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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