Re: Filing Cabinets That Use Electronic Access?

["Bill" <billnomailnospamx@xxxxxxxxx>]

"W"  wrote in message
>I have been looking for years for any vendor that makes a high
>quality office filing cabinet that allows access by a programmable
>passcard system. Keyed access as a backup is fine.
>
> I want this because keys get lost, and you end up with so many keys
> for so many cabinets that it becomes hard to track them all.
>
> As obvious as this application is, I have looked for years for this
> and cannot find it.    I have tried various locksmiths and asked
> them to retrofit Hon brand lateral cabinets, but all of them claim
> they don't know how to do it and the locks are hard to match to the
> cabinet.
>
> I want to check back once a year to see if any manufacturer has
> decided to enter the 21st century yet.      Does any manufacturer
> have a unit close to what I describe?
>

I've not seen any.

You could hire a "microcontroller programmer" to do this for you
here...
http://forums.parallax.com/forum.php

Ask in the "Parallax Semiconductor" discussion area. They have access
there to "RFID tags" and readers.

And you would need an existing filing cabinet which had an electronic
combination lock which could then be modified. These guys are very
good at the electronics/programming end, but may not be good at
designing the electric-mechanical locking mechanism. So best if that
is already in place so it could be modified.

And if you come up with a working design, perhaps you and the person
you find could approach a filing cabinet manufacturer. Maybe they
would decide to manufacture it and make all the parts "look pretty"?