Remember when you used
to be greeted by someone at the desk in the lobby. They would ask your name and
who you wanted to see. Then you would sign in and enter other information into
their logbook. Maybe you even got a visitor badge. Oh wait, many organizations still do this.
You may have also noticed that the world is changing. There are economic and health pressures that have motivated many organizations to use digital visitor management systems.
Today’s heightened interest in security and health has resulted in the need for better digital visitor authentication.
With the addition of access control panels and kiosks, you can even provide temperature monitoring and protective mask detection.
Visitor Management System
This article reviews how the latest visitor management system controls entry, provides a record of people entering the facility, and how the systems can integrate with other access control systems.
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Contact Tracing Concept
According to the CDC, contact tracing is key to slowing the spread of COVID-19. It helps keep you, your family, and your community safe. In general, contact tracing involves identifying people who have a contagious disease (cases) and people who they encountered (contacts) and working with them to interrupt disease spread. This includes asking people with COVID-19 to isolate and their contacts to quarantine at home voluntarily.
This article reviews the best ways to provide contact tracing.
The latest access control
systems are much easier to install than the older systems. Of course, it’s
only easy if you know exactly how to connect everything. The devil is in the
details, and this article provides the wiring diagrams you need to make your
access control system work.
As a review, the advantage of IP access control systems is
that everything is located at the door. The following diagram shows an example
of an IP access control system that uses a reader-controller.
So far, this year has been quite tumultuous.
It is the year of the great pandemic and the year of social change. The
turbulence of our time has created demands on technology. The use of face recognition
provides touchless access control, and temperature scanning with face mask
detection helps to limit the spread of disease.
The latest IP cameras include artificial intelligence and can
detect people who are too close together. Automated contact tracking has been
introduced to help reduce the spread of disease.
The article discusses some of the new technology that can help
in these difficult times.
The pandemic of 2020 has caused all of
us to think differently. More than ever, we are concerned about the spread of
disease. Some people believe that this concern will last well beyond today’s
pandemic. Just like the changes that occurred after 9-11, the world will be
different in the future.
One way to control the spread of
disease is to reduce the amount of surface contact. Biometric systems that use
fingerprints, palm recognition, or finger-vein are being replaced by face
recognition. This has the advantage of providing contactless or touchless door
entry control. This article reviews several new products that use face
recognition to control door entry.
The Pros and Cons of Thermal Cameras That Measure a Person’s Temperature
Thermal imaging cameras have been around for many years. They
were first used in the 1940s and 1950s by the military. Long-range camera systems use
thermal cameras to help with detection, recognition, and identification (DRI)
of targets. They have also been used in previous pandemics.
Today, thermal imaging cameras have
become popular because of the outbreak of COVID-19.
Some of the older thermal cameras
have been repurposed to measure a person’s temperature from a distance. The
latest systems are designed for measuring people’s body temperature and have
been integrated with door access control.
Thermal Camera Temperature Measuring
This article reviews the various technologies and how they can help monitor people as they enter a secure area.
If we want to detect an object that is miles away, is the magnification
of the lens the most important, or is it the camera resolution? It turns out
that many factors determine the effectiveness of a long-range
camera.
The things that determine the performance of a long-range
camera system include the magnification provided by the lens, motion of the
object, camera resolution, atmospheric clarity, lighting, and contrast. All these variables are inter-related.
This article discusses all the factors that determine how successful you will be in detecting an object (target) that is very far away.
The “IP” means that
the camera connects to the network rather than to a DVR using a coax cable.
The IP camera system includes not only the cameras but also the video recording system. The cameras and the recording system connect to a network switch. The IP camera systems may also integrate with IP door access control and IP Intercoms.
This article describes how to install your IP camera system. It reviews all the steps required to mount the cameras, install it on the network, and connect it to your video recording system.
The Latest Network-Attached Multi-Tenant Building Intercoms
What is an Apartment Intercom?
An apartment intercom is a communication device used in the lobby or at the front entrance of a multi-tenant building or apartment house. It provides a connection to the tenants.
The new wireless intercom allows you to contact the resident’s smartphone or standard phone to request entry into the building. The lobby intercom display provides a list of all the tenants in the building.
The old apartment intercom systems were all analog-type intercoms and required wires from the lobby to all the apartments. Each apartment contained an answering intercom module. This intercom allowed the person in the apartment to talk to the visitor in the lobby. The tenant could then press the button to open the front door. These new IP intercoms replace the old analog intercoms.
Apartment Intercom Concept
The new IP apartment intercoms do the same thing and much more. This article provides information about the new IP apartment intercom systems.
The new IP access control systems connect to the network and provide the flexibility that allows you to install a single door at a time.
These new IP access control systems include the door reader and
controller that is all located at the door. The electric lock is connected to
the controller.
The older access control systems used a large central controller
that was located in a closet. The labor to run wires from the controller to the
reader, and the electric lock was high.
Today there are several ways to control a single door. There are single-door systems that use a keypad and IP door reader-controller systems that use card credentials or your smartphone for access.
This article compares the single-door access control systems that attach to the network.
