Revolutionary Integration Unlocks Unprecedented Control for Wireless Digital Locks and Smart Key Access

Imagine a world where managing security for an entire organization, from the main entrance to the most remote utility box, no longer requires juggling multiple, disparate systems. For too long, security managers have faced the challenge of comprehensive coverage, often forced to run separate digital and intelligent key-operated locking systems in parallel. This complex ballet of credentials and software has been a persistent headache – until now. A groundbreaking integration between two leading digital access ecosystems is set to transform facility management, offering unparalleled control and oversight.

The SMARTair wireless access system, a cornerstone of ASSA ABLOY’s connected Digital Access Solutions, has announced a game-changing update: it can now manage CLIQ® programmable smart keys directly from its familiar software interface. This means businesses can seamlessly extend their SMARTair digital access solution with CLIQ battery-free cylinders, achieving complete oversight across their entire premises, including outdoor spaces. The era of complex cabling and cumbersome mechanical keys is over, replaced by smart, flexible, and truly unified management.

By deploying CLIQ electronic and electromechanical cylinders within a SMARTair-controlled installation, security teams can dramatically expand their digital access footprint. This allows for secure access implementation almost anywhere, without the need for drilling or invasive structural modifications. The already extensive range of openings covered by SMARTair is now complemented by over 60 CLIQ and eCLIQ cylinder types, ensuring every single access point, no matter how specialized, is secured. Crucially, SMARTair’s intelligent TS1000 software becomes the central hub, managing and monitoring every opening and credential, including smart keys and even mobile keys.

Mikel Gaztañaga, Sales Manager at ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions EMEIA, emphasizes the profound impact of this development. “For healthcare, education, multi-residential properties, and many more types of building, this new integration puts so much more power in your hands,” he states. “Building managers gain transparent oversight over every type of opening, from one familiar software interface. It helps them to meet the growing demands of compliance and to control access much farther into and through their buildings.”

Gaztañaga adds, “With this new integration of SMARTair and CLIQ, you make life more convenient for everyone who manages or uses your premises. Facilities teams work smarter and more efficiently. Users enjoy a streamlined, unified experience right from the front door.”

One Solution, Maximum Reach

Integrating CLIQ devices into a SMARTair solution provides organizations with fully integrated control and total traceability of access. This unified approach enables them to extend access control even to remote locations, utilizing durable CLIQ cylinders and programmable keys, all managed from the intuitive SMARTair TS1000 software interface.

Furthermore, SMARTair’s Wireless online management option empowers security teams with real-time system control via wireless HUBs. For enhanced convenience, every CLIQ key incorporates an RFID chip, allowing it to be programmed to unlock authorized doors secured with SMARTair battery-powered devices. This alignment between CLIQ and SMARTair offers facility managers unprecedented choice: mobile credentials or RFID credentials (smart cards, fobs, or badges) for SMARTair devices, smart keys for CLIQ cylinders, or even smart keys equipped with RFID tags for seamless access across both SMARTair and CLIQ devices.

SMARTair and CLIQ in Action at a Spanish Football Stadium

This powerful new integration is already proving its mettle at Spanish football club UD Almería. Their stadium now benefits from SMARTair digital access, enhanced by the centralized management of CLIQ smart keys and cable-free cylinders. All users and access points are meticulously managed online through their SMARTair TS1000 Web software.

SMARTair Wireless Online management grants stadium staff real-time control and oversight of critical areas like offices, locker rooms, and physio suites. Staff members utilize customized RFID cards that cleverly double as their ID badges. Visitors and external contractors are granted convenient, time-limited access via mobile keys sent directly to their SMARTair Openow app, streamlining visitor management. Meanwhile, CLIQ cylinders secure sensitive technical rooms and interior service zones. Maintenance staff and security personnel, including matchday police, carry programmable CLIQ keys pre-loaded with their individual access permissions, ensuring security and efficiency.

“The complementary benefits of SMARTair and CLIQ ensures Almería’s needs are met without compromising on security or flexibility,” Gaztañaga concludes. “This innovative hybrid installation ensures their diverse access needs were met. Only ASSA ABLOY could provide such a connected, unified solution.”