The XME-9000 is a single-thickness lock: 1-3/4 inches, which is the standard commercial door thickness. If your openings are thicker, or you have older 1-3/8 inch interior doors, this is not the lock for that leaf. Among the electronic classroom mortise options, the Alarm Lock DL2700CR and DL3500CR Trilogy locks cover 1-5/8 to 1-7/8 inch doors instead.

Yes. The XME-9000 ships with a 1-1/4 x 4-7/8 inch ASA strike, which is the standard mortise strike prep in a commercial hollow metal frame, and the latch throws 3/4 inch. If your frame is already cut for an ASA strike, the new strike lands in the same cutout. The lock face plate measures 1-1/8 x 8 inches in stainless steel, so the door edge prep has to match a standard mortise pocket as well.

A teacher locks the outside lever from inside the classroom using the keypad, with no need to open the door and key the outside like a traditional classroom function lock. The XME-9000 is a standalone electronic classroom security lock with remote lockdown built in for school safety programs, and it keeps a mechanical key override so staff or responders can still get in with a key.

The programming pack is not included with the lock and one pack is required per job. It carries the programming, register and clear keycards you need to set the lock up, so a school ordering forty doors needs forty locks and one pack. It is a required selection on the order along with the optional Remote Control Unit for lockdown.

Yes, and the cylinder choice is where you match the existing system. The XME-9000 takes Corbin large format IC less core, Schlage large format IC less core, Schlage small format IC, Schlage standard 6-pin C keyway, Best 6-pin and 7-pin IC in the A keyway, Kwikset 6-pin KW keyway, or a TownSteel L keyway high security cylinder in 6-pin or 7-pin. Keying is available KD (standard), KA, MK, GMK, GGMK and construction keying. On the order you pick KD, KA, or a specific key code.

The deciding factor is who has to lock the door and how fast. The XME-9000 is a standalone electronic lock, so a teacher secures the outside lever from inside at the keypad with no key. A mechanical classroom mortise lock like the Cal-Royal NM8070 or the Corbin Russwin ML2003, both Grade 1 classroom function for 1-3/4 inch doors, requires keying the outside cylinder, which means opening the door during a lockdown. Mechanical costs less complexity and no batteries or programming pack; electronic buys you the lockdown-from-inside behavior and remote lockdown.

The Alarm Lock DL3500CR Trilogy is the nearest match on function and construction: it is a Grade 1 electronic mortise lock with a Classroom function and keypad entry, the same combination the XME-9000 provides at Grade 1 with a Classroom function. The main difference to check before you swap is door thickness. The XME-9000 is built for a 1-3/4 inch door, while the DL3500CR is listed for 1-5/8 inch to 1-7/8 inch, so on a nominal 1-3/4 inch door either works, and on a 1-5/8 or 1-7/8 inch leaf the Alarm Lock is the one that fits. The DL2700CR Trilogy T2 is the other Grade 1 classroom-function electronic mortise option and shares that same 1-5/8 to 1-7/8 inch range.

Two Grade 1 mechanical classroom mortise locksets cover the same opening without any electronics or programming. The Cal-Royal NM8070 is a heavy duty Grade 1 classroom mortise lockset with an auxiliary deadlatch, built for a 1-3/4 inch door, which is the same door thickness the XME-9000 is built for. The Corbin Russwin ML2003 from the ML2000 Series is a Grade 1 mortise classroom lockset, also for a 1-3/4 inch door. Both are keyed-only classroom function, so lockdown happens at the door with a key rather than from a keypad or a remote.

No, not on the same opening. The DL1300NW Trilogy Networx is a wireless electronic mortise lock with a keypad built for Adams Rite deadlatches, which means an aluminum narrow stile storefront door, not a standard wood or hollow metal leaf. The XME-9000 is a Grade 1 mortise lockset for a 1-3/4 inch door with a 1-1/8 inch by 8 inch stainless steel face plate and a 1-1/4 inch by 4-7/8 inch ASA strike, which is a standard ASA mortise prep. The two take entirely different door preps. The Dormakaba E-Plex 2066 is the other narrow-opening electronic mortise option, listed as wide stile.

The XME-9000 is standalone: it stores its own credentials and is programmed at the door with a programming pack, and lockdown is handled by an optional remote control unit rather than a head end. For an opening that must run off a wired access control system, the BEST 45HW is a heavy duty wired electromechanical mortise lock with 12V/24V operation, and the Command Access ML190 is a heavy duty motorized mortise lock with field selectable fail safe or fail secure operation on 24VDC. The Schlage L9092EU 03A is a heavy duty electric lock/unlock outside lever mortise lock for a 1-3/4 inch door, keyed outside, with request to exit, on 12/24VDC, which matches the XME-9000 on door thickness. For wireless integration rather than wired, the Schlage LEMD-GRW is a Grade 1 ENGAGE Series wireless mortise lock with a 125kHz proximity reader and a 3 hour fire rating.

Yes. The BEST 45HCA is a heavy duty mortise lock body with an Intruder function, which secures the outside lever from inside the room mechanically rather than through a keypad or a remote. The XME-9000 delivers the same intent electronically: it is a Grade 1 heavy duty classroom lockset where the keypad locks or unlocks the outside lever and an optional remote control unit triggers lockdown across the building. On a single door where nobody needs to lock down remotely, the mechanical intruder body avoids batteries and programming; where a whole school has to lock down at once, the remote-capable version is the one that does it.

Rigid versus clutched lever, and standard versus high security cylinder. XME-9010 is rigid, XME-9020 is clutched, XME-9030 is rigid with a high security cylinder, and XME-9040 is clutched with a high security cylinder. A clutched lever spins free when the lock is secure, so vandalism or someone hanging on the handle does not transfer force into the chassis. That is the one to pick for a corridor or a high-abuse school opening.

ANSI/BHMA Grade 1 and UL Listed, on a heavy duty mortise chassis rated for commercial use. Grade 1 is the top ANSI/BHMA durability tier and is what most school district and institutional specs call for on classroom doors.

The keypad alone will lock the outside lever from inside the room, so the lock functions without the RCU. The Remote Control Unit is a separate yes/no choice on the order and is what lets a lockdown be triggered remotely rather than at each door. Districts that want an office or admin to initiate lockdown add it; districts relying on teacher-initiated lockdown at the door can skip it.

The Alarm Lock DL3500CR Trilogy is the closest swap: Grade 1, classroom function, electronic mortise with a keypad, and it covers 1-5/8 to 1-7/8 inch doors. The DL2700CR Trilogy T2 is the same thickness range with a weatherproof design for exterior openings. Both are keypad locks like the XME-9000, so teachers operate them the same way.

It is standalone. Credentials and codes live at the door, programmed with the programming pack, with optional remote lockdown via the RCU. If you need a lock that reports to a head-end or is managed over a wireless network, look at the Alarm Lock DL1300NW Trilogy Networx wireless lock or the Schlage Electronics LEMD-GRW ENGAGE wireless mortise lock with a 125kHz proximity reader. Those integrate with a system; the XME-9000 does not.

Yes. One of the two cylinder configurations is SFIC prep, less core, so the lock arrives ready for you to drop in your own small format interchangeable core and keep the doors on the system you already run. The other configuration is a standard cylinder. If you want the TownSteel high security L keyway instead, that comes on the XME-9030 and XME-9040 models.

The XME-9000 is a standalone RFID mortise lock with keypad entry and mechanical key override. If the credential type needs to go further, the Dormakaba E-Plex E5086 is a Grade 1 electronic pushbutton and card mortise lock with an entry/egress back to back configuration, and the Dormakaba LX-I-M002 Saffire is an electronic RFID mortise lockset with BLE mobile access at BHMA Grade 2. The Accentra NTM623-NR nexTouch Generation 3 is a Grade 1 mortise lock with a capacitive touchscreen keypad and cylinder override, no deadbolt. The trade to weigh is grade against credential range: the XME-9000 and the E5086 are Grade 1, while the Saffire is Grade 2 but adds mobile.

It is a different device for a different job. The DL4500 is a Grade 1 electronic mortise deadbolt with a privacy keypad and 2,000 user codes, listed for a 1-5/8 inch to 1-7/8 inch door; its function is Deadbolt, so it secures the opening but does not carry a latch or a lever. The XME-9000 is a Grade 1 classroom-function mortise lockset with a lever handle and a 3/4 inch latch throw, so it latches and operates the door on its own. On a classroom door that needs one lever-operated latching device, the DL4500 does not replace it; it would be added alongside a latch, not instead of one.

Two Grade 1 electronic mortise locks with keypads cover other functions. The Schlage CO-100-MS-40-KP is a standalone electronic mortise lock with a keypad reader in a Privacy function, heavy duty Grade 1, for a 1-3/4 inch door, which is the same door thickness the XME-9000 takes. The BEST 45HZ EZ Series is an electronic keypad mortise lock with a key override function, the same override arrangement the XME-9000 uses. Function is the deciding factor: the XME-9000 is a classroom lock with remote lockdown, so on a restroom, office, or single-occupancy room the privacy or override-only options fit the use better.

They differ in who can leave the outside lever unlocked. The XME-9000 is a Classroom function lock, where the outside lever is secured from the room side by keypad and can be overridden with a mechanical key. A storeroom function keeps the outside lever locked at all times and always requires a key or credential to enter, as on the Accentra 8805FL Grade 1 storeroom mortise lock with an Arcadia lever or the Cal-Royal NM8080 Grade 1 storeroom mortise lockset for a 1-3/4 inch door. An office or entrance function lets the outside lever be left in a passage state during business hours, as on the Cal-Royal NM8050 Grade 1 office/entrance mortise lockset with auxiliary deadlatch. All three are Grade 1, so the choice is about how the room is used, not construction.

The XME-9000 handles interchangeable cores directly: it can be ordered with an SFIC prep less core, and its cylinder options include Schlage LFIC less core, Corbin large format IC less core, Schlage small format IC, BEST 7-pin and 6-pin IC with the A keyway, and a Schlage 6-pin C keyway standard cylinder. Among the mechanical peers, the Cal-Royal NM8080 is a Grade 1 storeroom mortise lockset offered with an interchangeable core option on a 1-3/4 inch door. If the facility is already keyed on one of those systems, both can be brought onto it, and the XME-9000 keeps that keyway as the mechanical override on the electronic lock.

They are not built to the same duty. The Codelocks CL2255 is a medium duty electronic tubular mortise latch in a brushed steel finish, from the CL2000 Series. The XME-9000 is a heavy duty Grade 1 commercial mortise lockset with a 3/4 inch latch throw and a 1-1/8 inch by 8 inch stainless steel face plate. For a classroom or corridor door taking constant traffic and needing an ANSI/BHMA Grade 1 lockset on the spec, the medium duty tubular latch does not meet it; the CL2255 suits lighter-traffic interior doors where a keypad is wanted without a full mortise lockset.

Among the electronic mortise options, the Schlage LEMD-GRW is a Grade 1 ENGAGE Series wireless mortise lock with a 3 hour fire rating and a 125kHz proximity reader, and the Schlage LEBMB-ADD mobile-enabled mortise lock with push button and LED carries a 3 hour fire rating at Grade 2 in privacy, office, and apartment functions. Among mechanical mortise locks, the Falcon MA101 is a Grade 1 heavy-duty mortise passage lock with a fire rating and field reversible operation. Match the rating on the door label to the device before ordering, since a rated opening will not accept an unrated lockset.

Two finishes, 626 satin chrome and 613 satin bronze oil rubbed, with special finishes available on request. Levers are Sentinel, Quest and Gala, and the trim is escutcheon style, so the keypad and lever sit on a single plate rather than separate roses. If you are matching existing hardware across a building, 626 satin chrome is the common institutional finish and the one TownSteel treats as standard here.