ZKAccess, a leading provider of biometric and RFID security solutions, is pleased to announce the release of the LB7000, its latest access control model. This state-of-the-art “lockbox” enables Facility Managers to instantly lockdown all doors on a campus, and was designed primarily in response to the horrific rash of active shooter incidents, most notably in schools.
A wall-mounted hardware device with a soft touch keypad, the LB7000 lockbox acts as a simple switch and can instantly lockdown all the doors on a campus. The LB7000 also offers the option of locking down only a grouping of pre-defined doors. If, for example, a campus has only two buildings, the Facilities Manager can opt to create two groups, one for each building. If a threat is reported in only one building, the Facilities Manager can accordingly lockdown all the doors in that one particular building, while keeping the doors in the other building open so occupants there can evacuate unencumbered.
The LB7000 is easy to program and has an auto-discovery feature that detects and lists onscreen all the door controllers on the network. Facility Managers simply select whether they'd like to lock down all the doors during an emergency or create groups of doors they can lockdown. When Facility Managers want to invoke an actual lockdown, all they need do is press the LB7000 “Lockdown” soft key. If door-groupings have been created, they only need to select whichever group of doors they wish to be locked down. Once the emergency no longer exists, they can later press the LB7000 “recover” soft key, which causes the building’s access control system to resume normal operation.
"We are very pleased to bring the LB7000 lockdown solution to market," says Larry Reed, CEO, ZKAccess. "Sadly we live in dangerous times. Schools unfortunately are no longer the safe haven for our children they once were. We're seeing increasingly more horrific atrocities committed by active shooters who now target our schools. The LB7000 allows Facility Managers to quickly lockdown their buildings and, hopefully, contain the shooters and limit the damage shooters can inflict."
