Akuvox A03 Bluetooth Access Control Terminal

The Akuvox A03 is the Bluetooth model of Akuvox's A0x terminals. Its BLE 5.0 radio lets a resident or employee open the door with a credential on their smartphone, through the Akuvox app, so the phone they already carry replaces a card. iPhones are covered too, since Bluetooth works where the reader's NFC is Android only.

Cards still work alongside the phone: the reader takes 125 kHz EM and 13.56 MHz Mifare cards, plus Android NFC. Like the A01 and A02S it is a reader and controller in one 86 × 86 × 33 mm unit, storing 20,000 users and cards and 100,000 access logs, with schedules that can be exported and imported. It can also be switched to reader mode to feed another controller.

There is one relay for the lock, two inputs for an exit button and a door contact, Wiegand, a speaker and a tamper alarm. It is configured in a web browser and managed with other doors in Akuvox's ACMS or the Akuvox Cloud.

The front is toughened glass in an aluminium frame, rated IP65 and IK07, with a working range of -20 °C to +55 °C, so an outdoor unit in Kuwait should be shaded. It runs on 802.3af PoE or 12V DC and mounts flush on a standard back box or on the wall.