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Medeco Hybrid User Guide
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3 Design Description – Hybrid Lock Cylinder (LCU)
The Hybrid lock cylinder consists of the following components illustrated in Figure
4. These items include:
Lock Control Unit (LCU) – Including lock cylinder & electronics module
Lock CAM – specific to lock hardware type
Interface Cable – Hard wired to electronics module
Back plate
Locking Ring
Figure 4: 3-D models of the components comprising the Medeco/HID 125kHz E-Cylinder lock
cylinder
4 Functional Description
The Medeco Hybrid MCU is a stand-alone prox reader that maintains a local
database of key and transaction information. Updates of valid key ID numbers
and communication of transaction information is performed using an Infrared
Communications interface. Other features of the cylinder include:
• 32kBytes of non-volatile memory providing a flexible combination of
key ID’s and transaction history.
• Programmable via an IR interface enabled by a “Master” key.
Locking Ring
Back Plate
Lock Cylinder (LCU)
Lock CAM
Interface Cable