dormakaba Simplex Pushbutton Locks: Which Series Fits Your Door (1000, L1000, 5000, 8100) and Which Sheet Covers Installation

A Simplex lock has to suit its opening: a knob or a lever, a bored or a mortise prep, an exit device or a cabinet. The eight series in dormakaba's Simplex brochure have similar numbers, so pick the series by the door, then the key override, then the sheet for drilling and the code. Browse them from our dormakaba page.

What every Simplex series has in common

The Simplex brochure describes one combination system for the family. A code is any combination of up to five numbers, pressed one at a time or several together, and it is changed without taking the lock off the door. The locks need no wires and no batteries. The code change sheet for the 1000 and L1000 adds two rules: each button can be used only once in a code, and buttons pressed together count as one step.

Which Simplex series fits your door

Lock type and handing from dormakaba's series pages (1000, L1000, 8100, 5000) and brochure (900, 7100, 9600):

The L1000 and 8100 cannot be rehanded in the field, so find the door's hand before you order. Our door handing chart explains LH, RH, LHR and RHR.

Model numbers dormakaba explains

The L1000 installation sheet lists L101x, L102x and L1076 as models without the passage feature (template A) and L103x and L104x as passage models (template B). The 5000 page lists these models, all with combination entry and key override:

• 502x and 504x: code changed from the outside; 504x adds passage.
• 503x and 505x: code changed from the inside; 505x adds passage.
• 5066, 5067 and 5068: code changed from the outside only; 5067 adds a deadbolt and lockout, 5068 adds passage.
• 5010: code changed from the outside only; egress through an exit device (not supplied).

Other letters in our titles are not explained in these documents, so match the full number on the product page.

Key override, cores, passage and lockout

The 1000, L1000 and 8100 take an optional key override in two forms: small format interchangeable cores (Best and equivalents, 6 or 7-pin) or large format removable cores (Medeco, ASSA, Yale and Abloy 5 or 6-pin, plus Corbin Russwin, Schlage and Sargent), core not included. The 5000 adds key-in-lever cylinders; its universal option has a dormakaba 1599 6-pin cylinder, prepped to the dormakaba 90 or Schlage C keyway and keyed different, with tailpieces for the cylinders listed there. Our SFIC and LFIC guide explains both core formats.

Passage, on select models, lets people in without the code; it is switched on from the inside with a thumbturn or key supplied with every passage model. Lockout disables the code from the inside, leaving only the key override. dormakaba lists it on select 1000 models, all 8100 models and the 5000 model 5067; the L1000 page calls it privacy. More in lock functions explained.

Door thickness, backset and door prep

The 1000 and L1000 pages give an ASA 161 prep with additional through holes and a 1/2 in. latch, 3/4 in. optional. The 8100 uses a standard 86 mortise preparation, a 3/4 in. two-piece anti-friction latch and an optional 1 in. deadbolt. All four pages recommend a minimum stile of 5 in. Bore and backset of residential locks are compared in our door prep guide, and the Don-Jo latch protector guide shows where Don-Jo lists the Simplex 1000 series.

5000 exit trim and the exit devices dormakaba lists

dormakaba does not supply the exit device with the 5000 exit trim; the latch comes with the exit device. The compatibility list on the Simplex 5000 page includes Von Duprin 98/98F and 99/99F, Sargent 8810E/8800, Corbin Russwin ED5200/5200A and dormakaba 9300/F9300, among others, and marks Monarch 18R and F18R as requiring a special K-Hub Adapter. Check your device on the full list. Rim, SVR, CVR and mortise devices are compared in exit device types.

Which dormakaba sheet covers drilling, installation and the code

• L1000 installation instructions, D8 PKG2281: 19 steps, from marking and drilling the door to the key override cylinder, code change and troubleshooting, with the template bound in the center.
• 1000 and L1000 standard template, D2 PKG1799B: full size, for models 101x to 104x, L101x to L104x and L1076, with the 2-1/8 in. through bore, 2-3/4 or 2-3/8 in. backset, a 1 in. hole for passage models only and a 1 in. scale to check after printing.
• Changing the code on the 1000 and L1000, KAA1163: uses the DF-59 control key and the spanner wrench, both on the L1000 parts checklist.
• Reset an unknown or lost code, PKG3216E, linked on the 1000, L1000 and 8100 pages: the combination chamber is removed and reset, and the sheet says the chamber cover should never be removed for a lost code. Step 18 of the L1000 installation sheet still shows the cover being taken off.

The L1000 sheet says the combination must be changed when the lock is installed and gives the factory combination for that first change. For the other series, dormakaba lists installation instructions PKG2280 on the 1000 page, PKG2842 and PKG3054 (exit trim) plus separate mortise instructions on the 5000 page, and PKG2589 with drilling template PKG2633 on the 8100 page.

900, EE1000, 7100 and 9600 in brief

From the brochure only:

• EE1000: listed with the 1000 knob lock as a back to back lock, with a keypad on the inside and the outside of the door. The brochure line reads: "Access combination required for entry and exit."
• 900: thumb turn operated, with a deadbolt relocked by hand or a deadlocking latch that relocks automatically.
• 7100: an auxiliary latch with a deadbolt relocked by hand, or a deadlocking or rim locking latch that relocks when the door closes.
• 9600: a cabinet lock for cabinet doors, desk drawers and similar uses.

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