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A card access control system lets staff and visitors through doors, turnstiles and barriers only in the zones and at the times they are authorised for, and logs every passage. One card read opens the door, records time and attendance and, where the person is entitled to it, logs a canteen meal, so security, HR and payroll all work from the same record instead of separate lists.
We install it for factories, office buildings, construction sites and multi-site organisations; visitors get a temporary card limited to their visit.
CCTV tells you what happened afterwards; access control stops the wrong person getting through the door in the first place. On many sites the real problem is that doors, time and attendance and the canteen each run on their own device and their own list — a leaver's card is cancelled in one system and still works in another, and payroll data is stitched together by hand at month end, with every dispute investigated one by one.
We specify and install the readers, door controllers, turnstiles and barriers for your site and connect them all to one software platform: our own SmartPass. A single card read opens the door, records attendance and, where the employee is entitled to it, logs a canteen meal; no separate attendance terminal is needed. If the internet connection drops, doors keep working to the same rules. Once a month is closed its timesheet is locked, so it cannot change afterwards, and it can be exported to your HR and payroll system. For vehicle entry see barrier and parking systems and licence plate recognition; for critical areas where cards must not be shared, see fingerprint access control.
Gatehouse, production, warehouse, offices: the site is divided into zones, with every door, turnstile and barrier run from one dashboard. A rule changed in the panel applies at every door straight away.
People belong to access groups; each group is linked to zones and, optionally, a weekly time profile. Every refused passage is logged with its reason.
Entries and exits become timesheets based on the shift plan, and reports can be exported to payroll. The same card also checks each person's daily meal entitlement in the canteen.
The dashboard shows how many staff, contractors and visitors are on site right now. In emergency mode exits are released, entries are closed and a notification email goes out.
Let's work out together how many access points and people your site has: book a site survey and we will send the scope and cost as a written proposal.
We installed RFID access control with separate permission profiles for the production area, administrative building and warehouse. Turnstile passages were logged automatically, and the monthly timesheet came straight from the system into the existing payroll software instead of being compiled by hand. Visitor access ran through the same platform.
“Will our existing turnstiles and doors go to waste?” Usually not. The SmartPass fixed terminal is brand-independent and works with OSDP readers and dry-contact relays. Turnstiles, doors and barriers with a relay input are generally reused; the site survey confirms it.
“Do we have to replace our cards?” Cards readable as 13.56 MHz MIFARE or NFC can be used as they are; the system only reads the card's ID number and writes nothing to the card. Other card types are assessed during the survey.
“If the internet goes down, are the doors stuck?” No. Every door carries a copy of the permission list signed by the server and decides by the same rules; passages queue on the device and are uploaded in full, without duplicates, once the connection returns.
“How long does installation take?” It depends on the number of access points, whether the hardware is already in place and the state of your staff list. After the site survey we draw up a timetable specific to your organisation.
Let's work out your access points, headcount and existing hardware during a site survey, and we will send the installation scope and cost as a written proposal. To buy the SmartPass software, fill in the SmartPass sales form and you will hear back within the same working day.
A card access control system lets people through doors, turnstiles and barriers only where and when they are authorised. The person presents a card, the software checks their permission for that door at that time and, if allowed, opens the lock, turnstile or barrier. Every passage is logged and can be monitored live.
Yes. Our systems run on SmartPass: door access, attendance records and, where the employee is entitled to it, canteen meals are handled with the same card, in the same record and the same panel. No separate attendance terminal is needed. Entries and exits become timesheets based on the shift plan, and reports can be exported to your payroll system.
Visitors are pre-registered, receive a temporary card at arrival and the host gets an email; the card is returned on exit. The card only works within the visit's access group and time window, then stops at every point, and every passage is logged. Visitors are not asked for an ID number.
Cost has three parts: hardware, installation and software. Hardware such as readers, locks, turnstiles and barriers is chosen to suit your site, and existing equipment with a relay input can often be reused; installation depends on the number of doors and site conditions; SmartPass software is priced by quote, based on the number of access points, the number of people and the hardware required. After a site survey we send a written proposal.
Card numbers are never stored: at the moment of reading, the device turns them into a one-way hash with a key unique to your organisation, keeping only the hash and the last four digits. Every change is logged with its old and new values, and access and audit records are linked in a hash chain. 43 panel permissions limit who sees what, and once your chosen retention period passes, fields identifying the person are removed daily while counts and reports remain.
Passages are monitored live, and the dashboard shows how many staff, contractors and visitors are on site right now. When a point is put into emergency mode, exits are released, entries are closed and an email goes to the organisation's notification recipients; a point can also be locked from the panel. Installations also include power supplies with battery backup for outages.
Yes. Every door and mobile terminal carries a copy of the permission list signed by the server, so when the connection drops, access decisions are made from that list under the same rules. Passages during the outage are queued on the device and uploaded completely, without duplicates, once the connection returns. Installations also include power supplies with battery backup for power cuts.
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