JK_the_CJer wrote:Nice job on picking this! When picking my DPS, I thought it was pretty hard and definitely a fun pick. The passive sidebar stuff is only there for key control; not pick resistance (which it is useless for). Also, remember that in the DPSs case, the sidebar is also there to act like a trap pin with the drivers if no key is inserted. If you spin that plug around enough, the whole thing will lock up when the sidebar meets the top pins. When picking, it takes some effort to depress the sidebar back out to free the plug. However, if the wrong key profile were used, I believe the attacker would be screwed with a key permanently stuck in the lock
Jon is totally right, and yeah the key would be stuck unless it was filed down enough that a tool could be inserted to pop the trap pin. However, if you know enough to do this I don't see why you wouldn't avoid filing that spot to begin with :/.
To add: the passive trap-pin sidebar is present in the DPS/DPX/DPI (both styles), too. The DPX is the DPS with two profiling sidebars, one on each side of the plug. In the newer wafer/slider DPI it has it's own dedicated chamber above the plug instead of re-using the driver pin in that chamber. Not sure about the DPE, but probably also in that lock, too.
Funny, I put up the DPI page on LockWiki earlier this week and was planning to finish up the DPS/DPX this weekend....get out of my head LP101!
For more info on the DPI (and pictures), visit:
http://lockwiki.com/index.php/EVVA_DPIdg
