ContactlessNews | Ingersoll Rand launches free app for security tech

Monday, August 22, 2011

Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies, manufacturer of Schlage contactless smart credentials and readers, has announced a new smart phone app designed to aid in the installation, maintenance and operation of the company’s security technology.

According to IRST, the free app provides access to Schlage “How-To” videos from YouTube, Install and User Guides, as well as data sheets for the Schlage AD-Series and CO-Series locking systems. Customers can even call the Customer Care Center directly from the app.

Users can download information on changing the lock handing, upgrading a standalone, offline AD-Series locking system into a wireless networked lock, or how to migrate a credential reader from proximity to a smart card

“Instead of trying to find the right person to call or becoming frustrated with searching, users of these apps can get the information they need on the Schlage AD-Series and CO-Series locking systems directly from their smart phones,” explains Raj Venkat, vice president, marketing for IRST.

iPhone, iPad and Android smart phone users can get the app by searching “Schlage” in the App Store or Android Market.

Identive forms converged access ID product group

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Villanova conducts access control test with smart phones

Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies and the CBORD Group are in the midst of an access control trial at Villanova University in Pennsylvania involving NFC and smart phones.

Villanova pilot NFC video available on YouTube

If you want to see the NFC pilot project in action at Villanova University, the two partners in the project–Ingersoll Rand and CBORD–have posted a YouTube video giving a brief overview of the test.

Ottawa gives away 200,000 free PRESTO cards to transit riders

The City of Ottawa is doing everything it can to get OC Transpo riders on board with the new smart card technology, which is set to launch later this summer, according to OttawaStart.

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