by Brianna Crandall — May 18, 2011—Security systems from Dublin-based Access Control Technology (ACT) were recently installed at both The Sheffield College in the United Kingdom and the University of Gdansk, Poland.
Installers CCS Ltd secured The Sheffield College with door controllers and software from ACT. Sheffield is a multi-site campus with a student population of 23,000 spread over three locations. The ACTpro 3000 controllers were installed on more than 150 doors, primarily in building entrances. ACT showed its open-system credentials by integrating with third-party readers from CardPOS Europe, and also customized its ACTWin pro software to function alongside the college’s enrollment system.
Students with impaired mobility are able to activate the door controllers through proximity scanning of their cards at turnstiles. The project is IP-addressable throughout and CCS has also installed networked CCTV, including both static and dome camera units from Dedicated Micros and eneo. There is a dedicated 24-hour CCTV monitoring centre at Hillsborough College to the north of Sheffield city center, which is also fitted with the ACT door controllers.
ACT proximity readers, door stations and door controllers were installed in residential accommodations at the University of Gdansk by two local integrators. The university has 33,000 students across eleven faculties and 1,700 staff. Residents at two of the university’s accommodation blocks were issued with access control cards to access their rooms using ACT’s ACTpro-X 1030 proximity mullion readers.
The readers are being used in conjunction with ACTpro 2000 two-door controllers, which are expandable to 16 doors using ACTpro door stations. These controllers allow RS232 or RS485 PC connection with support for “Clock & Data” and “Wiegand” format readers. The university is also using ACTpro 100 single door stations, which allow use of up to 14 door stations with each ACTpro 2000 controller. These door stations offer facilities managers programmable inputs and outputs, and auxiliary relay output for situations such as door forced, door ajar or duress.
