Homelok release notes February 2024

2024-02-26

New features

Door groups

Door groups are a specified collection of doors that are grouped together to make them easier to manage. For example, a door group could contain all the doors on the first floor of an apartment building or all the common areas doors.

One of the benefits of this feature is that it makes assigning access much easier. You can assign access to a large quantity of grouped together doors, rather than having to assign them individually. It also helps reduce memory on physical keys. Instead of each door occupying one slot in the key's memory, a door group allows for multiple doors to be grouped together and make up a single slot in the memory.

See the section on door groups in the user guide for more information as well as the section on system limitations.

Key renewal duration

The key renewal duration option allows you to define the maximum time a key is valid before requiring an update. For this option, "key" can refer to different types of keys. For example, it could be a physical key such as a keycard or fob, or a digital key, like an Apple Wallet key or an app key. This duration defines the effective lifespan of a key, after which it must be updated to maintain access privileges.

This option improves overall security as it makes sure users have to present their key at an online door within the defined period to keep having access to an installation. At the same time, whenever their physical key is presented to an online door, their access and other associated data are updated to reflect the latest changes in the system.

See the corresponding section in the user guide for more details.