How smart lockout panels work
Each panel is integrated with the Horus platform. It releases a key or device only when the matching digital workflow reaches the right step, and it reports the physical state back to the system in real time.
Smart Lockout Panels: Physical Control, Digitally Enforced
A lockout panel is where digital LOTO meets the shop floor. Horus smart lockout panels dispense padlock keys and isolation devices only after the system confirms authorization and energy verification — creating an automatic, auditable custody record of every key.
Physical + digital interlock
The panel keeps the field and the software in permanent sync: if the digital workflow is not satisfied, the key stays locked. This closes the gap where unauthorized re-energization usually happens.
Digital custody of every key and device
Instead of a manual key board, Horus records who took which key, when, and under which authorization — turning custody into automatic, tamper-proof evidence.
Secure and resilient by design
Panels run on the on-premise platform aligned with IEC 62443 industrial cybersecurity, and hold their last authorized state during a network outage, never allowing unsafe re-energization.
From physical keys to logical interlock
Smart panels secure the physical keys; control-system integration secures the logic. Horus connects to PLC, DCS and SCADA via OPC DA/UA so that, alongside holding physical devices, it can keep equipment logically locked out during LOTO — a double barrier, physical and digital.
Frequently asked questions
Smart lockout panels are physical control panels integrated with the Horus platform. They release padlock keys and isolation devices only after the system confirms that authorization and energy verification are complete, keeping the physical field state synchronized with the digital workflow in real time. This prevents unauthorized re-energization and creates an automatic, auditable custody record of every key and device.
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ISO 45001
NR-10 | NR-12 | NR-33
IEC 62443