The Gun Counter

OK, so as part of our increased security measures, we would like to add doors which keep a log of who comes and goes, at what times, and which will block out most employees outside of business hours.

Any suggestions? I think a RFID based system would be the easiest.

Any suggestions on brand?

Make sure it tracks failed attempts as well as successful ones, and has a 2 second timeout between attempts to prevent spoof attempts.

Our office uses a system put in by Simplex Grinnell that seems to work well. We have access to the system through an IP address and can configure cards and control not only what doors someone accesses but when they can go through them. It's also easy to set to automatically unlock and re-lock specific doors to allow visitors to access meeting rooms, rest rooms, etc. It tracks failed attempts and key bypass to open doors.

We've already used the door logs to narrow down the times to do a search on our camera system to verify some late evening activity (nothing criminal, but folks needed to be doing something else somewhere else).

Wasn't cheap, as in $10K plus for our part of the system. 7 Doors, and we are able to use the same card for access to a parking garage.

Since we piggy backed onto someone else's project, I didn't research other vendors, but this at least gives you a data point.

Ag,

We typically use the proximity card readers from Isonas for our customers. The units are power over ethernet capable, can be setup for entry and exit logging, AND have a variety with keypads, in case you want a card plus PIN option.

-Bobby

ALSO: Alarm should sound if door is open for more than 20 seconds, and you should log each exit to an entry, to ensure people don't just hold the door for each other, entirely circumventing your investment.

Don't go with barcode scanners, as someone with a valid card and a copier that lets you adjust how dark it prints can get around it pretty easily.