Door Access Reader Installation
The door access reader is used for access control. A common application is bathroom door access, but can also be used to control access to an employee only area.
The door access reader triggers an electric door strike to OPEN, it does NOT keep the electric door strike closed.
See the "Buying a 12V Electric door strike" section at the bottom of this article, for links to an electric door strike, from a 3rd party provider, that we know works well with our door access readers.
Parts
- Reader (with Voltage Relay board ASSY-02-02-08)
- Cable harness (02-06-75)
- 12Vdc, 1A power supply
- Electric Door Strike - NOT INCLUDED in the Laundroworks door access reader kit.
Installation
- Install electric door strike in the door frame.
The door strike NEEDS to remain in the locked position when NO power is provided to it (fail secure mode);
if the door strike remains unlocked, when no power is provided (fail safe mode), it needs to be switched into the fail secure mode. - Set the reader number using the DIP switches on the back of the reader board, just like for washer/dryer readers.
For Door Access readers, switch #1 is ignored.
We recommend numbering the first Door Access Reader(s) as #1 (Door #1), if you have multiple door readers, just continue to the next number as shown below (you do NOT want 2 readers reporting as the same Door #):
If you have more than 4 door readers, see our Reader DIP Switch settings article for how to set the dip switches for numbers higher than 4. - Connect cable harness to the electric door strike.
This is usually the black/yellow wires. If you're using the HES 5200 or HES 5000 strikes purchased from the link below, there should be a short 12VDC cable provided with the door strike. This cable should connect directly to the mating connector on the electric door strike, and the Door Reader's wiring harness will connect to this 12VDC adaptor.
If you receive a different connector with your door strike, that doesn't have a mating connector that matches our reader's wiring harness, you can spice the door reader's wiring harness directly into the door strike's 12VDC harness, like in the picture below:In the above picture, the Reader's Green Wire is spliced to the 12VDC's Black Wire;
and the Reader's Yellow Wire is spliced to the 12VDC's Red Wire
Note: the HES door strikes can operate in 24VDC mode and 12VDC, but to work with our card reader, it MUST be operating in 12VDC mode.
To get the reader to operate in this mode, you need to have the 12VDC adaptor harness, plugged directly into the door strike, so make sure you use that provided 12VDC adaptor harness - Connect the reader's harness to the provided 12Vdc power supply
- Connect the AC-side of the 12Vdc power supply to a local 110V-220V AC power source. You'll need have a certified electrician make this connection
- Activate the card reader using the Activation Card for this specific store location (you cannot use activation cards created for other store locations):
Buying a 12V Electric door strike
Our kit comes with a card reader, reader wiring harness, and a 12Vdc power supply to provide power to both the reader and the door strike.
Our kit does NOT include an electric door strike, so you'll need to procure your own. Ensure it is a 12V strike with a maximum current draw of 1A.
Here is one source for electric door strikes:
The HES 5200 is a door strike many of our customers use.
Door Lever Selection
You will want to select a door lever with a key, so that the door can be unlocked from the outside during a power outage.
Keep in mind that if you need someone to be able to lock the door from the inside (for instance, the door provides access to a bathroom with only 1 stall), you can install a separate dead bolt so that the door can be locked from the inside. A door lever with a lock on the handle will not work for this because when the electric door strike is activated, it will provide access if the door lever is the only lock:
Configuring the Door Access Reader with Restriction Settings
By default, a door access reader will allow anyone with a Laundroworks Laundry Card to trigger the door lock to unlock.
However, it is possible to setup restriction settings to control what type of customers are able to trigger the door access reader to unlock the door.
Below is a screenshot of the different Door Access Reader's restriction settings you can modify:
Door Access Cost - this setting allows you to charge for door access, if you wanted to.
This setting is $0 by default, but changing this to any dollar amount will charge any laundry card, that dollar amount, when the card is placed on the reader.
Minimum Balance Required - this setting enforces that a laundry card needs to have a certain minimum balance loaded onto it, if that laundry card is going to work to trigger the door access reader to unlock the door. This setting is set to $0 by default.
Minimum Hours since Last Use - this setting enforces that a laundry card must be used on some equipment in the store, before it will work to trigger a door access reader to unlock the door. When this setting is set to "0", it does NOT enforce any restriction timer.
By default, a card is considered "Last Used" if that card is either:
- purchased from the VAC kiosk in the location
- value is added to an existing laundry card at any VAC
- or the laundry card is used to make a successful purchase on any Laundroworks card reader (Washer, Dryer, POS reader, or vending machine reader)
Last Use Type - this setting is set to "0" by default;
however changing this setting to "1" will change what machine usage counts towards a laundry card being "Last Used".
When this setting is set to "1", then the only machine usage, that counts towards a laundry card being considered "Last Used", is when the card is used to start a Washers in your store ONLY.
All other equipment usage will NOT count as that card being used, and therefore only customers who've started a Washer, within the amount of hours set by the Minimum Hours since Last Use setting, would allow the door access reader to trigger the lock to open.
Resetting Last Use Timers:
One thing to keep in mind, if a card is used on a machine that counts towards the card being "last used", this will start a timer on that laundry card, based on the amount of hours setup under the Minimum Hours since Last Use setting.
Any time a laundry card is used on another machine, that counts as the card being "last used", will reset the timer running on the laundry card.
Any time a laundry card is used on another machine, that counts as the card being "last used", will reset the timer running on the laundry card.
Only Laundry cards, with a running timer, are able to trigger the bathroom door reader to trigger the lock to open;
HOWEVER, when a card has a running timer, if the customer uses a door reader successfully, that door reader will also reset the timer on that laundry card.
This is to avoid situations where a customer uses the bathroom, right before their timer runs out, but forgets something in the bathroom and then can't get back in there because their timer has expired.
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