About SOYAL

Business Philosophy

MISSION

Mission

Provide less-worries, convenience, and reliable quality of life

VISION

Vision

Becoming the first choice of access control system in global brand.

"For Integrators: Integrate Resources, Co-Create Market Value.
For Users: Try First, Choose Smart—No Budget Wasted."

SOYAL Technology Co., Ltd
Founded in 1993, SOYAL Technology Co., Ltd. is a renowned Taiwanese manufacturer of software and hardware for smart buildings, industrial control, and access control systems. Our products feature an easily scalable, modular "stackable" architecture, allowing users to expand their systems at any time based on actual needs.
Across our smart building, access control, time and attendance, and industrial control product lines, most devices are developed under the "Union Body Multi-Demand" design philosophy. By providing a wide range of cross-platform bridging interfaces, SOYAL fully meets system integrators' demands for high compatibility and scalability, helping our clients build globally trusted security and integration platforms.

Brand Positioning and Core Values
Marketing under the brand name SOYAL, the company remains committed to in-house R&D and local manufacturing. Having deeply cultivated the Taiwanese market in access control and smart building sectors, SOYAL has built a solid track record. This dedication has established a powerful brand identity and an excellent reputation, making SOYAL synonymous with premium access control solutions.
The core values of SOYAL are Stability, Security, Flexibility, and Compatibility. We provide not only industrial-grade, durable hardware but also comprehensive software support and open integration interfaces to meet the needs of various scales and environments. Through our modular design, SOYAL ensures that systems can grow continuously and never become obsolete, positioning us as the premier brand in the field of smart access control and smart buildings.

Product Advantages

Flexible Stackable Architecture for Seamless Expansion:Easily expand your system with access control, industrial control, and smart building modules as needed. SOYAL products feature ultimate scalability, with both single-door and large-scale networked applications compatible with our "Stackable Architecture." This design allows the system to grow alongside your requirements through seamless upgrades. If future needs arise for Face Recognition, LPR (License Plate Recognition), or QR Code modules, you simply add them like "building blocks" onto your existing foundation. This avoids the need to replace legacy equipment, ensuring every cent of your budget is spent precisely.
Comprehensive Product Line Across Five Major Categories:
- Software:Management and utility software, including 701ServerSQL / 701ClientSQL, offering long-term service and support to ensure system stability and continuous evolution.
- Multi-functional Standalone Controllers & Readers:Our E, H, K, and U Series controllers are equipped with expansion and interlocking interfaces. A single controller can satisfy diverse applications—including access control, time and attendance, elevator control, parking lots, and stored-value payments—making them ideal for heterogeneous platform integration.
- Signal Converters & Gateways:A full range of bi-directional active/passive RS485, RS232, USB, TCP, and Modbus converters.
- Industrial PLCs & I/O Modules:Including the AR-401 (RS485 I/O) and webPLC (TCP/IP I/O) series.
- Electronic Locks:A variety of magnetic locks, electric bolts, and touch-keypad code locks.

Brand Promise
"Try First. Choose What Truly Works. Buy Right, Waste Nothing."
When you think of access control, you think of SOYAL. We do more than just secure your entry points; through our highly flexible system architecture, we are your premier strategic partner in intelligent management.

Core Value

Speed

Seizing opportunity with agile footsteps by welcoming challenges of the new era.
Meet customer's demand and quickly handle it efficiently and comprehensively. Serve customer with steady quality, fastest delivery, and the most reasonable price.

Service

Bringing up the most professional technical team to provide high quality service with speed and effectiveness.
Provide customized products with professional knowledge, skills, and attitude.
With peace of mind and reliability, providing customer the most refined product.

Innovation

Endless innovation and courage to try, always keeping an attitude of excellence.
Creative thinking, set eye on the future, and mastering leadership in the industry.
Do not fear the challenge, put into practice, creating company value with innovative thinking.

Quality

We believe quality is everyone in Soyal team responsibility.
We are committed to provide highest standard in the industry.

Integrity

Maintaining integrity principle every time facing customer, never deceive, remove dishonesty, and not exaggerated. Focusing on business ethics and providing competitor a constructive competition. Integrity is the most fundamental and important concept for all Soyal team.

Perspective

Corporate Responsibility

Responsibility to put quality first, courageous, and bear with responsibility. Keeping promises to customers and always do our best. Commitment to society, and do our best in corporate social responsibility.

Dedication to product development and Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) certification.

We are dedicated to researching and developing innovative products with high quality, efficiency, and stability. Our efforts have been recognized with multiple product invention patents and certifications, and we have become an internationally recognized enterprise with continuous receipt of the Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) enterprise certification for multiple years.

Technical Support and Quality Service

Customer comes first, high quality, excellent service, mutually beneficial.
To meet our customer needs, we offer customized product and software.
Established customer service team to provide technical support for 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Walking Towards World Stage, Global Business

Continue to pursue high quality, low price, and endless innovation, establish higher visibility in international market, and expanding business overseas.

WHY SOYAL?

Versatile Products Selection

In order to provide the customers high quality design products , SOYAL take the visual attractiveness of each product as important consideration. To satisfy customer aesthetic requirements, SOYAL launch the family series SOYAL VISION (Vision, Iron, Slim, Illuminate, On yx, and Nation) Series ). Each series of products have the same appearance design, which is convenient for you to select the access controller, proximity reader, exit button with the same design, theme and color.

Long-Term Service Software

After over two decades in business, SOYAL preserve software format and layout since the beginning of establishment. Since the file based system format and now it supports both file based and data based system, there is no significant change on format and layout. The reason is simply we want no hustle and no relearning necessary for every software update.

Multi Factor Authentications

Choose your access identification options from combination of Card, PIN, fingerprint, and QR Code; either single factor or two factors. With only one set of software you could even have it integrated with face recognition and plate recognition.That way you can have more access options other than what SOYAL hardwane provides.

Support Communication Redundancy

SOYAL Controller support dual communication interface and each product are built in RS485 and TCP/IP. When one of the interfaces is failed, the other interface can be used as a backup to keep on the system running smoothly.
At the same time, it supports emergency offline working mode, even if the system is disconnected, the users can still get access in normal control mode.

Cross-System Software

SOYAL software characteristic is single software that supports all systems; file based system, data based system,and web based system. Without restricting compatibility for particular product only compatible with particular software, SOYAL created 'Cross-System Software' that supports configuration, monitoring, and editing for all access control, industrial control, and smart building products; in one integrated software.

Beyond Access Controller

Each product manufactured by SOYAL was made for total solution and to offer flexibility. For intense, SOYAL main product is access controller but you can find SOYAL on other application like offline consumption device, charging device, and many more. The main reason is: SOYAL controller built in multiple interfaces for upgrade and scale without replacing the whole hardware.

Union Body Multi-Demand In-Field Firmware Upgrade

Each SOYAL product is available for in-field firmware upgrade to add or change functions even after the products are already installed in the field. Union Body Multi-Demand features allows each product to easily modify functions anywhere and everywhere, as easy as a click on the firmware upgrade software.

Industrial Grade Specification

Compared from commercial products on the market, SOYAL products are made with the materials complied with RoHS regulation and Industrial standard. SOYAL aim for providing high durability product that can work in harsh environment and have a long life span.

No Exclusivity, Open Integration Resources

For software and system integration, SOYAL will provide open resources such as SDK and protocol document that compatible with other system integration. For web based, SOYAL protocols can easily corresponding to JSON interface that is suitable for GraphQL and Julia developer. Or else, you could integrate SOYAL with other third party integration system by yourselves.

Seamless upgrade and Unlimited Expansion

When the hardware devices scaling up with the growth of the enterprise, SOYAL cascade system structure allows to expand more users capacity and provide higher security by purchasing additional expansion controllers without replacing the existing hardware devices.

What SOYAL can do

Varieties of RFID Tags Selection

RFID tags format that is compatible with SOYAL controller and reader: ISO18000-2, ISO14443A, ISO7816-4, ISO15693, Felica, and NFC (card simulation).

Varieties of RFID Frequency

SOYAL controller and reader frequency varies from 125kHz, 13.56MHz,Dual-Band (125kHz & 13.56MHz) ,and UHF (902-928MHz / 865-868MHz)

Multi UID Display Format

SOYAL hardware could be assigned into different display format according customer's requirement, for example: HEX, ABA, WG26, WG34, and many more.

Duress Code & Output

In case an assailant or robber ambush at the entrance and force you to open the door or disarm the system, try to keep calm and input Duress code to open the door, which will simultaneously send a silent alert to the monitoring station or security guards.

Built-in Tamper Switch

Equipped with tamper switch for extra burglary system. Activate the alarm output when someone tried to break the controller or open the housing. It will also send signal message to SOYAL 701 Client Software and send loud signal with additional Alarm siren.

Arming and Disarming

Enable or disable your controller for guarding mode by selecting arming or disarming mode. All controllers under arming mode will transmit abnormal event into alarm.

Watchdog

Equipped with Watchdog function to prevent from computer hang & to recover from system.

Complete Indicator

Equipped with LED and buzzer, every flashing LED and beeping sound has different meaning to indicate different situation.

Double Door Control

Control not only a single door but also double door at the same time with a single unit controller.

Master Card Feature

Set up three master cards for each access controller to quickly add or erase user only by swiping master card without configuration by software or keypad.

Anti-Passback

Restrict user re-entering without exiting, SOYAL provides two kind of anti-passback function; single door anti-passback and global anti-passback.

Auto Open Time zone

Set up auto open time zone and activate it regardless by swiping or not swiping valid tags for particular time.

Alarming for Abnormal Event

SOYAL indicate abnormal events such as door open too long, force open, door position abnormal, or key-in more than three times invalid card. All of these abnormal events can be tracked via SOYAL 701Client software's event log.

Multiple Communication Interfaces

Each SOYAL access controller is built-in more than one interfaces like RS485, RS232, UART, Wiegand Input, Wiegand Output, and TCP/IP for more options. Either under Master or Slave mode, SOYAL controller can also be a reader. It is so flexible and adjustable just by sending a command and wiring adjustment.

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Security Level

Product Milestone

1993

SOYAL Technology Co., Ltd. was established

The beginning of the journey was accepting customer request for commissioned design for access controller, access reader, and related software and hardware customization.

1996

The first Smart Software in Taiwan was established

Launched the first smart software in Taiwan for decentralizing control system and graphic control software.

1997

The beginning of RFID Era

Soyal introduced proximity reader and networking controller, officially entering RFID era.

1998

Introduced new product AR-701H

Soyal had successfully promoted AR-701H as its proximity access control system.

2000

Came out with Multi-Door Networking Controller

Introducing AR-721H series for time attendance system and AR-716E series for multi-door networking controller

2001

701 Server and Client New Software Upgrade

To enhance the feature in 701 Server and Client Software; access control, time attendance, salary count, lift control and graphic control have been featured in the new upgrade.

2002

Smart Biometric Time Attendance Access Controller

Introducing AR-801E/AR-821E access controller for time attendance that support biometric fingerprint for user’s access.

2003

Introducing of AR-716Ei and AR-727CM

Introducting AR-716Ei a multi-door networking controller and AR-727CM converter, with built-in Ethernet port

2004

Introducing 3in1 Access Controller

Introducing AR-737H/U a smart RFID access controller.
Launched upgraded version of AR-727/AR-721 is available with 3in1 feature (stand-alone, communication interface to PC, with multi-door controller that support 15000+ user).
Officially entering Mainla

2005

Introducing AR-737P

Introducing Mifare frequency and RS-232 interface of AR-737P Open System Programmer to keeping up with customers demand for tags programmer.
In the same year, Soyal purchased new office in Neihu District, Taipei, Taiwan.

2008

New Release – Metal Case Access Controller

Introducing Metal Access Controller AR-321H and AR-327H for the first time, another milestone is successfully introducing Door Lock AR-321D and AR-323D

2009

First Time Entering Japan market with AR-725E

At Tokyo Show in Japan, Soyal first released 9 stylish colors with illuminated-touch panel access controller AR-725E. At the same year, Soyal moved its headquarter to Taiwan Science and Technology Building in Xizhi District, New Taipei City, Taiwan.

2010

Upgraded Metal Access Controller AR-321H and AR-327H

Upgrading Metal Access Controller AR-321H and AR-327H, it can now support both EM and Mifare frequency. The first integration partnership to held “ISMAE SOYAL 2010” Exhibition. Introducing CPU card and RFID SIM card technology, improving security level.

2011

Metal Access Controller for Narrow Space AR-331H

In order to install controller/reader at narrow space, SOYAL developed the slim metal housing AR-331 series. Narrow installation space is not a problem at all. Furthermore, we launched AR-881EF dual-band fingerprint controller with RS-485 and TCP/IP dual-

2012

New Software-Soyal WEB

Soyal WEB access control system, Through browser you can configure card edit and tracking event log, no need for software installation, no limit for access platform (PC, Laptop, Smartphone), no limit for login location, only internet requires, no worry fo

2013

Infrared Touchless Push Button 1st Version

Launched AR-PBI7B/8B (infrared sensor button), with a touchless button it is suitable for industries that require high sanitary e.g: medical, food and beverages, laboratory unit.

2014

The First Weatherproof Biometric Access Controller AR-837EF

Launching SOYAL’s first weatherproof biometric access controller, AR-837EF. The installation method of AR-837EF can be either in the surface (mounted) or embedded with more choices to meet more demand.

2015

888 Ultra-thin Flush-Mounted Series

Innovatively launched ultra-thin flush-mounted access controller with a unique LED frame design, leading the new trend of access control.

2016

Launched DESFire Programmer

To prevent tags cloning and increase security level, we develop DESFire Programmer that supports 3DES/MAC/AES high-security encryption with easy operation.

2016

Touch-less Capacitive Sensor Button 2nd Version

Upgrading infrared touchless sensor button into capacitive version, improving interfered by sunlight and fluorescent lamp, suitable for any place.

2017

Slim Biometric Access Controller AR-331EF

Launched new Ultra-Slim outdoor “Biometric Controller” AR-331EF for neat installation in narrow space. With metal body designed for Anti-Vandalism, touch keypad with backlight design to enhance waterproof and water resistant in the surface, increasing sec

2018

Universal I/O Module Series

Support 4 functional modes: standard Modbus I/O module / Smart mailbox Mode / Multi-function delay output mode / FF/RF falling, and FF/RF rising.

2019

QR Code Access Controller Is launched

QR Code access control controller AR-837EL support not only standard RFID access control functions but also support QR Code scanning and E-mail sending functions working with SOYAL software, QR Code passes can be set with expiry and limited number of time

2020

Database version software Is launched - 701 SQL Software

SOYAL 701 SQL software version support both File base system mode and Database System mode, and supports Unicode format; the third-party programs can be more easily integrated with the SOYAL access control system through the database, and the database ver

2021

Multi-function Face Recognition Controller Is Launched- AR-837-EA / AR-837-EA-T

In 2021, face recognition controller with body temperature detection is launched, in which reduce the chance of contact recognition and greatly improve safety of access.