Description
The MKW-H is the one to specify when the vertical MKW-V’s tall-and-narrow profile won’t fit the available mounting surface. Same internals, same dual-mode capability, same capacity ? different cabinet aspect ratio. The H stands for horizontal: short and wide rather than tall and narrow.
When to pick the H over the V
- Garage and roller-door personnel access: Horizontal mounting on the door surface or alongside the garage entry, where a vertical keypad wouldn’t sit cleanly.
- Wide door surrounds: Industrial doors and warehouse entries with wide architrave that suits the H profile better than the V.
- Bench and counter mounting: Reception counters where the keypad sits flush on a horizontal surface rather than mounted vertically on a wall.
- Workshop and yard doors: Wide industrial doorframes with horizontal cable entry routes.
- Boundary and pedestrian gates: Gate posts and fence-mounted installations where the horizontal cabinet matches the existing hardware aesthetics.
- Site office porta-coms: Removable office buildings on construction yards with wider but shorter wall sections beside doors.
What’s identical to the MKW-V
- Dual-mode operation: Standalone for one-door installs, Wiegand slave when feeding a zkbio cvaccess controller ? switchable in either direction.
- 5,000-user capacity: Plus 5,000 password slots and combined card + PIN verification.
- IP65 metal housing: Suitable for outdoor installation under standard NZ exposure conditions.
- Future-proof upgrade path: Same hardware moves between standalone and networked deployment without replacement.
- Software: Local programming in standalone mode, zkbio cvaccess integration in slave mode.
How to choose between MKW-V and MKW-H
Mounting surface decides the choice ? there’s no functional difference between the two. Hold a printout of each cabinet against the proposed install location and pick the one that fits the architecture. Many NZ sites order both: V for door-frame mounting on standard doors, H for the workshop roller-door beside them and the boundary gate keypad at the entrance.
Specifying it
- Form: Horizontal orientation ? confirm the wall has wider than tall available real estate.
- Verification: Card-only, password-only, or combined card + PIN per door policy.
- Output: Built-in lock relay in standalone mode; Wiegand 26/34 in slave mode.
- Mounting: Surface-mount with cable entry from the rear or side ? confirm the cable route at survey.