Schlage Electronics CO-200 Standalone Electronic Mortise Lock, Classroom/Storeroom Function, Proximity and Keypad Reader

The CO-200 mortise lock is built for 1-3/4 inch doors, and that is the only thickness it covers. If your openings are thinner or thicker, this is the wrong lock. Standard commercial doors are 1-3/4 inches, so most institutional openings work as-is, but older 1-3/8 inch interior doors do not. On a mortise prep the lock body sits inside the door edge, so there is no shimming your way around it.

No cylinder ships with it. The CO-200 is sold less cylinder in three of its four builds, and you pick which prep you want: B for 7-pin SFIC (Schlage, Falcon and competitive OEM cores), J for Schlage 6-pin FSIC, or L for Schlage/Falcon 6-pin key-in-lever. The fourth option, P, comes with a Schlage standard conventional cylinder. If your facility is already keyed on an SFIC system, order B and drop your own cores in so the mechanical key override matches the rest of the building.

Outside lever stays locked at all times and is released by a valid credential or the key override; the inside lever always retracts the latch for free egress. Nobody can leave the outside lever in an unlocked state by accident, which is why storerooms, IT closets and classroom doors get this function. If you want a door that can be left on passage during the day, that is the office function build instead, not this one.

The CO-200 is UL 10C listed, along with UL 294 for access control, UL Canada, FCC Part 15 and ADA. The mortise version meets or exceeds ANSI/BHMA A156.13 Series 1000, Grade 1, and the 70 function carries ANSI/BHMA A156.25 full outdoor. For an AHJ that wants paper on the opening, those are the listings to cite.

No wiring. The CO-200 is a standalone battery lock running on four AA cells, with a battery status indicator and up to two years of life. Nothing goes back to a panel, so there is no conduit, no power supply and no head-end to buy. You program it at the door, either manually or with the Schlage Utility Software app on an Android device and an SUS-A cable, or manage it from a PC with Schlage Express.

The closest peers are cylindrical rather than mortise, which matters because they need a bored door prep instead of a mortise pocket. TownSteel's XCE-2000 Series is a Grade 1 heavy duty electronic classroom lockset with a keypad, rated for 1-3/4 to 2 inch doors, and the XCE-9000 Series is the classroom intruder version at the same thickness range. If you want a card reader rather than a keypad, the TownSteel FCE-2000 Series is a Grade 1 standalone motorized classroom lockset with RFID at 1-3/4 inches. Alarm Lock's Trilogy T2 DL2700 is a Grade 1 standalone keypad cylindrical lock with SFIC compatibility, but its door range is 1-5/8 to 1-7/8 inches. All of those swap the mortise pocket for a bored prep, so on a door already mortised the CO-200 is the one that goes back in without re-machining.

The TownSteel XCE-2000 is the nearest peer. Both are Grade 1 heavy duty standalone electronic locks with keypad entry for a classroom function opening. The XCE-2000 covers doors 1-3/4 inch to 2 inch thick, while the CO-200 is built for 1-3/4 inch doors. The CO-200 differs in credential handling: it reads both proximity credentials and keypad PINs, so a facility already issuing prox cards on the perimeter can carry the same card to the classroom door. The XCE-2000 is a keypad lockset. Both are cylindrical body locks in that comparison; the CO-200 is offered as a mortise lock as well.

The TownSteel XCE-9000 and FCE-4000 are the classroom intruder versions in the TownSteel electronic line, both Grade 1 heavy duty classroom function. The XCE-9000 is a keypad classroom intruder cylindrical lockset for doors 1-3/4 inch to 2 inch thick; the FCE-4000 is an RFID electronic classroom intruder lockset for 1-3/4 inch doors. The Schlage CO-200 is a classroom/storeroom function lock read by proximity credential and keypad, so it is the choice when the requirement is credentialed access and an audit record rather than an inside-the-room intruder function.

The CO-200 is built for a 1-3/4 inch door. For a thinner leaf, the Alarm Lock Trilogy T2 DL2700 and the Trilogy 4100 both cover 1-5/8 inch to 1-7/8 inch, and the Lockey E985 and E995 electronic keypad lever locks cover 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch. Note the function difference before ordering: the Trilogy 4100 is a privacy/bed/bath function lock, so it is not a substitute where a classroom or storeroom function is required.

The SDC Electra 7200 is a solenoid controlled cylindrical lock running on dual voltage 12/24VDC, for doors 1-3/4 inch to 2 inch thick, so it is driven by a panel rather than by credentials at the door. The SDC E75 is the battery-powered keypad access control lockset in the same brand, covering 1-3/4 inch to 2-1/8 inch. The Schlage CO-200 is a standalone lock running on four AA batteries with the credential decision made at the door itself.

The Schlage CO-200 is ordered less cylinder and the cylinder prep is chosen at order time, including the B option for 7 pin SFIC accepting Schlage, Falcon and competitive OEM cores, plus 6 pin FSIC, 6 pin KIL, and a Schlage standard conventional cylinder. Among peers, the Alarm Lock Trilogy T2 DL2700 is IC/SFIC compatible, and the BEST 9KZ EZ Series is an electronic keypad cylindrical lock with a key override function.

Handing is a required selection. The lock is field reversible, but you still choose one of five values on the order: field reversible, RH, LH, RHR or LHR. Get the door swing off the drawing or stand outside the opening and note which side the hinges are on before you order a run of them.

2-3/4 inches, the standard commercial mortise backset. That number decides whether an existing mortise pocket accepts the lock body, so check the pocket depth on a retrofit rather than assuming the old lock matched.

Up to 2,000 users and an audit trail of up to 2,000 events. That is the number that matters if you are covering a school wing or a dorm floor and need to answer who opened the door and when. Credentials can be a 3 to 6 digit PIN, proximity or magnetic stripe cards, and this build carries both a proximity reader and a keypad, so you can run card plus PIN dual authentication on the higher security doors.

Standalone makes sense on the interior openings where you want credential control and an audit trail but cannot justify running wire and buying a head-end. The CO-200 does that on batteries, at the door, and it accepts the same credential your building perimeter already uses so staff carry one card. Where it stops: it has no live status, no remote unlock, no real-time alarm. If you need the door monitored from a security desk in real time, a wired online lock is the right call, and the CO-200 is not a substitute for one. In a mixed facility it is normal to run networked at the perimeter and standalone CO-200s on the classrooms and storerooms behind it.

The CO-100 is keypad programmed at the lock and nothing more. The CO-200 adds computer programming, downloads at the lock through the SUS mobile app, proximity and magnetic stripe credentials on top of PIN, dual authentication with card plus PIN, 2,000 users and a 2,000 event audit trail. If anyone is going to ask who went through that door, you need the CO-200. It also shares an offline system with the AD-200, CO-220 and CT5000, so it drops into an existing Schlage offline deployment.

Yes. The Alarm Lock Trilogy T2 DL2700 is a Grade 1 standalone electronic cylindrical lock with a digital keypad, 100 user codes, and IC/SFIC compatibility, for doors 1-5/8 inch to 1-7/8 inch thick. The Alarm Lock T3 DL3075 is a Grade 1 electronic cylindrical lock with keypad access and an audit trail. Both are code-entry only. The Schlage CO-200 reads proximity credentials in addition to keypad PINs, which is what a facility wants when the same card opens the perimeter door and the interior opening.

Two to watch. The Kwikset 912TNL ZW500 SmartCode Tustin lever is an electronic lever with Z-Wave, a keyed one side function, for doors 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch, and it is a home automation device rather than a commercial credential lock; the CO-200 is a commercial Grade 1 heavy duty lock. The CENTRIOS CEB100 is a Grade 1 smart Bluetooth cylindrical lock but a privacy function, which will not serve a classroom or storeroom opening. Mechanical keyless units like the Lockey 2830 pushbutton knob lock are passage function and hold no user records at all.

The Marks USA 175RF SFIC is a storeroom clutched lever lockset, Grade 2, small format interchangeable core less core, on a 2-3/4 inch backset with an ANSI strike. The Schlage CO-200 is also built to a 2-3/4 inch backset and ships with an ANSI strike, so the door prep carries across, but the CO-200 is a Grade 1 classroom/storeroom lock with an electronic credential reader.

The FCE-2000 is a Grade 1 heavy duty standalone motorized cylindrical lockset using RFID technology, classroom function, for a 1-3/4 inch door. The CO-200 is a Grade 1 heavy duty standalone lock for a 1-3/4 inch door as well, with a combined proximity and keypad reader, so it accepts a PIN at the door in addition to a credential and can be set for dual authentication. The CO-200 is field reversible for handing and comes in a mortise body.

Six lever designs are offered: Athens, Latitude, Longitude, Rhodes, Sparta and Tubular. Finishes run 605 bright brass, 606 satin brass, 612 satin bronze, 619 satin nickel, 625 bright chrome, 626 satin chrome and 643E aged bronze. Most commercial jobs are standardized on 626 satin chrome. Pick the lever family that matches your mechanical Schlage openings and the electronic doors read as part of the same set rather than an obvious add-on.

Yes, it supports holidays and time zones so the door can auto unlock and auto lock over specified periods. That covers a main office or a lab that should be on free access during business hours and secured after. Schedules are set through the management software rather than at the keypad, so plan on programming it with Schlage Express or the SUS app on an Android device.

The Accentra nexTouch NTB613 is a Grade 1 cylindrical keypad lock with pushbutton entry. For a non-electronic entrance opening, the Dorma C150 is a Grade 1 heavy-duty cylindrical lock in entry/office function covering 1-3/8 inch to 2-1/4 inch doors, and the Marks USA 195RAB is a Grade 1 entry clutched lever less core. The Schlage CO-200 is specifically a classroom/storeroom function lock.