What is this?

[misterj]

Saw this lock on the front of a store door. Just wondering what it is: manufacturer, how it works, etc. I know it's a lock in use, but I have absolutely no interest in defeating it. It's odd to see something different from a conventional cylinder lock around here.

Any ideas?

[femurat]

cyberlock

[shadow11612]

That is a "Cyberlock" (http://www.videx.com/)

It uses an electronic and software defined key, to audit and track usage.

I have seen them at shows and conventions, but never in the wild.

[shadow11612]

And I forgot to add. There is a new Medeco out there called the Nexgen XT, that looked a lot like the Cyberlock. But pretty sure your pic is not the Nexgen, as Medeco would be written all over it.

[Schuyler]

It's Cyberlock. The one time I've seen one in the wild was at a decorative lighthouse on a private island in North Carolina.

[squelchtone]

It's Cyberlock. The one time I've seen one in the wild was at a decorative lighthouse on a private island in North Carolina.

Got to any Sleepy's bedding store, they use them around New England =)

[misterj]

It's Cyberlock. The one time I've seen one in the wild was at a decorative lighthouse on a private island in North Carolina.

Got to any Sleepy's bedding store, they use them around New England =)

Ha! That's exactly where it was...a Sleepy's store in the strip mall near my store. Noticed it a long time ago, but didn't want to go take a picture during the day when I'd look ridiculously suspicious!

[edsmiley]

Poking around at night taking pictures of the locks might look suspicious too.

Interesting lock, never seen one of those before.

Ed

[Rickthepick]

I met with the uk supplier a while ago to have a demo of the key control software associated with these.
They are indeed very clever 'retrofit' locks that seem to be in a niche for the minute but i know a lot of other companies have equally good products in the making! Apparently Assa abloy were interested in this at one point but decided to abandon and follow through with their own interpretation of the concept.

[peterwn]

New Zealand Post use them for mail boxes. They are cleared by 'owner driver' couriers and there were frequent thefts because of lost keys (they were in city wide keyed alike groups), and re-keying the Abloys previously used cost a bomb. They also wanted an audit trail to make sure drivers cleared all boxes on run, did not goof off, and did not start too early.

If you want to experience Cyberlock 'hands on' stay at the Islesburgh backpackers, Lerwick, Shetland Islands, UK. Presentation and facilities are excellent - highly recommended. You have to 'refresh' the key each day in a unit outside the office. A drawback seems to be that the key does not always make good contact and has to be wire brushed now and again.

Why they used Cyberlock rather than Ving cards goodness knows.

[cledry]

I've installed thousands of those Videx locks. They are an excellent way to get an audit trail without wiring and able to retrofit almost any situation. I have put them in padlocks, desk and cabinet locks and of course all manner of conventional locks. The biggest customer was local utility companies after 9/11. The government gave them huge budgets to fight terrorism, so much money they had trouble thinking of ways to spend it all. Fortunately for my business the Videx salesman sold them on replacing all of their locks with Videx.