Aperio helps an Italian innovator manage their changing environment

Challenges

H-Farm S.p.A. is one of Italy’s most innovative companies, with a strong track record supporting entrepreneurship and creativity in the start-up sector. They focus on digital transformation, skills development, and new business models in education, training and beyond.

Requirements

∙ A solution to streamline access management for a large number of users at a growing portfolio of sites

∙ Devices to extend an Axis system without adding complexity

∙ A wireless system, to avoid running cables to all access points

∙ The ability to manage a rapid turnover of site users, because H-Farm also organises or hosts almost 300 events per year

∙ Devices to blend with the contemporary architecture of the €101m H-Campus development

∙ A system easy to retrofit, so day-to-day work at busy offices would not be disrupted by an intrusive installation process

Solution

H-Farm selected a combination of Aperio handles, security locks and escutcheons to upgrade its Axis access control system. Aperio battery-powered door devices are all wireless, so no cabling runs to H-Farm’s doors. Because Aperio offers wide range of devices, H-Farm can choose the right wireless door lock for every application: the L100 lock protects doors with high security demands; robust H100 handles suit interior doors with high traffic.

Aperio is easy to install and enables H-Farm to quickly bring new buildings into the same access system as they expand to new locations. The open architecture underpinning Aperio devices’ design enabled easy online integration with their existing Axis system via PRYSM AppControl. Remote operation from a single, central software interface is seamless, which makes administering the system easy. “The PRYSM AppControl software utilizes the integration Axis completed with Aperio,” says Piergianni Marana, Key Account Manager at Axis. “And the AXIS A1001 door controller is based on open hardware which makes installing and configuring Aperio wireless lock easy and seamless.”

One system makes it simple to issue and revoke access rights for any Aperio door or user — essential for this dispersed business where staff and visitors are in constant flux.