Schlage Electronics 701 Series 7/8" Mushroom Button, Red

Yes. The 701 Series pushbutton mounts to a single gang box, and the stainless steel faceplate comes in both standard and narrow stile widths so it can also go on an aluminum storefront stile rather than a wall box. Pick the narrow stile plate option when the button is going on the door frame or a narrow mullion.

It is rated 24 VDC and the contacts are rated 3A at 30 VAC/VDC, SPDT, so it will handle a typical 24V maglock or electric strike release circuit directly. Because the contacts are SPDT you get both a normally closed and a normally open leg, which is what you need to break power to a magnetic lock rather than just make a circuit. Wiring is 20 gauge.

Momentary is the standard build: the contacts transfer only while your hand is on the button, which is what you want for a request-to-exit release that relocks as soon as the door is used. Alternate action, also called maintained, latches on the first press and releases on the second, so it holds the door unlocked until someone presses it again. Order alternate action if you need to hold an opening in an unlocked state during business hours.

No. The 700 Series is specified for indoor use only. Put it on the inside face of an exterior opening for egress, but for a weather-exposed exterior push station you need a device rated for outdoor service instead.

Both lines address narrow stile openings. The Schlage Electronics 701 Series 7/8 inch mushroom button is offered with a narrow stile plate as an ordering option in either black or red button color, alongside the standard width plate. Locknetics offers the IPB-100-N alongside the IPB-100 in its IPB Series of illuminated pushbuttons, the -N suffix being the narrow version. Choose the 701 narrow stile plate if you want a mushroom button with momentary SPDT contacts rated 3A at 30 VAC/VDC, and the IPB-100-N if the opening calls for an illuminated button.

The 7/8 inch round mushroom head is the small-profile choice, and it suits narrow stile plates and staff-side releases where you do not want a large target. The 700 Series also offers a 2 inch square illuminated button for high-traffic public egress where the button needs to be obvious and easy to hit, plus a 5/8 inch round for the smallest footprint. All three are the same family, so the wiring and single gang mounting carry over.

The plain button has no indicator. If you need a visual state indication at the door, order the option with two LEDs, red or green, dual voltage, so staff can see whether the opening is secure or released. Both the black and red button colors can be had that way.

Both. The 700 Series is intended for pushbutton egress control on swinging or sliding doors, since it is simply a switch in the release circuit rather than anything mounted to the door leaf. Mount it on the wall or stile beside the opening.

The Schlage Electronics 701 Series uses a 7/8 inch round mushroom button on a stainless steel plate, with momentary SPDT contacts rated 3A at 30 VAC/VDC, and it can be ordered with a maintained (alternate action) switch or with two LEDs, red or green, dual voltage. The Locknetics IPB-100 and IPB-100-N are illuminated pushbuttons from the IPB Series, so illumination is integral to that model rather than an ordering option. Both are single gang request-to-exit style controls, so if you want a plain non-illuminated button the 701 standard version fits, and if you want illumination built in the IPB Series is the alternative.

Red and black. Red is the common pick for an emergency egress or release station where the button has to read as the exit device at a glance; black is used where the station is a routine door release and should blend into the trim. Both colors are available standard, alternate action, with LEDs, or on the narrow stile plate.

The plate is stainless steel in a satin finish and is a commercial grade part, which is why it holds up as an MRO standard across multi-family and institutional openings where a plastic residential switch plate would not.