Know Who's Coming and Going - And When

If you have a large number of people coming and going to and from many exit and entrances, some form of access control system should be used. It's the best way to limit or allow access to certain areas of your organization and to tell who has been where and when.

With today's access control systems you can even go beyond that. Integrate it with your alarm system and add CCTV to the picture and it's the closest thing to or even better than having a live guard at each door and gate.

Just imagine for example that a new employee Jim, is issued an access card to a restricted area such as a laboratory, and the laboratory door is equipped with a card reader for entering and a card reader for exiting. Whenever Jim enters or exits the lab, the time, location and his profile are recorded by the access control software to a relational database. Now, let's say those same card readers are integrated with a CCTV system. Then there's a video recording associated with each time Jim enters or exits. Furthermore, let's integrate the alarm system along with the access control and CCTV system. Then, if Jim's card is reported lost or stolen, he will be issued a new card and the next time his old card is used an alarm will be set off and the CCTV system will be automatically instructed to record the event.

The above example is a very common application. AC Technical Systems can design and integrate an access control system to accommodate an unlimited number of entry and exit points for an unlimited number of user profiles. Contact us or request a quote for either upgrading your current access control system, adding a control access system or integrating an access control system with your other security devices.

Click here to view a Access Control System Integration Diagram.