Post HITEC: VingCard Elsafe Intros Combined Solution for Locks and Energy Management
When VingCard Elsafe announced it was introducing a new product at HITEC 2010 in Orlando, it captured the attention of the industry, with audiences around the world demanding more information. With the unveiling of its new intelligent energy management solution at HITEC, Orion by VingCard Elsafe, the product spoke for itself. Designed to reduce energy costs while ensuring guest comfort, VingCard Elsafe's new intelligent thermostat has the ability to integrate into a hotel's wireless online locking system, thereby offering guest the maximum in comfort, safety, efficiency.
The new intelligent energy management solution, which allows hotel properties to manage guestroom temperatures remotely from one central location and to automatically control temperature settings as guests travel in and out of guestrooms, is VingCard Elsafe's solution to the increasing need for environmental initiatives at hotels. By giving hoteliers the tools to reduce energy consumption and improve properties' green initiatives, VingCard Elsafe is putting power back in the hands of hoteliers.
In conjunction with the introduction of Orion by VingCard Elsafe at HITEC, VingCard Elsafe showcased its complete line of electronic locking solutions and safes. VISIONLINE by VingCard, the wireless online system that offers reliable two-way communication from standalone electronic door locks to their host security and PMS systems, operates in conjunction with Orion by VingCard Elsafe, offering maximum functionality through a complete and smooth integration of locks, safes and thermostat on the same wireless online platform. By operating with VISIONLINE, door locks communicate directly with the room's thermostat, informing the thermostat that the keycard opening the guestroom door is either a guest card or a hotel staff card, signaling the thermostat to adjust the temperature accordingly. While operating with VISIONLINE maximizes the potential of the new product, Orion by VingCard Elsafe can also operate independently from a property's locking solution, detecting a guest's presence through as occupancy motion sensor, which uses the RF-online capabilities to communicate with the room's thermostat.
VingCard Elsafe also showcased its Signature RFID by VingCard electronic locks, its widely successful line of contactless electronic door locks that offer highly reliable security features and provide unprecedented convenience and ease-of-operation for hoteliers and hotel guests alike. The Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) locks employ the latest locking technology to offer a unique contactless design for user-friendly, intuitive guest interaction paired with unsurpassed security, including anti-cloning technology that provides extra protection against keycard cloning. Additionally, the system can adapt to its users' needs, employing options from contactless keycards to wristbands to key fobs, and even cutting-edge Near Field Communication (NFC) cell phones to bring a unique experience to each individual that uses the locks.
SENTINEL II by Elsafe was also featured this year at HITEC, with the RFID-enabled model earning a coveted spot as a contributor to the source for the most advanced hospitality technology, GUESTROOM 20X. The SENTINEL II safe features Elsafe's exclusive anti-cloning technology and works in tandem with VingCard's Signature RFID/NFC contact-less electronic lock, meaning the in-room safe can only be opened with the designated RFID guest device (such as a keycard, wristband or key fob) or an NFC-equipped cell phone. Packaged in a modern design for the quality searching, design conscious hoteliers that desire reliable technology with an aesthetically pleasing unit, the safes feature an industry leading audit trail, a hook-style interlocking mechanism, an anti-tamper labyrinth mechanism, a solid piece, cold-pressed curved steel door and extended solid steel hinges permanently arc-welded to the door
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