Re: Door Access Control With Good E-mail Interfaces

["Jan" <Jan322@xxxxxxxxx>]

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"Will" <DELETE_westes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Is there a door access control system with fine-grained support for e-mail
> or pager notifications for specific events?    We have been using Ademco
> Passpoint, but I have problems with this:
>
> 1) The software doesn't run as a Windows service, so if you reboot the
> server it doesn't automatically startup the software that needs to be
> running to have e-mail notifications work.
>
> 2) There are no time periods for e-mail notifications.   For example, I
> would like to know about all entries after hours and on weekends at the
> moment they happen.   Passpoint makes you get all entries or no entries,
and
> nothing based on time of day.
>
> 3) Passpoint appears to be a dead-end product for Ademco.   The software
> hasn't been upgraded in ages and they have lots of different control
systems
> now that seem to compete with it.    I'm feeling a lack of direction
there.
>
> 4) Many of the Ademco events that trigger notifications are borderline
> gibberish, mainly triggers for very low-level technical things in the
alarm
> or door access panels.   They just didn't think through how people would
> want to use and interface to event notifications.
>
> Cost is an issue.    I want the best price-performance ratio that meets
the
> basic requirements for good Windows server integration and real-time
> notifications of events.
>
> Other requirements that would be nice to have (but not essential) for the
> door access system:
>
> 1) Ability to use the same badges to access workstations and unlock a
> screensaver.
>
> 2) Ability to unlock file cabinets.
>
> Are there any systems that meet my requirements better than Passpoint?
>
> --
> Will
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