Commercial Solution

Wireless Card Switch for hospitality industry

The Wireless Card Switch is a unique switch activated by existing hotel key cards.

The Wireless Card Switch assists the hospitality industry in considerably reducing energy consumption in unoccupied hotel rooms by switching off lighting and selected electrical circuits.

Card Switch Setup

What you need

Standard Card Switch  (QS-HCS-TX)
  • Card switch battery life
  • No rewiring of hotel rooms required
  • Retrofit to existing hotel rooms
  • Delay offtime on exit
    • Elegant Card Switch (QS-HCS-TX-SMART)
  • Card switch battery life
  • No rewiring of hotel rooms required
  • Retrofit to existing hotel rooms
  • Delay offtime on exit
    • 30A On/Off Relay (QS-R-S30SPEC)
  • No rewiring of hotel rooms required
  • Retrofit to existing hotel rooms
    • Door Sensor (QS-MAG-SENSA)
  • Wireless Door Sensa battery life +- 2years
  • No rewiring of hotel rooms required
  • 3 input device - 2 x Windows - 1 x Door

    • How it works

    On arrival, inserting the room's existing key card into the Wireless Card Switch will instantly reactivate the room's electrical circuits. When the sliding door or the window opens the aircon will switch off and when the door is closed again the aircon will switch back on again. Upon departure, removing the card will deactivate the electrical circuits after a 1 minute delay, allowing relevant lighting to stay on until the room is vacated. This delay can be set according to the hotel's specification.

  • Card switch battery life over +- two years
  • No rewiring of hotel rooms required
  • No down time
  • Retrofit to existing hotel rooms
  • Delay time on exit 60 sec

    • Benefits of the Card Switch

    The Wireless Card Switch will eliminate unnecessary energy wastage in unoccupied rooms, eg. lighting, air conditioning and televisions etc. Hotel owners can reduce energy consumption by up to 40 percent. When factoring lower power bills. Hotels and B&B's can recoup initial capital investment within two years.

    Case Study

    The figures and savings shown are based on actual data collected at a hotel, over a period of one month. Data displayed was collected from two rooms, one with a Card Switch System and one without. The rooms had similar occupancy for the period. Costs were calculated at R1.00/kWh.







    Return on investment is typically under 2 years, best case scenario under 1 year.

    Please note this is based on factors unique to your installation