Access Control Systems Explained

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Access Control Systems Explained
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• If youre seeking to increase security at your
  business premises, you might be thinking about
  having an access control system installed. These
  systems are self-explanatory - in that they do
  what they say in the description - and allow you
  to have complete control over who gains access to
  your commercial premises.
• In the past, the term access control was
  applied to any form of security that prevents or
  enables certain individuals to enter a property
  and could even have been used to describe a lock
  and key set. Nowadays, however, access control
  systems have become far more sophisticated and
  the term is usually used to refer to a
  computer-based, electronic card access control
  system.

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• Allowing you to control entry to exterior and
  interior doors, access control installation gives
  quick and convenient access to those who are
  permitted to enter, while restricting access to
  those who are not.
• What are the basic components of an access
  control system?
• These systems can differ greatly, but all contain
  at least the following few basic components

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• Access cards
• Best thought of perhaps, as an electronic key,
  these cards can be used by individuals to gain
  permitted access through certain doors that have
  been secured using the control system. Each with
  a unique code, the cards are similar to a credit
  card in appearances.
• Card readers
• These are the devices that electronically read
  the access card, with some requiring the card to
  be inserted, while others require a proximity
  flash allowing the card to be read when held at
  a distance of 3 to 6 inches from the reader.

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• The card readers are usually mounted on the
  outside of the doors that they have been
  programmed to control.
• Electric lock hardware
• This refers to the equipment that electrically
  locks and unlocks each door that is being
  controlled by the access system. These can range
  from electric locks, electric strikes, and
  electromagnetic locks, to electric exit devices
  and many more. Which type of hardware is used,
  will depend upon the construction of the door
  that it will be used on.

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• Access control field panels
• These are often referred to as intelligent
  controllers and are fitted in every building
  that has an access control installation. The card
  readers, electric lock hardware and other control
  devices are connected to access control field
  panels.
• Access control server computer
• This can be thought of as the brain of the access
  control system and serves as the central database
  and file manager for the access control system.
  Its role is to record all system activity and
  distribute information to and from the access
  control field panels. In many cases, one access
  control server can be used to control a great
  number of doors that are controlled by card
  readers.

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• If you want to make sure that your business is as
  secure as it can possibly be, and want to
  modernize your security systems and have more
  control over who enters your commercial premises,
  you should talk to a licensed locksmith about
  access control installation.
• Golden Locks Inc is a licensed and trusted
  locksmith in OC with years of experience and
  trained staff skilled in locksmith services for
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