A Selection Guide to Electronic Door Locks for Hotel Rooms and Apartments

In recent years, the most commonly used electronic locks in hotels and apartments are TEMIC card hotel locks, Mifare card hotel locks, and Bluetooth smart locks.

Hotel room locks are also widely used in apartments, Airbnb, and rental houses. However, many people do not know how to choose the appropriate locks for hotel rooms or apartments, and how to effectively manage all locks.

This article will introduce three types of hotel room door locks in detail, and compare their characteristics, advantages, disadvantages, and use of the technology of key card locks. I hope to help our customers to purchase the hotel lock system accurately. Find out what type of hotel lock is used for their new hotel project.

1. TEMIC key card lock for hotel rooms

TEMIC technology and TEMIC card are used for the door lock of hotel guest rooms and TEMIC card is a low-cost, read-write RF IC card.

Only write operations are encrypted on the card. An RF card with a working frequency of 125kHz can be encrypted; The 224-bit read and write EEPROM is divided into seven blocks, each of which is 32 bits and has a unique 64-bit serial number.

• Because the radio wave completes the power supply and reading and writing operation of the card, it is convenient to use without contacting the card reader. It overcomes the shortcomings of the contact IC card, such as fear of water, dust, and damage.
• The system has high stability, long service life, and convenient use.
• The cost of the Temic card and the reading module is relatively low.
• The TEMIC card reader is cheaper than the MIFARE1 card reader, so most hotels use it.

It is widely used in intelligent hotel door lock systems based on RFID. It is applicable to middle-class hotels, apartments, government agencies, guest houses, etc.

2. Hotel room door lock based on Mifare RFID

The MIFARE card lock in the hotel room is currently the most used in the world. Among the inductive smart IC cards, the technology is the most mature, the performance is the most stable, and the storage capacity is the largest.

Operating frequency: 13.56MHz, 1Kbyte EEPROM, 16 blocks per block, 16 bytes per block, two keys per sector (each application), supporting multiple application scenarios of key classification; Each card has a unique 32-bit serial number.

• High security, high confidentiality, 16 BITs are independently encrypted, good anti-counterfeiting.
• The data of each zone operates independently, without affecting each other, and is easy to operate.
• High security: data stream encryption transmission, triple authentication, two-way authentication mechanism.
• Check-in in a hotel, bus payments, small payments, access control, and attendance can all be done using the same key card.
• It is applicable to enterprises, hotels, campuses, intelligent communities, and various multi-system integration occasions that require the implementation of an all-in-one card.
• It is also applicable to financial institutions and other places with high requirements for system security.
• MIFARE card has high security, large capacity, independent encryption of 16 partitions, and independent operation of data in each region. It is generally applicable to star hotels or units that need a card function.

MIFARE cards are widely used for Mifare key locks in hotel rooms. Applicable to medium and high-end hotels or large intelligent hotels that need to truly realize the “one card system” function

3. Bluetooth Smart Door Lock for Apartment and Hotel Rooms

An APP management system must be installed on every Bluetooth smart lock in an apartment or hotel room, as well as a gateway and WIFI to achieve network connectivity.

It is also widely used in hotel apartments, Airbnd, and rental houses.

• The biggest advantage of Bluetooth remote control electronic door lock is that it can remotely manage and operate the Bluetooth lock through the APP.
• After receiving the property reservation information from the customer, the administrator can send the key information, hotel room information, etc. to the customer through the management system via mobile phone.
• The hotel guest receives the electronic key or password sent by the administrator. They can use their mobile phones to unlock the hotel room when they arrive at the room.
• Each time they open the door, they will record the opening time, including the user’s nickname, key, password attribute, opening time, etc. Staff, you can view the first record in real time.
• After checking out, you can delete the authorization password remotely.

4. The Ultimate Suggestion for the Selection of Locks in Hotel Rooms and Apartments

By comparing several common electronic locks for hotels and apartments on the market at present, I hope you can choose the appropriate type of hotel lock according to your own situation when choosing the hotel lock.

In addition, considering the price, technology, service life, safety, and other factors, our suggestions are:

• New hotel project: select the Mifare card lock of the hotel room.
• Old hotel project: If the TEMIC and TM hotel locks of your hotel have been used for a long time, it is recommended to use MIFARE hotel locks if they need to be replaced.
• Apartment hotel: The hotel rooms are not located in the same area. We recommend using the Bluetooth APP hotel lock. Bluetooth APP hotel lock is convenient for remote management and door opening.
• Rental room: Bluetooth APP hotel lock is also recommended for remote unified management.