, meeting rooms, etc.

• One device convenience: Leverage the fact that mobile phones become a more and more integral part of our lives.
• Guest experience: Provide your guests with a hotel experience they value and want to repeat by facilitating their check-in without sacrificing their security and comfort.
• Lost credential: Since smartphones have such a great place in daily activities, they are well-taken care off and undoubtedly much more than a crucial temporary card.
• Safe and straightforward: Increase security and prevent fraud by improving control of staff access and management of their access rights. Lost key instant cancellation for staff and guest’s safety and peace of mind. Automatic guest key cancellation after check out for increased security.
• Reduce waste: As more users migrate to smartphone-based credentials, less financial resources will be needed to purchase key cards.
• Staff & security operations: Dynamic staff key management. Automatic key renewal and cancellation. Cancel guest and staff keys, updating the lock’s blacklist through the user’s mobile.
• Mobile Access Credentials: Valuable partnerships with reputable providers of Mobile App services for the hospitality industry. Salto and our partners are driven by the opportunity for our hotel clients to provide a superior guest experience to their clients, whether by offering mobile functionalities or superior management standards.

A hotel datacenter or server room holds important hotel and guest data that, if breached, can result in expensive information compromise or significant down time. You secure your guest rooms and property with electronic access control – it’s time to protect your datacenter using the same technology.

Many hotels deploy access control to secure the grounds, buildings and areas within the property. The server rack remains the final point of data vulnerability in the datacenter, so it makes sense to implement the same level of physical security and access control monitoring already established at every other level of entry in the property. Salto has a solution that protects your datacenter and servers with the same level of security that safeguards your hotel and guests.

The Salto electronic cylinder lock provides a wire-free, stand-alone electronic access control solution to secure access to server racks in increasingly important and sensitive locations. Compact and easy to install, Salto electronic cylinders are designed for the protection of cabinet doors such as IT racks or lockers and fit almost any type of swing handle server rack on the market. Salto’s electronic cylinder lock provides real-time access control to individual cabinet doors in a single-card system, eliminating mechanical master key problems as there is no need to replace cylinders if a key is lost or stolen.

Protect your cabinets and IT racks with your same hotel’s core technology using Salto’s electronic cylinder

There are multiple regulatory and compliance requirements in many countries that mandate additional layers of responsibility for datacenter managers. In many areas, hotels must limit physical access to information systems, equipment and their respective operating environments only to authorized individuals. SALTO’s electronic cylinder provides this protection and more via these main features and benefits.

Main features and benefits of Salto's electronic cylinder

• Simple installation. Designed to install easily on most swing-handle style server racks..
• Simple to integrate because it works with your new or existing access control system and can be installed on virtually all server cabinets available on the market. No wiring or drilling work required.
• Protection against burglary, theft and sabotage. Server cabinet and audit-trail monitoring for regulatory compliance.
• Access monitoring. Full time and profile management (who has access, where and when). Executing policies and security procedures specific to the datacenter.
• Advanced core technologies: Salto SVN, BLUEnet Wireless network and JustIN Mobile* capable (*NFC compatible smartphones only).
• Real-time access control system and user card updating capable (to control exactly who can access the servers, and when).
• Communication between the carrier, the physical network and the electronic cylinder is encrypted and secured.
• Battery-operated. Low battery status information is obtained from users’ keycards (SVN) or wirelessly (BLUEnet). Batteries can be replaced without cylinder removal.

To learn more about Salto electronic cylinder lock solutions

What is Salto SVN-Flex and how does it works?

Salto’s networked electronic locking SVN-Flex technology brings guest and staff credential updating to the ultimate point in access control: the door! This impressive new feature results in a variety of added benefits for the hospitality sector in particular by enhancing the guest experience, hotel management, security, IT and maintenance.

Based on Salto’s BLUEnet wireless technology and in combination with the Salto Hospitality aesthetic electronic locking product range, SVN-Flex extends and increases the number of updating points directly to any door in the hotel. SVN-Flex functionality can be enabled on any product in the Salto XS4 electronic lock range including guest room doors with the new Salto Ælement Fusion, guest services doors and back-of-house access points.

SVN-Flex is managed via Salto’s ProAccess SPACE front desk management web-based software. It dramatically reduces the cost of installing additional updating points in an access control system yet provides the capability of adding updating points where required. The options for affordable updating points are endless: guest rooms, perimetral doors, emergency exits, hall doors, gates equipped with mechanical cylinders and much more.

Benefits of SVN-Flex

SVN-Flex has specific benefits for the hospitality sector that result in an improved guest experience, enhanced hotel management, increased security and better operations.

SVN-Flex improve guest experience

SVN-Flex provides a better keyless and mobile experience for guests.

• No need for users to go to specific doors to update/revalidate an expired key, for a re-rooming or for an extended stay.
• 24/7 real-time access, monitoring and security.
• Ensures security and accessibility to all property facilities, resulting in no more key delivery costs or time-consuming procedures when keys are lost.

Salto SVN makes it easier for hotel management

SVN-Flex provides a safe and convenient environment for guests, visitors and staff and provides the most up-to-date user access information for virtually all doors.

• Provides advanced access control capabilities that are designed to give end users ultimate freedom of choice regarding system layout, type and number of access points as well as level of security.
• Uses a trusted access control management platform and high-quality hospitality electronic locking solution.
• Allows for guest re-rooming, extended stay and updated access permissions/levels with the click of a button.
• Seamlessly integrates with check-in, PMS, room management and building automation systems.
• Optimizes the use of guest services areas and back-of-house.
• Eliminates hassle of lost keys with the ability to instantly issue guest or staff key cancellation.

SVN provides more security

SVN-Flex enhances security and improves overall access flow in the hotel property.

• Enhances hotel security for any type of door and eliminates guest and staff key management issues. Make user authorization changes in real-time, from any hotel access point.
• Increases security by having a higher number of doors distribute information about guest and staff access privilege changes, lost key cancellations, updated blacklist information, offline networked hotel property audit records and more.
• Communication between devices flows in real-time on wireless online access points and much faster on offline points. This drastically reduces the time gap in collecting critical information.
• In case of a power failure, the system continues to function due to Salto Virtual Network (SVN) backbone technology. SVN ensures guest access cards and locks remain operational without compromising access.
• Thanks to Salto Wireless BLUEnet technology, guest room door status monitoring, lockdowns, emergency openings, remote openings, intrusion alarms – and more – can be performed at the click of a mouse or can be programmed automatically through a ProAccess SPACE trigger alarm.

Salto SVN and IT

SVN Flex combines the reliability, security and scalability of an on-premises access control solution with the flexibility and availability of stand-alone, networked electronic lock technology.

• Uses stand-alone, battery-operated hotel electronic locks (no door hardwire installation).
• Easy to cross-link stand-alone, wireless locks and online access points and integrate into existing hotel IT networks without consuming IT resources.
• Reliable on-premises access control infrastructure that is designed to adapt and grow as needs grow (up to hundreds of doors with thousands of users).
• Works with every popular smart keycard covering the mainstream RFID technologies.
• Web-based ProAccess SPACE software facilitates set-up, routine use and monitoring, as well as any updating and changing of access rights.
• Unmatched levels of data protection with advanced security and the highest standard encryption communications.
• Works with standard system network requirements.

SVN has easy maintenance

SVN-Flex allows you to manage and secure access control for all hotel properties right from the hotel front-desk.

• Check battery status and door status in just a few easy steps.
• Low set-up cost and maintenance, saving money and time.
• Choose from a broad range of design hardware that enhances any décor from guest room to back of house.
• Efficiently uses the natural movements of guests and staff within and across the individual areas of the hotel to update the door network.
• Remotely administer and manage maintenance operations (like low battery warnings and door status messages), which reduces help desk calls

Adding SVN Flex to a hospitality access control solution results in an exponential increase in security, control, effectiveness and convenience for guests and management. The communication between devices flows in real-time on wireless online access points and much faster on offline points resulting in the most up-to-date system available in the hospitality market for access control.

Salto BLUEnet Wireless has been developed to meet the highest demands related to security and ease of use. This access control system is networked through Bluetooth RF and especially designed for doors where real-time control is required. Salto BLUEnet can be installed as an independent system or can complement Salto Virtual Network (SVN) in areas of a Hotel where real-time control is required.

Control and management of all access points can be done remotely and in real-time from one or more administrator front-desk workstations. The Salto BLUEnet Wireless engine allows the operator to monitor live access control events and provides the ability to unlock doors, change opening mode, activate a lockdown, monitor live door status or change physical access rules in the access plan, all wirelessly and in real-time.

Real-time door and guest management

• Control and management of all access points remotely and in real-time from one or more administrator workstations.
• With a single click of the mouse, the network can be configured and changes made in real-time:

- Change the staff and guest's access plan in real-time
- Ability to open doors remotely
- Emergency remote opening / locking
- Change the opening function mode in real-time
- Room status monitoring

• When a guest is not satisfied with their room, there can be a direct room change made in real-time. Salto BLUEnet Wireless real-time includes functionalities such as real-time re-rooming and real-time extended stay.
• Salto´s BLUEnet wireless real-time solution has the ability to cancel the key instantly after notice of loss, increasing staff and guest security and peace of mind. Each key is cancelled directly after every check out.
• Get live updates of room status by sending the information from the door lock to the front desk. The hotel front desk staff has the function of real-time door monitoring, which shows which room door is opened at which time.
• Salto wireless solutions transfer the battery status from the lock to the user card and from the lock to the system administrator as a maintenance notification.

Wireless network architecture

One gateway can communicate with 7 nodes. Each node can operate up to 16 doors, with a maximum distance of 15ft (16m) between the lock and the node. All by using one single IP address.

Features

• Advanced security with standard encryption communications.
• Escutcheons and cylinders receive blacklist information and remove cancelled keys from the system in real-time.
• Receive audit trail information in real-time and view door access without having to visit the door.
• Real-time door control: This includes door alarm, intrusion alarm, single lockdown and remote door opening.
• Real-time battery control enables maintenance to view electronic lock power status in real-time.
• If radio frequency is interrupted or breaks down, the access system will continue to work, as the virtual network of the battery-operated locks remains operative through Salto SVN.

At Salto Hospitality, the goal is to always give customers the products they need to meet the challenges they face. That’s why Salto has developed BLUEnet Wireless, helping hotel properties improve guest accessibility, comfort, manageability and staff security through innovative technology that has led to exceptional customer satisfaction, both for the hotelier and the guest.

The hospitality vertical has unique access control needs – guest rooms, elevators, turnstiles – that are best served by products that are specifically designed with these requirements in mind. SALTO’s peripheral products are engineered to provide the ideal solution for those access points where online connectivity is needed, or where interaction with other systems or electric-powered devices such as elevators is required.

We’re excited about our two newest products that will help enrich your comprehensive access control solution and will supply the connectivity your hotel needs: the Mullion Reader and the Panel Reader.

MULLION READER:

The slim SALTO Mullion Reader for flush mounting has been specially designed to fit elevators, sliding doors, or electronic gate doors that have a narrow profile frame and where there is insufficient space to install a standard wall reader. Part of the SALTO electronic locking platform, the SALTO Mullion Reader is compatible with SALTO ProAccess SPACE and SALTO KS Controllers. Technical characteristics include: black or white color; compact, slim module design; specially designed for narrow or aluminum profile doors, making the installation quick and easy with minimal impact; modern aesthetic design; acoustic and optical signaling, and dual color green/red to indicate access authorization. They are housed in a two-piece, weatherproof secure electronics potted enclosure.

PANEL READER:

The SALTO Panel Reader door entry system also works in conjunction with SALTO ProAccess SPACE or SALTO KS Controllers. They are designed to be integrated behind elevator panels, door intercoms, electric switches, turnstiles, or gates. Users can present a valid SALTO credential – including both RFID card and JustIN Mobile app – to gain entry. These models do need a window in the door, which is necessary for reader antenna operation. Technical specifications include: compact module reader; specially designed to be integrated behind elevator panels, door intercoms, electric switches, turnstiles or gates; acoustic and optical signaling, dual color green/red to indicate access authorization. This reader is housed in a one-piece, weatherproof secure electronics potted enclosure.

We’re working hard to enrich your hospitality access control solutions! To learn more about either of these new products – or for a product demo – contact us:

SALTO is always excited to share our newest hospitality electronic access control solutions every summer at HITEC. Many new and existing customers visited our booth, and we had a great response to our new narrow style mullion reader and our hidden panel reader.

Meetings with our technology partners who attended HITEC were very constructive, as well.

SALTO is positioned as a quality provider of access solutions for the hospitality market because we provide solutions for any access point in the building – including guest rooms, guest services and back of house. We go as far as making RFID Digital Key padlocks.

The SALTO HITEC booth featured our full line of electronic access control products designed specifically for the hospitality industry. Hundreds of visitors stopped by and were especially interested in the sleek new Ælement Fusion which offers hotels and lodging an electronic lock so minimal we call it “invisible.” The Ælement Fusion has a small circular ring (the lock hardware is hidden inside the door) that illuminates when credentials are presented. Compatible with RFID, NFC and BLE Bluetooth technologies, the Ælement Fusion integrates seamlessly with mobile applications including SALTO’s JustIN Mobile.

JustIN Mobile opens up a whole new world of options for both hotel management and guests. Available from the Apple iOS or Android app stores, JustIN Mobile replaces the need for a physical access hotel room card by securely sending a room key Over the Air (OTA) from SALTO’s ProAccess SPACE management software to a registered smartphone. JustIN Mobile can improve the guest experience by eliminating the need to physically check in or check out at the front desk while also streamlining overall hotel operations. If your hotel prefers to use its own mobile access application, SALTO electronic locks can integrate with your system.

We’d like to thank the visitors and partners that came by the SALTO Hospitality booth as well as all the Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP^®) organizers for making HITEC 2018 another successful show.

If you missed us at HITEC, make sure to join us at one of our upcoming hospitality events including The Hotel Show Dubai in September, the Independent Hotel Show in London in October or Boutique Design New York in November. For details on these events – or to learn more about other SALTO hospitality trade show participation – visit our events page.