DynaLock 6291 Series Palm Switch, 1-5/8” Dia. 30 Sec. Min. PTD, SPDT Form “Z”, City of Denver

It identifies the 6291 as the Denver-configured version of the 6200 Series palm switch: a 1-5/8 inch diameter button wired SPDT Form Z with a 30 second minimum push to delay timer built in. If your plan set or AHJ calls for a Denver style request to exit push with a minimum 30 second delay, that is the configuration this model is set up for. If you only need a plain momentary release with no timing, a different 6200 Series switch is the right call.

Yes. The 6000 Series controls are request to exit (REX) devices, and the 6291 is the palm switch version of that family. The SPDT Form Z contact set gives you a transfer contact, so you can break the lock power circuit and signal the access control panel from the same push. It is a commercial electronic access control component, not a residential doorbell style button.

Yes, order it with the narrow plate option, which is 1-3/4 inches wide. That is the version to use on a narrow frame face or a tight mullion. Without that option you get the standard wider plate, which needs more flat mounting surface. The narrow plate can be combined with the bi-color LED and the anti-tamper switch if you need those too.

Three choices, and all eight combinations of them are orderable: anti-tamper switch (yes or no), bi-color red/green LED rated 12/24 VDC (yes or no), and the narrow 1-3/4 inch wide plate (yes or no). Everything else is fixed on this model: brushed stainless steel US32D plate, red button, 1-5/8 inch diameter, SPDT Form Z contacts and the 30 second minimum push to delay.

For a plain momentary release, look at the Securitron PB3 Series push buttons or the RCI 950 Series round push plate with handicap symbol. If you want an illuminated button, the Securitron PB4L with its illuminated halo or the PB5 medium round illuminated button cover that. For an emergency release push specifically, the Securitron EEB with interchangeable LED lenses or the ACSI 1320-1-MOM-ER marked "Emergency Release" are the ones to price. None of those substitute for the 6291's 30 second push to delay if that timing is on the spec.

The DynaLock 6291 is a palm switch with a 1-5/8 inch diameter button in a brushed stainless steel US32D plate, wired SPDT Form Z with a 30 second minimum pneumatic time delay. If the opening calls for an accessible round push plate instead, the RCI 950 Series round push plate carries a handicap symbol and a momentary switch in satin stainless steel. The difference is the actuation: the 950HP is momentary, so the contact holds only while pressed, while the 6291 holds its output for the timed interval after the palm is released.

The DynaLock 6291 can be ordered with a bi-color red/green LED for 12/24 VDC, which is how its monitoring indication is handled. If you would rather use a button whose illumination is integral to the series, the Securitron PB4L is an illuminated halo push button with a stainless button, the Securitron PB5 is a medium round illuminated push button, and the Securitron EEB emergency exit push button uses interchangeable LED lenses. The 6291 differs in that it is a palm switch with a timed SPDT Form Z output rather than a plain momentary button.

The DynaLock 6291 is offered with a narrow plate 1-3/4 inches wide, which is the configuration to specify for tight stiles. If the stile is narrower than that will take, the Trine 342 is a narrow style electric door switch. The 6291 differs in actuation: it is a palm switch with a 1-5/8 inch button and a 30 second minimum time delay on an SPDT Form Z contact.

The DynaLock 6291 is a request-to-exit palm switch, supplied in brushed stainless steel US32D with a red button as standard, and it carries no legend. Where the code authority or the drawing calls for a labeled emergency release, the ACSI 1320-1-MOM-ER pushbutton switch is marked "Emergency Release," the RCI 908 electronic exit button carries red EXIT text with maintained operation, and the Securitron EEB is an emergency exit push button. Choose the 6291 when you want an unmarked timed REX device rather than a labeled emergency station.

The standard plate finish is brushed stainless steel US32D with a red button, which is the same satin stainless look used on most commercial exit pushes, so it lines up visually with other US32D hardware on the openings. Comparable satin stainless buttons we carry include the RCI 950 Series round push plate and the RCI 908 Series exit button in 32D.

A palm switch like the 6291 is for free egress, anyone leaving the space pushes the large 1-5/8 inch button and the door releases. Use a keyswitch instead when release must be restricted to staff; for that, the ACSI 1310-1 mortise keyswitch is the type to look at. On egress doors that need a delay before release, the 6291 with its 30 second minimum push to delay is the device built for that sequence.

The Trine 342 narrow style electric door switch is the other narrow profile option we carry, worth checking when even the 1-3/4 inch wide 6291 plate is too much for the frame face. Keep in mind the 342 is a different switch type, so verify it gives you the contact arrangement and timing your panel needs before swapping it in for a Form Z delayed palm switch.

The DynaLock 6291 transfers its SPDT Form Z contact and holds it for a 30 second minimum pneumatic time delay, then returns on its own, so it is a timed release rather than a latching one. If the sequence has to stay in the released state until reset by hand, the RCI 908 electronic exit button and the RCI 919 rotary release button are both maintained-operation devices, the 919 in satin aluminum. The RCI 909 flush mount rocker switch, by contrast, is momentary and rated 250VAC 10A.

No - they serve different intents. The ACSI 1310-1 is a mortise keyswitch, meaning operation requires a key and it is intended for authorized control. The DynaLock 6291 is a palm switch with a 1-5/8 inch button that anyone at the door can press, which is what makes it suitable as a request-to-exit control. Where you want free egress, the palm switch is the device; where you want the release restricted to keyholders, the keyswitch is.

It is an added contact that lets the access control panel see if the plate is being interfered with, which is why it is usually specified on doors in secure or public corridors. It is an order option on the 6291 and can be had with or without the bi-color LED and with either plate width.