Hikvision Barrier Gate DS-K3B220LX-M

The DS-K3B220LX-M is one of three versions of the same Hikvision barrier gate in this catalogue. There is a -L, this -M, and an -R, and on a listing page they are close to indistinguishable: same family, same housing, same drive. The letter on the end is the entire difference between them, and it is the one thing a part number alone will not settle.

This page will not tell you what L, M and R stand for. What it will tell you honestly is that the three are variants of one base model, not a ladder of specification — none is the upgraded one, none is the cheap one, and paying more will not buy a better barrier. The lane decides which letter you need, not the budget, and we confirm it against the current Hikvision datasheet before the unit reaches a quote.

Where it earns its place on a job

It earns its place wherever vehicles must be physically stopped rather than merely photographed: a company gate, a factory yard, a staff car park, a compound entrance. A camera tells you afterwards which car went through; a barrier decides whether it goes through at all.

The line worth repeating to a colleague: the commonest cause of delay on a gate job is not a technical fault, it is a barrier that arrives facing the wrong way. Nothing is broken and nothing can be done on site — the cabinet is on the wrong hand for the island, or the boom sweeps into the wrong side of the lane, and the job waits a week on a swap. One photograph at quotation stage prevents it.

So take it. Stand where a driver would stop and get the island and the direction of travel in one frame; a lane drawing is better still. Send it with the enquiry and we will name the letter in writing. The Hikvision Barrier Gate DS-K3B220LX-R is the sibling to compare this one against.

Before you order — three things to confirm

• The letter. Confirm in writing that -M is the variant your lane takes, against the datasheet for the revision being shipped. Do not infer it from a photograph or from what was ordered last year.
• The island and the approach. Where the foundation sits relative to the traffic, which way cars travel past it, and what the boom would sweep over. Settle this before the order, not on delivery day.
• How the lane will trigger it. Loop detector, card or QR reader, ANPR camera, intercom, or a manual button in a guard hut — decide early, because it changes the cabling and control gear quoted alongside the barrier.

Technical specifications

• Manufacturer: Hikvision, supplied as genuine stock.
• Product type: barrier gate for vehicle lane control.
• Model code: DS-K3B220LX-M — one of three DS-K3B220LX variants held here, alongside -L and -R.
• Full manufacturer datasheet available on request — call 16454.

Compatibility

The unit belongs to Hikvision’s access control range, which is the practical reason to specify it: where the readers, controllers and software on site are already Hikvision, the barrier is administered alongside the staff doors rather than as an island of its own. Which triggers and interfaces this variant accepts is a datasheet question, answered in writing before wiring is designed.

What’s in the box

Contents for the current revision are confirmed on the order before it ships. We do not assume a loop detector, photocell, spare boom, remote control or foundation fixings are in the carton — if the lane needs them, they are quoted as separate line items.

Common questions on this model

Can you simply tell me what the M means?
Not from memory, and not from a listing page. We read it off the current datasheet for the revision being shipped and confirm it against your lane — a phone call, not a delay.

We already run the -R on another entrance. Should we match it?
The previous order is not the test — the lane is. Two entrances on one site can need different letters if traffic runs in opposite directions past the island.

What do you need from us to specify it?
A lane drawing, or one photograph from the approach with the island and the direction of travel both visible. That settles the letter in minutes.

Supplied as genuine Hikvision hardware with the official one-year manufacturer warranty and delivery across Egypt. For variant confirmation, project pricing or help sizing the control gear, call the hotline on 16454.