RFID cards are com­mon­ly used with elec­tron­ic door locks to pro­vide key­less access con­trol for hotels. Do you know how to use RFID cards for elec­tron­ic door locks to con­trol hotel access? In fact there are many types of elec­tron­ic locks, we use con­tact IC cards, low fre­quen­cy IC cards, high fre­quen­cy IC cards as key to access the hotel room, but now RFID cards are more wide­ly used.

The fol­low­ing are some key points about using RFID cards for hotel door access:

Choose RFID frequency

High fre­quen­cy 13.56MHz pro­vides faster data trans­fer for elec­tron­ic locks, mobile access and longer read range. Most hotels use 13.56 MHz Mifare chip which is suit­able for mid-scale to pre­mi­um prop­er­ties. (Low fre­quen­cy 125 KHz pro­vides basic func­tion­al­i­ty with short­er read range.)

Select RFID cards to match electronic lock security level

Mid-range locks (online, 13.56 MHz) use encrypt­ed MIFARE Clas­sic or Plus cards. Advanced smart locks (real-time, 13.56 MHz) use encrypt­ed MIFARE DES­Fire or Plus cards which also enable mobile key shar­ing and access apps. [Basic locks (stand­alone, 125 KHz) use stan­dard cards.]

Provide RFID cards with hotel branding for guests

Include hotel name, logo, address and emer­gency con­tact details on the RFID cards. This helps iden­ti­fy the cards as belong­ing to your prop­er­ty in case lost. Spec­i­fy that cards remain prop­er­ty of the hotel.

Assign a unique ID to each RFID card

The ID is detect­ed by the elec­tron­ic lock to ver­i­fy the guest’s access priv­i­leges in the sys­tem and allow/deny access accord­ing­ly. Lost card IDs must be imme­di­ate­ly deac­ti­vat­ed to pre­vent unau­tho­rized use.

Issue RFID cards at check-in for each new guestroom reservation

Staff should prop­er­ly ver­i­fy guest IDs before encod­ing RFID cards and enabling room access. Pro­vide instruc­tions for how guests can a) use the RFID cards with their room locks and b) dis­able lost card access through the hotel.

Consider optional RFID staff access cards

Con­sid­er option­al RFID staff access cards — For access­ing guest rooms, staff can have spe­cial high­er secu­ri­ty RFID access cards that also require a PIN or bio­met­ric (e.g. fin­ger­print) to unlock doors. Strict staff mon­i­tor­ing poli­cies should always be enforced.

Ensure mechanical key override options are available for emergencies

While rare, tech­nol­o­gy can expe­ri­ence down­time. Mechan­i­cal keys allow man­u­al unlock­ing of doors even when elec­tron­ic locks or sys­tems are non-oper­a­tional. Key access should be strict­ly con­trolled and mon­i­tored.

Train staff on all areas of managing the electronic door lock system

Includes ver­i­fy­ing guest IDs, prop­er­ly encod­ing RFID cards, con­trol­ling staff access lev­els, resolv­ing com­mon errors, ensur­ing key back­up, updat­ing software/hardware and reg­u­lar­ly monitoring/auditing the sys­tem. Effec­tive train­ing is key to suc­cess.

Electronic Locks Brand (only some parts are listed)

ONITY	VINGCARD	MIWA	ORBITA	ASE
PROUSB	SALTO	YGS	TENGO	Kale
Lev­el	TLJ	TESA	KAVA	SAFLOCK
BETECH	ADEL	BONWIN	ACCU	BELINE
DELUNS	DIGILOCK	GOODUM	HUNE	SURETECH

Which can be used for the key to electronic locks?

RFID Key­cards: Var­i­ous types and cus­tom design sup­port;

RFID Wrist­bands: In any col­or choice, also some mod­els to choose;

RFID Key­fobs: In any col­or choice, also some mod­els to choose.

The commonly used chips for RFID keycards, RFID wristbands and RFID keyfobs?

NXP MIFARE Clas­sic EV1 1K

FUDAN FM11RF08S (ful­ly com­pat­i­ble to Mifare Clas­sic 1K)

NXP MIFARE Ultra­light EV1

NXP DES­Fire EV1

NXP Mifare Plus

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