RFID cabinet locks are keyless locks for lockers, drawers and cabinets that open with a tap of a card or fob instead of a key. If you are tired of replacing lost locker keys or cutting off padlocks, this is the fix. King Locksmith and Doors Inc. installs, programs and services them across Maryland, licensed, insured and bonded for 25 years.
Locksmiths call this an electronic cabinet lock with a proximity reader, the antenna behind the faceplate that reads a card or fob held within an inch. Each credential carries a serial number; when the reader recognizes it, a motor turns the cam, the metal tongue hooked behind the frame, and the door swings free. Most models run on AA batteries and mount through a single hole in wood, laminate or metal doors.
Credentials come in two families: 125 kHz proximity, the format many office badges use, and 13.56 MHz MIFARE, harder to clone. Locks run in shared mode, free for anyone until they leave, or assigned mode, tied to one person.
You stop buying replacement keys and cutting off padlocks, because a lost card is deleted at the lock and a new one issued in seconds. Nobody waits for a locksmith. No key ring walks out the door with a departing employee.
One badge opens a staff member’s locker, drawer and medication cabinet, because a manager card programs every lock to the same credential list. Batteries last years on typical use, and the reader has no keyway to pick or drill. Ready to switch? We install.
We fit them on employee lockers in hospitals and distribution centers, day-use lockers at gyms and pools, medication cabinets in dental offices, and filing drawers in law firms across Washington DC. Schools put them on charging carts and lab cabinets.
They are the wrong choice for outdoor lockers in the rain, where a mechanical cam lock holds up better, and for one home cabinet, where a keypad costs less. Not sure? We survey your cabinet free.
Send us a photo of one locker door and a count of how many you run. We confirm the lock fits, the badge reads and the budget holds, then book the install.
5 brands earned their place on our trucks by surviving locker traffic: readers that keep reading, batteries that last, and management cards that program fast.
Digilock offers surface and recessed RFID bodies that fit most locker doors, with a manager key override, so we quote it first for locker rooms.
Ojmar OTS readers accept both 125 kHz and 13.56 MHz cards, the two common badge formats, so staff use the building badge they already carry.
Gantner locks tie into a central software system, so a facility manager sees which lockers are in use and frees stale ones from a desk.
Codelocks KL locks replace a standard cam lock through the existing hole, the single bore already in the door, so a retrofit needs no cutting.
The reader blinks but the door stays shut: the batteries are flat, or the cam is binding on a warped door. The card that worked yesterday is refused: the credential was erased during a reprogram. The lock opens but the door will not latch: the cam has drifted out of line with the strike.
We check power first, then the credential list, then the cam alignment, carrying batteries, a manager card and the override key. Locked out? Our mobile units respond 24/7. Call (240) 345-1455 in Maryland or (202) 800-2622 in Washington DC and NOVA.
For flat batteries we open the lock with the override key, fit AA cells and confirm the credential list survived. For a refused card we reprogram from the manager card and issue a new user credential. For a drifted cam we adjust the strike. When the motor has failed, repair rarely beats replacement.
Replacement wins when a lock is discontinued, forced open, or reads a badge format you no longer issue. We match the body style, door thickness and bore so the new lock drops into the existing hole, then enroll it to your current cards. Measure, match, install, test before we leave. Free estimates.
A locker that will not open is a lost shift, not a maintenance ticket. Call (240) 345-1455 now or book lock service online today.
RFID cabinet locks secure staff lockers and medication cabinets, but every door has its match. Browse our lock type resources below to see each function, its applications and our services.
Straight answers from King Locksmith Technicans to on RFID Cabinet lock questions customers ask us most.
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Usually yes. Most bodies mount through the single hole a cam lock uses, and we measure door thickness first.
A lost or copied card is deleted at the lock, so a copy is worthless. We recommend 13.56 MHz credentials, the harder-to-clone format, over 125 kHz cards.
Often yes, and we test your badge first. Most readers accept 125 kHz proximity or 13.56 MHz cards, the two common office badge formats.
Typically a few years, depending on daily use. Most locks run on AA cells and flash a low-battery warning before they stop.
