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Full House for Our Abloy Primo Access Control Engineer Training

It was a full house on Wednesday 14 October for the second day of our three-day engineer training on Primo access control from Abloy.

Man using Abloy Primo access control software at his desk

Thank you, Carl

Special thanks to Carl Bridgwood, Digital Access Solutions Academy Manager, for flying over from Abloy’s headquarters to deliver in-person Primo specification and solution training to 12 of our team.

What is Abloy Primo?

Primo is access control software from ASSA ABLOY, developed by Abloy UK with its sister company Impro Technologies and part of ASSA ABLOY’s Digital Access Solutions range. It connects people, doors and credentials in one system, managed from a web-based interface, and grows with the building.

Primo system diagram: server, access devices and credentials
Up to
10,000

doors on a single site

Up to
1 million

credential holders

Up to
250

sites from one central database

What Primo can do

Works with your hardware

Protect almost any opening with wireless cylinders, escutcheons, security locks, cabinet locks, padlocks and readers.

Cards, tags, PINs and phones

Give people access by smartphone, smart card, tag or PIN code, and issue or withdraw HID Mobile Identities from the same screen.

Biometric access

Fingerprint readers and facial recognition are built in and appear as native features within the software.

Keeps working offline

Each site validates access locally, so doors keep working even if the central software goes offline.

CCTV, life safety and lockdown

Link with CCTV, support life-safe doors fitted with electric locks, and lock a site down when needed.

Multi-site management

Run several sites from one place, set up with user-friendly wizards, and pull predefined or custom reports.

Woman using a facial recognition reader at an office door
Facial recognition at the door.
Primo access control software open on a desktop monitor
Managing users, doors and credentials in Primo.

The hardware behind Primo

Primo runs on ASSA ABLOY controllers, chosen to suit the size and layout of each site.

ASSA ABLOY distributed two-door access controller

Distributed controller

A flexible, scalable two-door controller for managing access efficiently.

ASSA ABLOY distributed controller with electric lock support

Distributed controller with electric lock support

Supports the ABLOY electric lock range as a single-door controller, embedded Lite controller or full system controller.

ASSA ABLOY application access controller

Application controller

A network access controller designed for large sites and multi-building environments.

An easy step up from Incedo

Primo is fully compatible with ASSA ABLOY Incedo, so an existing Incedo system can move to Primo without starting again. We became the first ASSA ABLOY Incedo integrator in Ireland in 2022, and this training means our engineers are ready to recommend Primo where it is the right fit.

Planning access control?

Book a free site survey and we’ll talk you through whether Primo is the right fit for your building.

Advanced Overwatch is SSAIB certificated (NIRE127) for access control systems.

Product images courtesy of ASSA ABLOY.

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