Electrone Expands Range for 720 Door Keypad Terminals for Access Control Systems

New 720 Range Will Include a Wipe-Clean, Wall-Mounted and Weather-Proof Housing

CROWTHORNE, England, January 20 - Electrone Europe (www.electrone.co.uk) today announces the launch
of the expanded range of 720 Series of door keypad terminals, specifically
designed for access control systems (
www.electrone.com/content.php?ref=page_soln6). The 720 IP, PoE, Serial
and USB keypads are now available with a wipe-clean or wall-mounted housing
and soon to be available metal outdoor weather-proof housing.

The Electrone 720 Series of door keypad terminals (
www.electrone.com/content.php?ref=page_soln3 ) offers access control
systems a wide range of options including graphic and numeric 2-line
displays, USB, PS2 and serial connectivity, as well as the greater
flexibility to connect directly onto an Intranet or the Internet, via a
configurable RJ45 connection - with or without PoE capabilities. Certain
models of the keypads can also include a magnetic stripe reader, biometrics
reader or chip card reader, if required. The 720 IP keypads are now available
as a multi-voltage unit, which allows them to connect to any power source
within range.

Stuart Thorn, CEO of the Electrone Europe, comments, "By default, all
Electrone 720 Series of door keypad terminals come with a standard set of
commands which can be used to integrate with existing access control systems
and applications or used to build the keypad into new application
developments. Electrone is now able to offer further customisation with a
range of housings to suit a variety of market requirements or working
environments."

Thorn continues, "From experience in the market we know there are varying
environments in which the Electrone 720 keypad series need to be used. We can
now deliver these keypads as a desktop model with either a standard keypad,
or including a wipe-clean membrane for sectors such as retail, healthcare,
hospitality or catering environments, and, if needed, the keypad can also be
ordered with a wall-mount housing perhaps for use in conjunction with a
remote monitoring or access control systems. Similarly we are developing a
weather-proof housing (www.electrone.com/content.php?ref=page_soln4 )
for the unit, which makes the keypad suitable for use in outdoor locations."

Electrone has also increased the flexibility of the Electrone 720 range
with an introduction of an LCD display which is capable of handling a wider
range of character sets. The first customer for this enhanced display is in
Greece where the Electrone 720 is now being installed utilising the full
Greek character set.

Electrone has a variety of clients who are using the keypads within a
range of environments including; the British Gymnastics Association, which
has replaced their traditional event scoring system with the Electrone 720
PoE keypads, and a security company which uses the terminal to provide
central monitoring for events, alarms and CCTV equipment. The keypad is also
used in China within an auction house environment as a bidding terminal.

Thorn concludes, "The 720 is a unique, low-cost product that can solve a
wide variety of network communication problems and deliver web based
services. The keypad's on-board memory allows settings to be adjusted to suit
an array of functions so the unit can work in an "offline mode" with local
storage capabilities, and now with the improved and expanded range of
weather-proof housing units this keypad is a suitable solution for a wider
array of data entry environments."

Electrone Europe is expanding across Europe and is looking to enlarge its
network of resellers for a continually expanding range of products.

About Electrone

Electrone Europe is a subsidiary of the privately-held group, which
includes US-based, IT hardware vendor Electrone Americas. The company
specialises in custom-built, problem solving IT peripherals, for a broad
range of vertical markets. The business was founded by Stuart Thorn in the UK
in 1984 before relocating to Florida in 1996.

The company has customers in all parts of the USA, UK, Europe, Middle
East, South America and Africa. Electrone's experts design and build more
than 100 products in more than 15 distinct product lines and in-house staff
can also develop specialist software applications where the client requires
them. The majority of Electrone's customers are IT resellers and systems
integrators.

    For further information, please contact:
    Nikki Miller Mike Buchanan
    Head of Marketing
    The itpr Partnership Electrone
    t. +44(0)1932-578-800 t. +44(0)1344-751-797
    f. +44(0)1344-206-860
    www.itpr.co.uk www.electrone.co.uk

For further information, please contact: Nikki Miller Mike Buchanan, Head of Marketing, The itpr Partnership Electrone, t. +44(0)1932-578-800 t. +44(0)1344-751-797, f. +44(0)1344-206-860