Access control applications 
EST3 Installation and Service Manual  3.35 
Power for continuous locks 
Description of the application 
By continuous locks, we mean locks that operate, on average, 
more than 30 seconds in every minute. Normally, power for the 
lock is taken from the CRC battery. However, for continuous 
locks there is not enough recharge time for the CRC battery to 
keep up with the drain. Consequently, the CRC must be 
configured so that an external power supply operates the lock. 
The CRC can be powered by the 3-PPS/M, by a CRCXF (CRC 
Transformer), or by a remote 24 Vdc power supply. Any of these 
supplies is suitable for powering continuous locks. (See the 
topics “Power from an AC source” and “Power from a remote 
source” for more information about these options.) 
A typical application using continuous locks is shown in Figure 
3-12, below. 
3-SAC3-PPS/M
CRC
Strike or 
maglock
Card 
reader
24 Vdc
SAC bus
Control panel
Power supply
Other factors
Hardware configuration
SDU programming
ACDB/KDC operation 
X
X
X
24 Vdc remote 
power supply or 
CRCXF 
transformer
 
Figure 3-12: CRC controlling a continuous lock 
The figure shows the power coming from the 3-PPS/M in the 
control panel. This power supply could be used to operate the