Smart Card Access Control

Contactless smart cards or key fobs are used to operate your access control system. Reliable RF (radio frequency) technology is used to power your access control scanners guaranteeing a consistent read range even if the card or fob is to be read through a wallet or purse.

Each smart card is assigned to an individual employee and can be affixed with a bespoke label denoting the name and photograph of the employee along with any other details you wish to have printed.

Each attempted access on a scanner is logged within the access control software allowing you to view and track employees' movements across your site. In addition, they can be combined with biometric access control scanners enabling you to mix fingerprint reading and non-fingerprint reading access control on the same security network.

Our most popular smart card is the T1305, which is approximately the same size as a standard credit card and is thin and flexible enough to be carried in your wallet or purse. Mifare® cards are also available. 

How Smart Cards Work

Each smart card reader transmits a 125 KHz frequency field (the electromagnetic field), which is picked up by an aerial in the smart card. The reader has two read bands within this field; an inner and outer band, and these are controlled and rapidly oscillated by the readers on-board microprocessor.

The smart card microchip, is a passive device which holds a unique factory encoded ID number that cannot be duplicated, making it very secure indeed. As a smart card enters the reader's electromagnetic field, it is automatically activated by the field's energy.