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Offices, Business, homes,
even outdoor areas, all need access control.
This has led to burgeoning business for
installers, as these areas are now dominated
by electronic solutions. Access control
is a huge subject because it can be extended
to embrace all electronic security techniques
by integrating with other technologies,
particularly intruder and CCTV.
Such systems are becoming
increasingly prominent not only in the
management of entrances and exists but
also in the monitoring and screening of
personnel within defined areas. Such systems
extend to the collection of data, the
movement patterns of users and the integration
with other security functions and building
management services.
The most basic form of electronic
access control is a very simple domestic
system intended to protect a locked but
low security door, where a visitor can
be interrogated at a local point by means
of a simple intercom
At the further end of the
scale is the intelligent computer-based
barrier and multi-door high security system
with remote surveillance and multiple
users, with extra facilities for visitors.
The for is usually classed
as a door entry kit, but it still forms
part of access control engineering. The
latter system will involve the use of
many readers, which personnel are checked
as to their right to enter into a prescribed
area, with all transactions logged on
a database.
It follows that the electronic
access control engineer must carry out
divers activities including installing
mechanical locks and barriers and yet
still be capable of programming systems
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