We usually say a person’s sense of safety comes from having money on the credit card, gas in the car and enough battery in a mobile phone. For those who are using smart door lock, their sense of safety also come from enough battery in the smart door lock. As an electronic technology product consumes battery on standby status, bright screen, unlocking and networking, etc… Therefore, there are some people that worry about what to do if the smart lock is out of battery? Is it impossible to get in or out when the battery is totally exhausted? To be honest, there is no need to worry. Taking Philips smart lock multiple electrical safety functions as an example, its convenience and intelligence represent its various unlocking methods, safe and humanized enough on other functions after the smart lock has been developed and upgraded for several years.
Low battery alert
In GA374-2019 Electronic Anti-theft Lock, it is clearly stipulated that when the power supply voltage of the electronic anti-theft lock is lower than 80% of the nominal voltage value, it should give an under-voltage indication. After receiving the indication, the lock still could be normally locked and unlocked no less than 50 times. The networked electronic anti-theft lock should upload the information of battery under-voltage to the remote terminal. Philips smart lock is applied with a low battery alert function. When the battery is less than 20%, an alert would be triggered to remind you of replacing the battery. The door lock still could be normally used within a week after the low battery alert, which fully guarantees the smart lock to work. At the same time, after binding the lock with the APP, networked smart locks such as Philips smart lock DDL702E could view the real-time battery information on APP.
Mechanical key unlock
In 2007, the General Technical Requirements for Fingerprint Anti-theft Lock pointed out that the smart lock must have an emergency unlocking function, mainly because the smart lock with the mechanical cylinder could timely play a key role to handle emergent situations like the PCBA malfunction or PCBA damage by fire. In other words, the door could be unlocked by a mechanical key due to the power failure of the smart lock. Every Philips smart lock is equipped with only two mechanical keys. Meanwhile, it employs a C-grade cylinder and hides the keyhole at the bottom of the lock which would not damage its integrity and make technological pick-locking more difficult to strengthen the lock safety. Since the mechanical key is mainly used for emergency unlocking, it is recommended to place it separately in a fixed position for easy access except placing it at home. In case of the smart lock malfunctions, you forget the key at home. Hence, you can consider leaving it in the office or car or your relatives’ home.
USB emergency power supply interface
If the smart lock frequently reminds you of low battery or forgets to replace the battery or cannot find the mechanical key, Philips smart lock is featured with a Micro USB power interface. The door could be unlocked by an emergency power supply from ordinary power banks which could solve the problem of battery life problem.
Indoors rotary knob to unlock
Under the status of the insufficient battery or out of power, the smart door lock could be unlocked from the outsides by mechanical key or emergency power supply. However, what if the door lock cannot be unlocked from the room due to a sudden situation where the door lock is out of power? Don’t worry! The Philips smart lock is equipped with an indoor emergency escape function which is designed as an emergency unlocking knob on its back escutcheon. When the electronic function of the smart lock fails, the door lock still could be unlocked by rotating the knob to ensure that people quickly evacuate in emergency situations such as fire and power failure. Philips smart lock can protect you from the hazard in an emergency by rotating the rotary knob to ensure safety.
Have you got the above considerate functions about the power consumption of the smart door lock? Philips smart door lock always takes “innovation” and “people-orientation” as their core and puts more stress on customers’ user experience, providing your a sense of safety.