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Secure mobile boxes and containers with pylocx.
Self-sufficient and offline locking systems are always the most secure On the one hand, digital logistics is experimenting with blockchain concepts and container tracking, on the other hand, you will often only find plastic seals on the containers of shipping companies. Traceable physical security looks different. TEXT & PHOTOS: LOCK YOUR WORLD GMBH & CO. KG
Safe closure elements would be required especially where the transport industry is concerned with the dispatch of sensitive components. An electronic security technology that allows central access or access management to be implemented with physical security has been developed by the medium-sized Lock Your World GmbH & Co. KG. The system is called pylocx and is a maintenance-free locking system with central data management for generating one-time codes. Maintenance72 | Issue 71 | February 2019
free above all because the locking components require neither power supply nor batteries. The power to open the lock is supplied by a pyKey during the opening process. This pyKey is a mobile keypad, a personal opening medium that every authorised user receives. This enables the user to open pylocx locking systems, which are available in different versions for containers such as pallet housings or transport cases and boxes as well as trolleys, for safes and ATMs,
but also for doors, gates and vehicles. The pylocx locks are functionally reliable from -40°C to +65°C, function even in the event of a blackout and are independent of the Internet or radio systems. They are therefore immune to any radio-controlled or net-based attacks. To open a container containing sensitive components, a user must use a valid onetime code. They receive this together with their order, e.g. sent to their smartphone. The one-time codes are automatically generated in a database. This database communicates with the order, ticket or route planning system of the logistics company. In this way, central processing and a flexible transfer of liability can be