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The
Touchcom Access Control & Alarm Monitoring systems are installed
on client sites to protect the public areas
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the tenant spaces. They provide a comprehensive security solution
for the environments that they serve.
The configuration
of the access and alarm points is specified on-line using
OneFacility by managers with appropriate permissions. Administrators
also use OneFacility to create employee records on-line, take
and store employee pictures, create photo ID badges, issue
cards, and specify access rights and site usage permissions
for each individual.
A single
OneFacility employee record can be the source for many independent
security systems. The record can specify access rights in
several buildings and several tenant
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The main
login/logout screen (enlarge) |
The main
login/logout screen with photo ID (enlarge) |
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offices. When the record is deleted (or suspended), access
is automatically denied to that employee in all systems.
Access
Control
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The
access control module manages card readers to control
access through doorways and travel via elevator to the
floors. Anytime a card is presented to a reader, the system
decides whether to grant access (depending upon the card’s
“access rights” and creates a date & time-stamped
event in the events databases. |
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Guards
can be equipped with a touchscreen monitor that gives
them visibility into the |
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system’s activities and control of many functions at the
touch of a finger on the screen. |
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Cardholder
photo IDs are displayed as large pictures on the screen when
a card is presented to a log-in or out card reader. |
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The locked
or unlocked status of every door or elevator floor is displayed
and can be modified momentarily (Release) or permanently (lock
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The on/off
duty status of every guard is captured and monitored by the
system |
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The system
supports many different credential technologies including HID
Proximity cards (standard), but also keypads, bar code readers,
or biometric devices such as finger print detectors. |
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The alarm
module serves to detect unauthorized access or react to special
situations by monitoring the status of contacts that are installed
on doors, panic buttons, motion detectors or limit switches
that are installed on certain property equipment. It reacts
to changes in the state of these supported devices by sounding
a horn, flashing a strobe, or displaying information to the
guards. |
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Both systems
are configured in the security databases to perform exactly
as needed in the environment. Contacts can be shunted under
specific circumstances, active can schedules be assigned to
each device, and the actions and reactions of the component
devices can be specified. |
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Any event
that is detected and any action that is taken by the system
is automatically logged as a date & time-stamped event record.
Administrators with appropriate permissions can access the events
database and extract historical reports as needed. |
Alarm
Monitoring
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The
alarm module monitors contacts that open or close to indicate
the state of a device. For in stance, door contacts will open
when a door is opened, motion detector contacts will open when
motion is detected, panic button contacts will open when the
button is pressed, and temperature, humidity or pressure sensors
will cause a contact to open when a certain threshold is detected. |
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It
is possible to program “contact shunts” that cause
the system to overlook an opening (and therefore an alarm state,
as would be the case if a door were opened legitimately (i.e.
in response to a card read). |
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The
generation of alarms can further be restricted to certain daily
schedules. |
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Valid
alarms can cause several reactions: |
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A
device such as a horn or a strobe can be activated. |
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The alarm
can be dialed out to a monitoring service |
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The alarm
can be displayed to the guard on a touchscreen with a set of
instructions for handling. The guard can then choose to acknowledge,
disarm or re-arm the alarm. |
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All
valid alarms are recorded as a date & time-stamped event
in the events databases, along with the guard’s reaction(s). |
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Reporting
Tenant Administrators and Building Managers can go on-line to access
the OneFacility events databases and derive reports by setting specific
criteria. It is possible to combine event types in these reports,
to include card access events, door or floor openings from a control
touchscreen, tenant log-in’s, alarms and also visitor admission
events.
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