More and more industrial and trading companies are upgrading their security systems to include automated gates. Gate access control of parking areas, loading and unloading zones are common targets. ARC-10 GSM Controller, combined with a dedicated PC application for user management, can provide a secure entrance access control to a company’s facilities.
Requirements
- Low cost user identification without special badges or dedicated remote controls.
- Unattended gate accessibility.
- Convenient user management.
- Remote control capability of the gate accessibility.
- Tampering alarm via SMS.
Proposal
Infinite ARC-10 GSM controller provides a secure entrance access by receiving a toll free phone call from a registered user. A special contact, connected to an ARC-10 digital input, can initiate an SMS alert to security personnel, in case of a tamper attempt. Up to 10 power users can be qualified to control (enable or disable) the gate accessibility via SMS and receive alerts from the unit.
The ARC-10 Configurator application can be used to manage a user database and synchronize it with the ARC-10 memory. The PC application communicates with the GSM controller via an occasional or a fixed serial connection. A laptop can be used for occasional connections. RS232 to RS-485 converters can be applied to establish a fixed serial connection from a distant point.
ARC-10 Configurator synchronizes every modification of a database record with the corresponding entry in the ARC-10 memory. In the above illustration, a user’s phone number, which was previously edited in the database, is synchronized, by automatically executing the following 3 steps:
- The erroneous phone number is removed from the device memory (CUD command),
- The correct phone number is entered (CUN command).
- If the commands are executed successfully, the edited record is validated, else the editing is cancelled.
System features
- Intuitive entrance access, using a mobile phone.
- Automatic synchronization of the database table with the ARC-10 GSM controller’s memory.
- Import capability of a user file in the database table with respective updating of the ARC-10 memory (.csv & .txt files).
- Insert, edit or delete call users (up to 500 entries) or power users (up to 10 entries).
- Complete ARC-10 configuration and online control from within the ARC-10 Configurator application.
- Remote control and device configuration options for qualified personnel, via SMS.
- Enable or disable gate accessibility via SMS.
- Tamper alarm capability, via SMS.
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