Ikhala lekati yisixhobo esisebenzisa umoya oqinisekisiyo lokusebenza ngokwesicathami esifanayo esiyila kwaye sikhupha ukuze luhleke ukungena kwezihambi emasipalweni, emacaleni ephandeleyo, emakhaya aphelandeni neziphini. Le khala zisebenza ngumotika wamandla, owakhiwa ngalo amagxalinga aphindaphinda—ngokuvulindlela ngama-90 digrii ukuze kube nekhono lokugcina. Zinzaindile ukuba nenzelwe ngokukhawuleza, nezinto ezithutha ukuba zenzeke ngokusebenza phandlwana kwaye zenzeke kwiimeko ezenyulwa ngandle. Iinkcazo eziphambene ngokutshintsha izigcawu zokusebenza, ekunene ukubamba ubudlelwane bokugcina, kunye neemeko zokuphepha njengoko olwahlukileyo oluyilaphezulu kwaye akakhali amagxalinga ukuba yayikho. Baninzi lekhala zokugcina zibambeke kwindawo yokugcina, zibandakanya iindlela zokungenela, iikhadi ze-RFID, okanye iteknoloji yokubona amanani wekhodi yesihambi ukuvunyelwa ukungena. Ezinye iindlela zenza umsebenzi wokugcinwa kwamandla xa kungekho amandla, ngelixa ezinye iindlela zokujonga ngokushesha zisenokugcinwa kwaye zisekwa ngokushesha ngokwendawo. Ama-geya athengiselwa ngokuchaneka (kwiimetro 2 ukuya kwiimetro 6) ukuba yenzeke kwiindlela ezahlukahlukene, kunye neempawu zokusebenza ngokukhawuleza kwiindawo zophuhliso. Zinzaindile ukuba zenzeke, nezinto ezithutha ukuba zenzeke kwiimeko ezenyulwa ngandle. Ukufumana inkcazelo yokusetyenziswa, ukuthembana neendawo zokugcina, okanye iziqwalathe mandla, qhagamise nokti.