Author: Rafał Gwoździowski Access control upgrade without replacing controllers or just the readers themselves? Is it possible? Of course it is! Below I will outline some ways of doing this for specific and actual cases. Each case is different, and not for every case is it possible to completely modernise the access control, the controllers alone or just the readers and cards. It all depends on what the customer wants, what problems he is currently ...

Autor: Rafał Gwoździowski Anyone who has been, or is currently, a user of any access control system is well aware of what a physical card is, and at the same time may not be familiar with the relatively new term virtual access card. The following article is intended to introduce the concept of a mobile credentials which we call just a virtual access card (VAC). But before I get into that, it is necessary to ...

Author: Rafał Gwoździowski In the world of access control, several communication protocols exist in parallel. Some are only available within the products of one manufacturer and some are available for connecting devices from different manufacturers. For years, the Wiegand protocol was the benchmark for communication in electronic access control systems, but is it still? In a sense, yes. But should it? Definitely not! Such a standard is the OSDP protocol, which is becoming the leading ...