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What Hotel Electronic Lock System Components and Usefulness of Each Component?

What Hotel Electronic Lock System Components and Usefulness of Each Component?

The hotel electronic lock system is the basic security lock system that smart hotel management must have.


Last Updated on March 17, 2024 by Vincent Zhu


A complete hotel electronic lock system consists of multiple hardware parts, such as hotel RFID locks, card encoders/issuers, guest room cards, hotel lock management software, and Energy energy-saving switch.

In addition to opening the hotel room door, guests need to insert the card to take the power switch after entering the door to start the power of all electrical appliances.

Suppose you are a newly established restaurant or hotel. In that case, this article will help you understand the necessary product components of the hotel electronic lock system and their respective functions to know which products your hotel needs.

Hotel locks

Hotel locks are part of a series of electronic locks and are essential parts of the hotel electronic lock system. They have different requirements from home electric door locks.

Household electric door locks require multiple methods to coexist for easy opening; hotel electric door locks require a single or a minor way to open the door, conducive to realizing management.

ShineACS Hotel Locks

Currently, most hotel locks on the market are TEMIC hotel locks and MIFARE hotel locks. To choose the right hotel lock, please refer to this article:   3 Best Types of Electronic Door Locks for Hotel Rooms and Apartments, How to Choose?

Hotel Electronic Lock System Management Software

The hotel electronic lock system management software‘s primary function is to realize the hotel’s front desk operation and management, including a series of functional activities such as booking, check-in, room renewal, room exchange, key card loss check-out, etc.

It can also perform various information queries, report generation, and Print.

The hotel’s electronic lock system management system consists of a computer, a smart card reader, and management software.

Responsible for issuing various functions IC card, hotel room management, check-in guest information management, and above information query statistics.

Hotel lock system management software is an important part of the hotel lock system; it can help you manage the hotel locks of each room and occupancy.

Suppose your hotel lock is not equipped with the corresponding management software. In that case, you should consider upgrading the old hotel lock system to a mifare RFID or a mobile APP hotel lock system.

Hotel key card encoder/issuer

A hotel key card encoder is mainly used to issue guest door open cards in the electronic lock system. It is ideological, intelligent control to ensure the smart card reads and writes prescribed procedures to complete operations.

It releases and cancels all cards and has an automatic identification function, playing a dual role in confidentiality and system software.

Smart room key card

The induction card is a door-opening card used when issued to guests.

The induction is accurate, the frequency is stable, the capacity is large, the security is high, and the protection is reliable—the inductive reading method, no contact friction, durable.

Standard hotel key cards are the Temic Customer Card and Mifare Room Card.

Temic customer card is mainly used to open guest room doors.

In contrast, the Mifare guest room card can be used for elevator floor control, integritbbyaurant, gym, and parking lot based on opening the guest room door.

Door opening record (data) extractor

The door opening data extractor is equipped to extract hotel door opening data. It can pull 225 pieces of data each time. One-click operation is convenient and straightforward.

No professional training is needed. The door-opening data extractor uses multiple leak-proof designs to prevent data loss or leakage. Microwave induction technology can extract all kinds of data in the lock memory without touching it.

Hotel Elevator control panel and card reader module

The hotel elevator control panel is specially developed to match the electronic lock system. It is used for hotel elevator floor broil. You can use the Mifare card the hotel door lock management software issued.

ShineACS Hotel Elevator Control System

Not only does the hotel elevator require a room card to run, but guests who have a room card can only choose the room floor.

This is another upgrader upgrade of the elevator card swipe method, which can better protect the hotel’s guests’ safety.

To a lesser extent, the entry of persons unrelated to the guest room floor is reduced, the noise is reduced, and a quiet environment is brought to the guest room area.

Hotel elevators need to swipe cards, giving guests a sense of security. More and more hotels are also adopting this meaThe energy-savingSaving Switch for Hotel Rooms.

Energy-saving switch forms are an energy-saving product specially designed for modern hotels. It can save power and energy. Make room electricity more secure.

When a hotel guest enters the room, insert the door card into the select card power switch to use the lighting, TV, air conditioning, and other equipment.

When the guest leaves the Hotel room, he needs to take out the door card from the guest room.

The guest must pull out the card when leaving the room because the door card is needed to open the door when the guest returns to the room).

The room’s total power supply can automatically power off within 15 seconds, saving power and energy. Make room electricity more secure.

ShineACS Energy saving switch

According to the different types of cards used in the hotel electronic lock system, the power switch is divided into the magnetic card power switch, IC card power switch, T5557 card power switch, M1 card power switch, identification room number, and time power switch, network access Electrical control.

Energy-saving switch for the hotel is suitable for all kinds of star-rated hotels, motels, budget hotels, apartments, office buildings, etc.

To achieve efficient power saving for hotels, use it to control all fixed guest room lighting and switch sockets. Other cards or paper can’t get electricity, saving the guest room energy.

Hotel room doorbell

The purpose of hotel doorbells is the same as ordinary doorbells. They both remind residents that someone is visiting. The difference is that hotel doorbells are mainly used by room service staff. There are three standard hotel doorbells:

1. Hotel doorbell without battery

The battery fires; a doorbell does not require a battery, and a finger press can generate electricity. The receiver uses a standard plug type.

Such a doorbell can be widely used in the hotel industry because it does not use batteries. This means it will never need to replace the battery and its long life, requiring almost no maintenance once installed.

2. Wired hotel doorbell

The wired doorbell is also widely used in the hotel industry because it has a relatively long life, requires no maintenance after installation, and is inexpensive.

A significant feature of the wired doorbell is that it needs to cut walls and wiring during installation, which is more troublesome in hotel decoration or renovation.

3. Wireless hotel doorbell

The wireless hotel doorbell is also a widely used type of doorbell. It does not require wiring and is easy to install. Besides, the existing wireless doorbell functions are suitable for the hotel industry.

It needs to replace the battery regularly and regular maintenance by specialized personnel.

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Vincent Zhu

Vincent Zhu Vincent Zhu has 10 years of smart lock system experience and specializes in offering hotel door lock systems and home door lock system solutions from design, configuration, installation, and troubleshooting. Whether you want to install an RFID keyless door lock for your hotel, a keyless keypad door lock for your home door, or have any other questions and troubleshooting requests about smart door locks, don't hesitate to contact me at any time.

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