Electronic token and lock

1. An access control system for a facility including a plurality of access points, the system including

at least one central database including recombination data;

at least one hard-wired lockset positioned to control access through at least one of the plurality of access points of the facility and hard-wired to the central database to receive the recombination data from the at least one central database;

at least one token having memory that stores the recombination data including which tokens should be granted access from the at least one hard-wired lockset; and

at least one stand-alone lockset positioned to control access through at least one of the plurality of access points of the facility, the stand-alone lockset including memory that stores the recombination data received from the at least one token;

wherein the at least one hard-wired lockset includes a plurality of hard-wired locksets defining an outer perimeter and the at least one stand-alone lockset includes a plurality of stand-alone locksets positioned within the outer perimeter defined by the plurality of hard-wired locksets.

2. The access system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one hard-wired lockset and the at least one stand-alone lockset include readers that receive token identification information.

3. The access system of claim 2 , wherein the reader of the at least one stand-alone lockset communicates token access history information to the at least one token and the reader of the hard-wired lockset communicates token receives token access history information from the token.

4. The access system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one hard-wired lockset and the at least one stand-alone lockset include a lock core with a plurality of tumbler pins and the at least one token includes a key shank having bitting that corresponds to the tumbler pins of the lock cores.

5. The access system of claim 4 , wherein the at least one hard-wired lockset and the at least one stand-alone lockset include readers that receive token identification information and are positioned within the lock cores.

6. The access system of claim 1 , wherein communication between the at least one hard-wired lockset and the at least one stand-alone lockset and at least one token occurs through a conductive path.

7. An access control system for a facility including a plurality of access points, the system including

at least one token having memory;

at least one stand-alone lockset positioned to control access through at least one of the plurality of access points of the facility, the stand-alone lockset determining if the at least one token has access rights to the access point, the at least one stand-alone lockset including memory that records access history information, the at least one stand-alone lockset and token having communicators through which the access history information is downloaded from the memory of the at least one stand-alone lockset to the memory of the at least one token;

at least one hard-wired lockset positioned to control access through at least one of the plurality of access points of the facility, the at least one hard-wired lockset having a communicator through which the access history information is downloaded from the memory of the token; and

at least one central database receiving the access history information from the at least one hard-wired lockset;

wherein the at least one hard-wired lockset includes a plurality of hard-wired locksets defining an outer perimeter and the at least one stand-alone lockset includes a plurality of stand-alone locksets positioned within the outer perimeter defined by the plurality of hard-wired locksets.

8. The access system of claim 7 , wherein the at least one hard-wired lockset and the at least one stand-alone lockset include readers that receive token identification information.

9. The access system of claim 8 , wherein the reader of the at least one stand-alone lockset communicates token access history information to the at least one token and the reader of the hard-wired lockset communicates token receives token access history information from the token.

10. The access system of claim 7 , wherein the at least one hard-wired lockset and the at least one stand-alone lockset include a lock core with a plurality of tumbler pins and the at least one token includes a key shank having bitting that corresponds to the tumbler pins of the lock cores.

11. The access system of claim 10 , wherein the at least one hard-wired lockset and the at least one stand-alone lockset include readers that receive token identification information and are positioned within the lock cores.

12. The access system of claim 7 , wherein communication between the at least one hard-wired lockset and the at least one stand-alone lockset and at least one token occurs through a conductive path.

13. The access system of claim 7 , wherein the at least one hard-wired lockset includes a plurality of hard-wired locksets defining an outer perimeter and the at least one stand-alone lockset includes a plurality of stand-alone locksets positioned within the outer perimeter defined by the plurality of hard-wired locksets.

14. The access system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one hard-wired lockset includes a plurality of hard-wired locksets in communication with the central database.

15. The access system of claim 7 , wherein the at least one hard-wired lockset includes a plurality of hard-wired locksets in communication with the central database.