Access Control

Access control systems are the first line of defense at the door. They lock and unlock doors and notice when one is forced or propped open. But locking the doors is only half of a lockdown. On their own, they can’t tell people what’s happening, what to do, or when it’s over, so people can end up behind locked doors without knowing why. InformaCast from Singlewire Software fills that gap.

Whoever sees a threat can start a lockdown with InformaCast in one action

The first person to see a threat can start a lockdown right where they are, from an InformaCast Wearable Alert Badge, a panic button, a desk phone, or the InformaCast mobile app. Depending on your system, a lockdown can also start automatically when a detection tool, such as video AI, spots a threat.

With one action, the doors lock and InformaCast sends alerts to phones, computers, overhead speakers, digital signs, strobes, and other devices. The right people get the right instructions at the right time: what’s happening, where to go, and what to do.

InformaCast can send lockdown alerts and the all-clear without switching systems

Depending on your system, start a lockdown from the access control dashboard, and InformaCast sends the alerts automatically. No one loses critical minutes switching between systems or stopping to make a call.

When it’s over, InformaCast lifts the lockdown and sends an all-clear so everyone knows it’s safe.

Using InformaCast for routine door alerts and lockdowns keeps staff ready

Your access control system and InformaCast work together on ordinary days, too. Depending on your system, if a door is propped open too long, InformaCast alerts the team responsible, not just a dashboard nobody is watching. Because people see these alerts every day, the system is familiar long before a lockdown.

Access control secures the doors. Connected to InformaCast, a locked door becomes a coordinated response.