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IWM-K531

IWM-K531

Wall-mounted contactless reader

Warning : this product is now discontinued.

IWM-K531 is a wall-mounted reader for residential or corporate access control.

IWM-K531 reads serial number from any kind of ISO/IEC 14443 compliant contactless cards. Thanks to its wide choice of output interfaces, IWM-K531 can be integrated in any existing or new access-control system.

Product family

Wall-mounted readers

IWM-K531-DW Wall-mounted contactless reader, Dataclock, Wiegand, or RS-485 interface.
IWM-K531-SU Wall-mounted contactless reader, RS-232 or USB interface.

OEM or PC devices, firmware development

K531 reader may also be offered as an OEM module (with or without antenna), or mounted on a CSB4 board. Please contact us for any specific need.

To meet-up the most particular requirements, a development kit makes it possible to load inside K531 itself your own specific software.

Common features

  • Size : H 103mm x W 75mm x depth 23mm,
  • Power supply : 12V DC, 80mA typical, 250mA max
    USB version is self-powered by the bus,
  • Operating temperature : -20°C -> + 80°C,
  • Black ABS housing,
  • Red and green LEDs,
  • Single-tone beeper.

13.56 MHz contactless interface

  • Compliant with ISO/IEC 14443 A & B, layers 1, 2, 3 and 4.

IWM-K531-DW

RS-485 interface

  • 2-wire bus, up to 7 readers may share the bus, max 30m,
  • Baudrate : 4800 to 38400 bps,
  • Decimal or hexa-decimal ASCII output, length 32 to 128 bits,
  • LEDs are driven by short commands on the serial link.

Dataclock interface

  • 2-wire output : DATA and CLOCK (active low), max 30m,
  • ISO2/Magstripe output format, 10 decimal digits (40 bits),
  • Host controler drives both LEDs directly.

Wiegand interface

  • 2-wire output : DATA1 and DATA0 (active low), max 30m,
  • Configurable output format (32 to 128 bits),
  • Host controler drives both LEDs directly.

IWM-K531-SU

RS-232 interface

  • Standard serial interface, max 3m,
  • Baudrate : 4800 to 115200 bps,
  • Decimal or hexa-decimal ASCII output, length 32 to 128 bits,
  • LEDs are driven by short commands on the serial link.

USB interface

  • USB 1.1 connection, max 3m,
  • Virtual serial port driver (Windows and Linux),
  • Decimal or hexa-decimal ASCII output, length 32 to 128 bits,
  • LEDs are driven by short commands on the serial link.

SpringCard contactless readers : comparison matrix

IWM-K531 IWM-K632
DW SU DW SU
Card Types
ISO/IEC 14443 A and B « proximity »
ISO/IEC 15693 and NXP (Philips) ICode1
NXP (Philips) Mifare 1k, 4k, UL
NXP (Philips) Desfire
7816-4 smartcards in T=CL mode
Memory cards ST SR176, ASK CTS256
Calypso cards Contact us
Output interface
Wiegand
Dataclock (ISO2/Magstripe)
RS-485
RS-232
USB (USB-serial bridge)
Security and configuration
On-the-field configuration with master card Mifare 1k Desfire 4k
MD5 algorithm on-board
DES and Triple-DES (3DES) on-board
Mifare and Desfire key diversification
Non-volatile memory : 32 Mifare keys
Non-volatile memory : 1kB for config and keys
Full support Partial support Not available

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