Doors that open for the right people, and nobody else.
ICT Protege controllers, readers, fobs and door hardware, installed by IP Lynx and sized to your building: one shop door, a 40-door campus, or every site you run.
What an access control system is made of.
We install ICT Protege, a professional platform made in New Zealand and used worldwide. Every part is picked for your doors and your building, then wired, programmed and tested by us.
The brain on the wall
The controller decides who gets in, at the door, the moment a fob is presented. It keeps your people and schedules in its own memory, so doors keep working if the network or internet drops.
- Protege WX: runs from its own built-in web page, no server needed
- Protege GX: server-based, for larger sites and many locations
At the door
ICT tSec readers come in three sizes, in black or white, with an optional keypad for card-plus-PIN on sensitive doors. A keypad by the door also arms and disarms the alarm on the same system.
- Slim mullion readers for narrow door frames
- Card + PIN for server rooms, pharmacies and cash offices
Credentials that can't be copied at a kiosk
We program encrypted MIFARE DESFire fobs and cards in our own shop with LynxWriter, then enrol them on your system. Reorders are a web form away, and a lost fob is removed in a minute.
Order fobs and cardsThe parts that actually hold the door
Electric strikes, maglocks, exit devices, door position switches and request-to-exit sensors, matched to each door and frame. Fire alarm release is wired and tested wherever the code calls for it.
- Fail-safe or fail-secure, chosen door by door
- Held-open and forced-door alerts
For doors you can't run cable to
Interior offices, storage rooms and heritage doors get a battery-powered wireless lock that joins the same system, so one fob opens the front door and the supply room.
- No conduit, no patching, no drywall repair
- Same people, same schedules, same reports
Three ways to run it
Protege WX's built-in web page for a single site. Protege GX for larger systems, hosted by us or on your own server. Or VantageCore, our own app, on top of either one.
See the VantageCore upgradeThree ways to own it. One is right for your building.
Tell us how many doors you have and how many locations, and we'll point to the setup that makes sense. No wrong answers: the hardware at the door is the same ICT gear either way.
Managed Access Control
A controller and a small VPN router on site. The server runs on ours, hosted, updated and backed up by IP Lynx. You add people and change hours yourself; we handle everything technical.
- No server or appliance to buy
- Professional ICT hardware at the door
- Local support from people who know your site
ICT Protege WX on site
A Protege WX controller at each site runs its own doors from a built-in web page, with no server anywhere. Nothing stops working if the internet goes down, and nothing stops working if you ever leave us.
- Up to 128 doors per controller system
- Alarm areas and door schedules on the same box
- Add VantageCore for one app across every site
Your own Protege GX server
For estates with dozens of doors or many locations: a dedicated ICT Protege GX server you own, with floor plans, reporting, intrusion and cameras on one screen. Designed, installed and supported by IP Lynx.
- Unlimited doors, users and sites
- Your data on your server
- Care plan for monitoring and updates
Prices in CAD, before tax. Doors, readers, locks, cabling and installation are always quoted for your site after a walk-through. Already have ICT Protege? We take over existing systems too.
Done properly, then handed over.
Access control is only as good as the door it's on. We do the whole job, from the first walk-through to the last test, with the same people you'll call afterwards.
- 1
Walk the doors
We look at every door, frame and exit, ask how you work, and quote door by door. No surprises later.
- 2
Install
Controller, readers, locks, cabling and fire alarm release, by our own technicians. We tidy up after ourselves.
- 3
Program and test
People, schedules and door behaviour set up with you, then every door tested in every state before we leave.
- 4
Support
One number for changes, reorders and service. Add a Care plan and we watch the system for you.
The details that separate a system that works from one that mostly works.
These are the things that get skipped when access control is bolted on by a locksmith or an alarm dealer in a hurry. We don't skip them.
Fully loaded from the factory. Not bolted on after.
Most buildings end up with access control from one company, an intercom from another, cameras from a third and a visitor sign-in sheet at the desk. Aftermarket add-ons that never quite work together.
VantageCore is the fully loaded option. It's our own software, running on a small appliance beside your ICT controller, and it puts doors, the front-door intercom, your cameras and visitor passes in one plain-language app for the people who actually run the building. Your access control still works exactly as installed. VantageCore makes it feel like one system, because it is.
From $49 a month per site for up to 4 doors, through $349 for up to 128, at our founding price for the first 10 business sites. Never per door or per user. Setup and configuration of the VantageCore appliance is included on a two-year term at Standard and above. The appliance itself, the controller, door hardware and wiring are quoted per site.
Show us your doors. We'll show you the plan.
A free site walk in Windsor-Essex and across Southwestern Ontario. You'll get a door-by-door quote and a straight answer on which setup fits.
IP Lynx Inc. · Lakeshore, Ontario · ICT Protege installer