Hi-O Doors:
Intelligence At The Door

Assa Abloy, makers of Hi-O technology, are launching Hi-O building access points that are smarter, more intuitive, less dependent on human interaction and cost effective, whether managing access through a single entry or across a corporate campus. Hi-O doors from Assa Abloy bring intelligence to the door.

The Technology
Simple, functional and 100% customizable to meet your buildings’ access needs from a single control point. The Hi-O access system is highly intelligent, interacting with all building entry points and with features installed at each doorway, i.e. an alarm, an IP protocol card reader, keypad, swipe or special access to meet the Americans With Disabilities Act – all controlled at the door.

The ability for Hi-O doors to analyze data and make decisions simplifies access for those granted admission while preventing those without necessary permissions to gain entry – all at the entry point.

Smart doors can be fitted with a variety of specialty devices – special lighting, ramps, HDTV surveillance – whatever the access control need, Assa ABloy’s Hi-O technology simplifies control of who comes, who goes, when and where they went. This data is automatically collected and collated within a relational database to identify patterns and, more importantly, anomalies like forced entry, door ajar, door held open or anticipated component failure.

Predictive System Failures
If a switch is tested for 100,000 uses, you want to know when that switch reaches 90,000 clicks. Why? To address a predictable failure of a system component BEFORE the component fails.

This enables you to swap out the switch under controlled conditions, at your convenience rather than undergoing a component failure requiring an emergency service call. Assa Abloy’s Hi-O access point control system maintains data on number of uses for each system component and predicts component failure before it occurs, saving you time and money on system maintenance.

While more cumbersome access management systems may provide predictive failure data, Hi-O collects data at each entry or egress point within the building, identifying potential component failures across the system, once again, lowering personnel costs and maintaining accessibility without component failure – a big plus when timely access through specific portals is essential.

Hi-O: Access Simplified
That’s what businesses and institutions want – simplicity of access, customization and automated data collection. This lowers personnel costs, enabling fewer security personnel to do more in less time, increasing productivity and lowering access management costs across the life cycle of the High-O system.

Each door automatically syncs up with Hi-O, sending communications back and forth through the connection of simple plug and play wiring.

Each device automatically “becomes” intelligent when integrated into the Hi-O system, understanding its function and its relationship to other Hi-O components without additional, costly system programming. This saves money on both installation and system integration costs.

Assa Abloy’s Hi-O access management is totally interactive so that each connected system device “knows” what is occurring with other entryways and system components such as an alarm or a door held open.

A simple, easy-to use graphical user interface (GUI) adds value to the collected data by creating charts and graphs that show activity, making this data understandable to more stakeholders in the access and security spheres.

Simplified access with Hi-O technology from Assa Abloy delivers:

- complete customizability

- automated data collection

- complete system integration

- ability to adapt to a variety of features at each access point – from an alarm to a
secure controller inside the building

- lower maintenance costs

- predictive component failure alerts to enable you to swap out parts predicted to
fail at your convenience, not AFTER the failure

- simple GUI adds value to collected data

- fewer personnel accomplish more, increasing productivity and lowering access
control costs daily

- simplified installation enables Hi-O access points to do more at the door,
regardless of where that access point is located.

Thinking about upgrading your access control system? There’s only one way to go: Hi-O from Assa Abloy – bringing network intelligence to the door.

Call or click Pro-Tec Designs for more information on Assa Abloy’s Hi-O smart accessibility. Safe, simple, secure and here now at Pro-Tec Designs.