ROFU 1010 Momentary Rocker Switch

The ROFU 1010 is a momentary rocker switch, so the contact is made only while you hold the rocker and drops as soon as you let go. That's what you want for a request-to-exit or door release at a reception desk, where the door unlocks for the moment someone presses and relocks on release. If you need the opening to stay unlocked until somebody switches it back, a momentary switch is the wrong device and you want a maintained switch instead.

Under a desk. The 1010 is built for under-desk mounting, which is the usual spot for a receptionist or dispatcher who needs to buzz someone through without the switch sitting out in the open on the counter. If you need a switch on the wall beside the door, at ADA push-plate height, or in a device box, this isn't the part for that opening.

The 1010 is the release button only. It's a momentary rocker that makes and breaks a contact under the desk, so it still needs the locking device and its power supply to complete the job. Plan on ordering the electric strike or magnetic lock and a matching power supply alongside it. The switch is wired into that circuit, it doesn't power anything itself.

No handing and no size to specify. The 1010 ships as a single configuration, so there is one thing to order regardless of which way the door swings. Handing is decided by the lock or strike the switch releases, not by the switch itself.

Commercial. The 1010 rocker switch is catalogued for commercial duty and is an electronic access control device, so it belongs on office, institutional, and multi-family openings rather than in a house. Property managers standardizing reception desks across a portfolio can use the same switch at each front desk.