Re: Access Control

["sh33pdip" <rjl@xxxxxxx>]

Philip,

at my last company we used the Bewator system: -

www.bewator.co.uk

would do all that you ask and more but can be expensive. I believe
RS Components do some of their individual bits like keypads and
swipe readers. At the end of the day we moved to proximity readers
as the swipe cards were always getting worn out. We had it running
on a Windows system then but things may have moved on.

Rob

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Philip Coombes"
<philip.coombes@t...> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> This is slightly OT as it's not 'home' automation per se, rather
business
> automation but I hope you all don't mind that.
>
> I'm am trying to find a means of controlling access to a building
(and rooms
> within) via a swipe/barcode/proximity card type solution. All very
off the
> shelf so far perhaps but I'd like to be able to interface this
system with a
> server that contains the details of people allowed access. Ideally
this
> would be bi-directional so that the server could push the list of
valid
> users of a daily or hourly basis (people would have set periods
when they
> are entitled to access the system) to the door entry system and
pull off a
> log of accesses.
>
> The server will be a Linux box so Windows solutions don't really
help much
> but as long as the entry system has a standard protocol and
interface I
> don't mind knocking something up so the software doesn't have to
be there as
> such, just the capability to do it. Ideally some kind of real-time
response
> would be great so I can interface with a ZoneMinder installation
and label
> the recorded events with the name of the people coming and going
but this is
> not an absolute requirement.
>
> Anyone have any experience of this kind of thing?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Phil,