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Published on: 11/1/2007
Last Visited: 9/1/2008
"Much of what you are seeing in the access control business today is designed to transition people from legacy technology to more current technology," says Bob Holland, marketing manager for Secura Key, Chatsworth, Calif. "This is why you have multi-tech cards or readers."
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"You will see companies with readers that can read proximity cards and also contactless smart cards," Holland says.
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"If you look at those cards, most of them consist of independent technologies that share the same piece of plastic: a prox card with mag stripe on the back, or a contactless card with Wiegand," Holland says.
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"Ideally if you are going in and selling someone a new installation, the cleanest thing is to sell the latest technology," Holland says.
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Setup issues are the only difference an installer will likely notice, Holland says.
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"Eventually the smart card technology will do what it is supposed to do," says Bob Holland, marketing manager, Secura Key, Chatsworth, Calif. "Right now the honest truth is if you look at contactless smart cards, most are still used to open a door.