Access Control Systems Good Practices

Installation Practices for Door Access Control Systems 

 There are several things to consider when selecting and installing a door access control system. These safer practices increase the overall security of the system. System security starts with the correct type of door-reader and secure wiring. It requires the right electric lock and an exit methodology for ...

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IP Paging Systems Provide Advanced Functionality

This is Not Your Father's Paging System 

Paging systems have changed over the years.  Remember the old days when the principal would make announcements on that old PA system. You were lucky to hear anything that was said. The principal had a microphone attached to a clunky amplifier. It had a large knob that adjusted ...

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Access Control Enhanced With Intercoms

How to Control Visitors An access control system allows people with a credential to enter, but what happens when a visitor comes to the door?  One easy way to handle the visitor is to add an IP intercom.  An IP camera, and some additional software, can be added to provide a safe way to allow ...

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Face Recognition and other Technologies for Disease Mitigation

Review of the Technologies that Help in a Pandemic So is face recognition good or bad? Does it invade our privacy, or does it make us more secure?  Facial recognition has had a difficult time in the market.  When it was first introduced, it was a promising technology, but it was costly. Over the last ...

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Integrating Access Control and Temperature Screening

How to Integrate Temperature Scanning Biometrics with Access Control systems 

 Access control systems can be enhanced to increase safety by adding biometric (face and Palm) access credentials, temperature scanning, and mask detection. The biometric temperature scanning panels can be used by themselves or added to existing access control systems. Why add biometric access control? Mostly ...

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How a Power Supply Works - Kintronics

Access Control, IP Cameras, and Intercoms Need Power Supplies 

 Designing a power supply is one of the first electrical engineering tasks I did in college. I remember those days. We learned many things, such as don't drink a lot of beer before the lab class. Don't put your finger in the electric socket. Always try ...

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Automatic Contact Tracing and Other Technologies for the Campus

Technology for Schools Our world has been turned upside down. 

What was true yesterday is no longer the same today

As Alice in Wonderland says, "How puzzling all these changes are! I'm never sure what I'm going to be, from one minute to another." Can automated contact tracing and other unique technologies turn our world ...

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