Viscount Systems announced that the company's Freedom access control technology is being installed at a K-12 school district in Washington, D.C. as part of a phased project. The systems include RFID readers, IP bridges, raid servers and software.
“With most school projects being retrofits the ability of the access control technology to simplify installations and lower costs provides major advantages,” noted Stephen Pineau, President and CEO of Viscount. “ This means that schools cannot only deploy access control to secure front doors on the perimeter of a building, as is the norm, but also interior doors to secure access to areas like the school laboratory or principals office.”
The IP bridge is the first and only access control system that allows entry devices (ID cards, RFID readers, biometrics and others) to be connected to standard building IT networks without requiring expensive control panels that are programmed from a PC. The system changes the paradigm of IT friendly access control. It eliminates up to 80 percent of the cost of traditional systems that require the installation of control panels. And, it utilizes existing logical IT security software (LDAP) to replace both the control panel component and the software component of traditional systems. The technology drastically reduces system costs while providing a much more secure software solution.