Camden CM-9000/9100 7/8" Vandal Resistant Push/Exit Switch

Not the CM-9000. The single gang plate is 2-3/4 inches wide, which needs a standard box or a wide stile. For an aluminum storefront stile, order the CM-9100 narrow stile version instead: same 4-1/2 inch height and 1-1/8 inch depth, but the plate narrows to 1-3/4 inches (44mm). Those two plate widths are the only choice on this switch, so measure your stile face before picking.

Both are offered, and the model number tells you which. CM-9080 and CM-9180 are DPDT momentary, which is what you want for a normal push to exit that releases a mag lock only while the button is held or for the duration of your timer. CM-9090 and CM-9190 are DPDT maintained, meaning the contact latches in the position you leave it, used where you want the door held unlocked until someone presses again. Pick momentary for everyday egress, maintained for a hold-open or lockdown-style function.

The Camden CM-9000 and CM-9100 are the abuse answer in this family. The button is steel, it sits countersunk below the surface of a 1/4 inch thick aluminum plate so there is nothing proud to strike or pry, and the 7/8 inch button face gives a vandal very little to grab. That countersunk geometry is the difference from a standard raised or mushroom button, which is easier to hit deliberately with a tool. Trade-off: a recessed 7/8 inch button is harder to find in a hurry than a large mushroom, so in a location where speed of egress under panic matters more than abuse, a large mushroom switch such as the SDC 440 Series with its 2-5/8 inch button is the better call.

The CM-9000 plate is 4-1/2 by 2-3/4 by 1-1/8 inches, which is the standard single gang device plate footprint, so it covers a normal single gang box or mud ring in a drywall or block wall. The CM-9100 at 1-3/4 inches wide will not cover a single gang opening, it is meant for the face of a narrow door stile or frame, so do not order the narrow version for wall box work.

The Camden CM-9000 and CM-9100 series use a 7/8 inch steel button countersunk into a 1/4 inch thick brushed aluminum faceplate, rated for indoor or outdoor applications, with DPDT contacts rated 6 A at 30 VDC. If you want a heavier industrial button in the same role, the SDC 430 Series is a heavy duty industrial mushroom button switch with a 1-1/2 inch round button. The trade is button style and size: a small countersunk button that resists being struck versus a large raised mushroom head that is easy to hit with a gloved hand or an elbow.

The Camden CM-9100 narrow stile plate is 4-1/2 inches by 1-3/4 inches with a 7/8 inch steel button in a brushed aluminum face, which is a deliberately low profile device. When the opening calls for a conspicuous emergency release instead, the SDC 440 Series is a large mushroom button emergency exit switch with a 2-5/8 inch diameter heavy duty button, and the Dortronics 5210 Series 5211-MP23 is a 1-9/16 inch diameter red mushroom push button labeled Push to Exit / Emergency Release on a single gang plate. Those give a large target and, on the Dortronics, printed legend and red color; the Camden gives a flush metal button that is harder to attack.

The Camden CM-9000 and CM-9100 buttons are all metal, countersunk in a 1/4 inch brushed aluminum faceplate, with a standard brushed aluminum finish and an optional US40 duranodic finish. For an illuminated button, the SDC 410 Series is an illuminated push button exit switch with a narrow frame mount, and the SDC 420 Series is an illuminated push button exit switch with 2 inch buttons and code compliance. The SDC 410 narrow frame is the closer match to the Camden CM-9100 narrow stile width of 1-3/4 inches.

It lands on color coded 18 AWG flying leads with spade connectors already fitted, so it terminates onto a screw terminal or crimp splice in the box without cutting the plate apart. Two poles are available at those leads. No power is needed at the button itself, it is a dry contact switch.

Yes, it is listed for indoor or outdoor applications. Construction is all metal, with a steel button countersunk into a 1/4 inch thick aluminum faceplate, so there is no plastic bezel to chalk or crack on a sun-facing exterior wall. This is a commercial-duty device.

The Camden is a plain vandal resistant switch, brushed aluminum plate, no lamp. If you need the button to be visible in a dark corridor or to signal state back to the person at the door, the SDC 410 Series is an illuminated push button with a narrow frame mount, and the SDC 420 Series is illuminated with a 2 inch button. Illumination means the button needs power run to it. The Camden needs none, which is why it is the simpler retrofit when you are pulling a two-conductor into an existing box.

For a deliberate emergency release you generally want a large, obvious button rather than a recessed 7/8 inch one. The Dortronics 5210 Series gives you a 1-9/16 inch red mushroom button on a single gang plate marked Push to Exit or Emergency Release, and the SDC 440 Series is a 2-5/8 inch mushroom emergency exit switch. Use the Camden CM-9000 or CM-9100 where the concern is abuse and tampering on an everyday egress point.

The Camden CM-9100 narrow stile plate measures 4-1/2 inches by 1-3/4 inches by 1-1/8 inches, sized for a narrow stile aluminum door. The SDC 420 Series carries 2 inch buttons, so the button alone is wider than the CM-9100 plate; for a narrow stile opening the SDC 410 Series is the narrow frame mount switch in that family. Confirm the stile face width before ordering either.

They are not interchangeable at the opening even though both are exit switches. The Camden CM-9080 is a 7/8 inch countersunk steel button in a 4-1/2 by 2-3/4 by 1-1/8 inch brushed aluminum plate with DPDT momentary contacts. The SDC 440 Series is a large mushroom button emergency exit switch with a 2-5/8 inch diameter heavy duty design, so the button face alone approaches the width of the Camden single gang plate and the device reads as an emergency release rather than a routine exit button. Treat it as a different application, not a swap.

The SDC 420 Series is described as an illuminated push button exit switch with 2 inch buttons and code compliance, which is the one to put in front of the specifier when the drawing calls that out. The Camden CM-9000 and CM-9100 answer a different part of the spec: all metal construction that withstands extreme attacks of all types, a 1/4 inch thick faceplate, single gang 2-3/4 inch or narrow stile 1-3/4 inch widths, and DPDT contacts rated 6 A at 30 VDC for indoor or outdoor use. Match the device to whichever line item the drawing is actually calling.

Brushed aluminum is the standard plate finish, which reads close to satin stainless and blends with most aluminum storefront and hollow metal trim. A duranodic (US40) dark bronze finish is offered as an option where the button has to match bronze anodized storefront rather than clear. Plate size is the only ordering choice made on the product itself, single gang or narrow stile.

No. It is a hardwired dry contact device with no wireless communication, so it ties straight into an access control panel, a mag lock power supply, or a strike circuit on the leads. Nothing to pair, no receiver to buy, no battery to change in a button mounted in a garage.