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Amano launches new access control reader

Friday, July 30, 2010

Amano Cincinnati has announced the release of their new Multi-Discipline Reader (MDR) for physical access control.

Amano’s newest 125 kHz Prox and ISO 14443 reader is a dual technology contactless smart card reader geared towards customers migrating from 125 kHz Prox cards to 13.56 MHz ISO14443 contactless smart cards.


The reader enables upgrade paths from existing proprietary legacy 125 kHz to open standards based 13.56 MHz technologies and/or interoperability among multiple card populations, including those compatible with ISO 14443 MIFARE, DESFire, SmartMX, ISO 15693 iClass and ISO 18092 Felica.

The unit is available with or without keypad for PIN entry and features a tri-colored LED, a buzzer, scanner inhibit input and an optical tamper. [end] 

GAO RFID has released a Wiegand-to-Ethernet RFID controller designed specifically for door access applications.

The network access controller, model 491018, is able to connect to any type of Wiegand reader such as magnetic stripe reader, RFID reader or fingerprint reader. It also offers a master card for adding or deleting access privileges directly from the external reader, thus acting independently without connection to a network or PC.

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The Ralph Carr Judicial Center in Denver, Colorado has selected AMAG Technology’s Symmetry Homeland V7 Security Management System,to provide integrated access control and security management solutions from HID Global.

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Florida-based Codebench has released IDSync, a software development kit that enables automated provisioning and deprovisioning of users and credentials into a supported physical access control system.

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Hong-Kong’s Advanced Card Systems (ACS) has announced the latest addition to its line of LCD-equipped NFC readers for payments and loyalty, the ACR1222L.

Successor to the ACR122L, the new reader is based on 13.56 MHz RFID technology and ISO 18092 NFC standard, and supports ISO 14443 Type A and B Mifare cards in addition to FeliCa and all 4 types of NFC tags, according to ACS.

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Identive Group Inc. has formed a new product group within its business structure to provide services for integrated access control. This Converged Access group will build on technology designed for Identity as a Service/SaaS products like idOnDemand, as well as work with Identive’s products in the network access smart reader technology field.

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Idesco announced that it has updated and enhanced its DESCoder software package, offering security providers and end users alike more control over their contactless access control systems.

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