Locknetics CS450-32D Electric Strike

Both. The CS450 is rated for metal and wood door frames, and it ships with two face plates plus a trim piece so the finished opening looks right in either. That covers the usual mix in a commercial building where some openings are hollow metal and some are wood.

Neither. Fail-safe and fail-secure are field selectable on the CS450, so one part number covers both and you set it at install. That matters on a job with mixed openings: egress-side doors that must release on a power drop and stair or exterior doors that must stay locked can come off the same box. Fail-safe unlocks when power is lost; fail-secure stays locked and the mechanical key or lever still gets you out.

12 or 24 VDC, selectable in the field, so it drops onto whatever supply the access control panel already runs. DC only, no AC. A voltage spike suppressor is included, which is what protects the panel output and the strike coil when the door is released repeatedly.

LBM adds latch bolt monitoring, a switch that reports to the access control system whether the latch is actually seated in the keeper. Order it when the head end needs to know the door truly relatched, for forced or propped door alarms and audited openings. Without LBM the strike just releases on command and reports nothing back. Both are the same strike body in 630 satin stainless.

The Locknetics CS450 is a field-selectable fail-safe/fail-secure strike running 12/24 VDC for cylindrical and mortise locks in metal and wood frames. The Von Duprin 4211 32D is the nearest match on that description: a Grade 1 heavy duty electric strike for cylindrical locks with 12/24 VDC field-selectable operation and a fire rating. The Hager 2930 is another close read, a fire rated Grade 1 strike for cylindrical and mortise locks with 12/24VDC dual voltage and field reversible fail safe/secure operation. If the opening needs a fire rating on the strike, both of those carry one and the CS450 record is built around the low profile, dual voltage, and selectable failure mode instead.

The CS450 is built for metal and wood door frames, so an aluminum storefront jamb calls for a different body. The Adams Rite 7100 Series is an electric strike for aluminum jambs with a flat faceplate measuring 1-1/4 inch by 4-7/8 inch, and the Adams Rite 7160 is an aluminum jamb strike with the same 1-1/4 inch by 4-7/8 inch faceplate size. For hollow metal and wood jambs Adams Rite runs the 7170 with that same faceplate footprint. Glass front installers working narrow stile aluminum should be sizing against the 7100 or 7160 rather than a cylindrical lock strike.

No. The CS450 is for cylindrical locksets and select mortise locksets without deadbolt, so it captures a latchbolt in the frame. A rim exit device needs a strike built for the pullman latch of the device: the SDC 30-4 Series is a 3/4 inch Pullman latchbolt rim mount strike in stainless steel, and the Hager 2945 is a fire rated rim exit strike with field selectable fail safe/fail secure and latchbolt monitor. For surface vertical rod devices the HES Folger Adam 310-4-2 is a complete Grade 1 electric strike pac. Ordering the CS450 for a panic device opening is the most common miss in this category.

For a labeled opening, the Von Duprin 4211 32D is a Grade 1 heavy duty fire rated strike for cylindrical locks with 12/24 VDC field-selectable operation. The Hager 2930 is a fire rated Grade 1 strike covering both cylindrical and mortise locks with 12/24VDC dual voltage. The Adams Rite 7240 is a fire-rated strike for cylindrical locksets with 5/8 inch latchbolt projection, and the SDC 45F Series is a fire-rated strike for 5/8 inch latchbolt with a radius corner faceplate. The Camden CX-ED1410 and CX-ED1420 are universal Grade 1 ANSI fire-rated strikes. An institutional buyer specifying to a fire door schedule should be ordering from that group.

The CS450 is available with latch bolt monitoring, ordered as the LBM option against a version with no latch bolt monitoring. The Dortronics 3300 Series is an electric strike with a latch bolt sensing switch running 12/24VDC on a strike plate for ANSI prep at 4-7/8 inch by 1-1/4 inch. The Hager 2945 is a fire rated rim exit strike with field selectable fail safe/fail secure and a latchbolt monitor. The Camden CX-ED1799L-8 is a fire rated dual monitor Grade 1 strike supplied with 8 faceplates. Monitoring matters when the access control head end needs to report door secure rather than just door closed.

The CS450 handles cylindrical and select mortise locksets without a deadbolt. Where the opening is a true mortise lock, the Von Duprin 6210 is a Grade 1 heavy duty strike for mortise locks at 24 VDC fail-secure with a UL 10C fire rating, and the Securitron MUNL Series Mortise UnLatch is a Grade 1 fire rated strike. The Von Duprin 6400 32D is a Grade 1 modular strike for mortise or cylindrical locks, fail-secure, in satin stainless steel with a 3-hour UL 10C fire rating in the fail-secure configuration. Note the 6210 and 6400 are fail-secure bodies while the CS450 failure mode is field selectable.

The CS450 runs 12/24 VDC, field selectable. Where the existing supply is AC, the Trine 004 strike operates on 8-16VAC, fail secure, with a 6-1/4 inch by 1-3/8 inch faceplate and up to 5/8 inch throw. The Trine 2001 runs 16-24VAC/DC, fail secure, with a 5-7/8 inch by 1-1/4 inch faceplate and up to 5/8 inch throw. Confirm what the transformer at the panel actually puts out before selecting, since a DC-only strike on an AC supply will buzz or not release.

An electric strike stays in the frame and releases the latch, so the existing lockset stays on the door and no power has to cross the hinge side. That makes the CS450 the cheaper retrofit on an opening that already has a cylindrical lock you want to keep. An electrified lockset instead puts the electronics in the door and needs a power transfer hinge or door loop. If the door itself has a deadbolt in a mortise lock, a strike is the wrong approach, since the CS450 only works with mortise locks that have no deadbolt.

The CS450 carries field selectable fail-safe/fail-secure and field selectable 12/24 VDC, which is more configuration than a single-condition interior opening needs. The SDC 15 Series is a value strike for 5/8 inch latchbolt with 12/24 VDC operation, and the SDC 25 Series is a value strike for 1/2 inch latchbolt. The Trine 001 Series is a fail-secure light commercial strike with a 5-7/8 inch by 1-1/4 inch faceplate, and the RCI 15BS is an economy strike for special offset latch entry with fail-secure operation. Those are fixed fail-secure or fixed-latch bodies, so confirm the failure mode the opening requires before dropping the selectable feature.

The CS450 ships with two face plates and a trim piece. If a property manager or MRO buyer wants one part number to cover mixed preps, the Camden CX-ED1689L-4 is a fire rated universal low profile strike supplied with 4 faceplates, and the Camden CX-ED1799L-8 is a fire rated dual monitor Grade 1 strike supplied with 8 faceplates. The Camden CX-ED1410 and CX-ED1420 are universal Grade 1 ANSI fire-rated strikes, and the Von Duprin 6400 32D is a Grade 1 modular strike for mortise or cylindrical locks. Standardizing on a multi-faceplate body cuts the number of SKUs on the truck.

The CS450 is a commercial electric strike for cylindrical and mortise locks. On the heavy duty side, the Alarm Controls AES-100 is a Grade 1 heavy duty electric strike, the Von Duprin 4211 32D is Grade 1 heavy duty and fire rated, and the Von Duprin 6210 is Grade 1 heavy duty for mortise locks. The HES 1500 and HES 1600 Series are Grade 1 and fire rated. For a high cycle entrance where the strike takes daily abuse from a whole tenant population, those are the bodies to compare.

The Rockwood electric strike in the 310-1 Series is built for a double door with a 3/4 keeper and is Grade 1 and fire rated. The CS450 is a single latchbolt strike for cylindrical and select mortise locksets in metal and wood frames, so a double door with an inactive leaf is a different prep. Confirm which leaf carries the lock before ordering either one.

630 satin stainless steel, which is the standard commercial finish and matches most lever trim and hinges already on a hollow metal opening. Dark bronze US10B faceplates are also offered on the CS series if you need the strike to disappear into darker trim.

Commercial. The CS450 is a hard-wired commercial electric strike, not battery operated, so it needs a 12 or 24 VDC supply from a power supply or access control panel. There is no standalone credential reader in it either. It releases the latch when the system tells it to, and that is all it does.