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LockandKeycardMaintenance(continued)
RemovingForeignMaterialFromLocks/ReleasingStuckCircuitBoardSwitch
Ifforeignmaterialshouldbecomestuckinthereadheadofalock,thelock
willproduceoneredflasheveryminute.Thisredflashwillalsoappearifthe
lock’skeycardinsertionswitchisengaged.
Toremoveforeignmaterialfromalock,makearemovaltoolfromablank
keycard.Useapairofscissorsandfollowthepatternthatappearsbelow.It
isimportanttoremoveanyforeignmaterialasquicklyaspossibletoproven
drainingthelock’sbattery.Thelock’sbatteryshouldthenbecheckedby
usingtheLowBatteryStatusDisplaykeycard.
Insertthecutplasticcarddirectlyintothekeycardslotandattemptto
removethematerial.Aftertheforeignmaterialisremoved,theredflash
shouldnolongerappear,andavalidkeycardshouldopenthedoor.
Ifnoforeignmaterialisdetected,checkforanengagedcircuitboardswitch.
Toreleasethecircuitboardswitch,insertthecardintothelockwiththe
notchontheleftside,andattempttopulltheswitchforward.Ifyouare
unsuccessfulincorrectingtheproblem,itmaybenecessarytoremovethe
lockfromthedoortoreplacethecircuitboard.
Ifeitherconditionoccurs,checkthelock’sbatterybyusingtheLowBattery
StatusDisplaykeycard.
CleaningKeycardEncoderandLockReadHeads
Thekeycardencodermagneticallyencodesinformationontothekeycardwheninstructedtodosobythe
computer.Thesekeycardsmustthenbereadbythereadheadwithinthelockinorderforthelocktoproperly
respond.Fortheencoderandreadheadtofunctioncorrectly,bothshouldbecleanedonaregularbasis.
Theencodershouldbecleanedatleastonceeachweek.Useaspecialfeltcleaningkeycard.First,signontothe
computer,followingtheproceduresformakingakeycard.Next,applyasmallamountofencodercleaningfluidto
bothsidesthecleaningkeycardandinsertthekeycardintotheencoderthreetimes.Eachtimeyouinsertthecard,
itwillberejected.
Eachlockreadheadshouldbecleanedtwiceyearly.Toclean,applyasmallamountofcleaningfluidtobothsides
ofthespecialfeltcleaningkeycard.Insertthekeycardfullyintothekeycardslotandremove.Repeatthisprocess
threetofivetimes.