SALTO security solution at Cardiff campus

The XS4 proximity system by Salto integrates ID card access control and cashless payment function, providing a campus wide security solution in Cardiff.

The new multi-application security solution for the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UWIC) is built on the technology of Salto's XS4.

UWIC operates four primary campuses and one residential site within the city of Cardiff, and has in excess of 12,000 students and 1,500 staff.

The university consists of five academic schools, the renowned Cardiff School of Art and Design being one of them.

The Cardiff School of Health Sciences has recently launched a GBP4.3million research centre.

The Cardiff School of Education - one of the leading providers of teacher training in the UK.

The Cardiff School of Management - which offers the largest on campus MBA in the UK.

The fifth member is the Cardiff School of Sport which has an international reputation for student sport and research.

It offers an extensive range of programmes that are career focused and which have been designed in conjunction with business and industry.

Education and training opportunities that are accessible, flexible and of the highest quality are provided.

and the university has been independently acclaimed for its high academic standards and for its high level of student satisfaction.

UWIC has a policy of installing appropriate security throughout its campuses that not only supports the securing of areas, but also the provision of greater access to its facilities in a controlled and managed way.

To achieve this the University required a full upgrade of its networked and offline magstripe access control system to a modern, state-of-the-art product that would provide networked access control and cashless functions via a single card to all staff and students as well as to a number of external users.

Smart, secure and innovative, XS4 provides a totally wire free networked electronic locking solution.

It is designed around state-of-the-art electronics that use distributed intelligence to pass information between microprocessors in the electronic handle set and the key card.

Since installing SALTO, UWIC has found the flexibility and capability of the new access control system has given them the opportunity to look at the stand alone applications of other buildings on campus, chiefly its student residences.

David Clarke, Residences Manager UWIC Cyncoed Campus, says: "The SALTO electronic access system fitted to our front doors by Lock-Tech has proven to be ideal and fit for purpose".

"They advised us without prejudice on the type of lock/reader to use; and gave fully comprehensive training on the maintenance of the locks and readers".

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