DYNAMIC CHANGES COMING TO CARD READERS
Non-Wiegand two-way communication allows readers such as these to do much more than just read the card.
“I think one of the biggest things is imple- menting multi-technology readers,” says Jenni- fer Toscano, marketing manager for readers and credentials, Ingersoll Rand, Carmel, Ind. “The multi-tech reader enables integrators or customers who are putting in proximity solutions today to be prepared for smart technology in the future. We are seeing a lot more people use smart cards. It is really about addressing the customer’s needs today and helping them prepare for the future. Either you
The Bottom Line: Multi-Tech Readers
SDM asked manufacturers which card reader technologies they thought would have the greatest impact on the security industry and why. Here’s what they had to say about multi-technology readers:
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The availability of multi-technology card readers will prove to be a key for the industry in that it will support not only existing card infrastructure but also the superior security offered by 13.56 MHz smart card technology.” — Steve Dentinger, director of marketing, Keyscan Inc.
Multi-technology readers provide a method to transition legacy systems to more secure badge technologies without forcing mass- rebadging or disruptions in normal operation.” — Walter Helms, vice president and CTO, Matrix Systems
It is very important that all organizations be prepared for smart cre- dential deployment, even if that facility wants to install proximity, magnetic stripe or keypad readers at present.” — Jennifer Toscano, marketing manager for readers and credentials, Ingersoll Rand
I think what we have been talking about with this universal reader concept will have the biggest impact on the industry because it puts power back into end users’ hands. They will decide what technology they want and integrators will be able to easily and quickly deliver that because of these new, powerful readers.” — Dave Adams, product marketing manager, HID
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are selling smart card readers today or using prox- imity credentials if the customer is not ready, but implementing multi-tech readers that will enable that technology in the future.” Mas Kosaka, CEO, PCSC, Torrance, Calif., agrees. “Multi-class readers have the ability to ‘grow’ with customers’ needs. Most readers can only read one type of technology, like proximity. What customers are looking for are card technologies that will enable them to ‘keep up with technology.’” Multi-technology readers have been traditional- ly employed as “transition” devices — particularly between proximity and smart cards. These devices, which used to be considered a relatively short-term solution, are being reinvented as a longer-term solution that will take end users forward to any standardized card technology they choose. “Multi-tech readers have been instrumental in getting a lot of customers migrated from even older technology than prox to the smart card,” says Lisa DeBettignies, president, Access Specialties International LLC, Rosemount, Minn. “We’ve been doing this for about 20 years and technology has changed so dramatically from the beginning to now. In the last year, the availability of multi-tech cards and readers and also the ability to get them from multiple manufacturers has provided a nice migration path for our customers.” Dave Adams, senior product marketing man-
ager, HID, Irvine, Calif., does not like the term “smart” for the new generations of multi-tech readers, but he does see them making an impact. “They are not ‘smart.’ They do need to be told what to do. But they are more powerful. We are putting processors in our readers today that people once thought would only be used in controllers. You wouldn’t think you would need that kind of power.” What it will allow, however, is the ability to keep the reader on the wall and upgrade to new card technologies as they become available. “The way we are building our readers we foresee in the next year or two they will be able to fit virtu- ally any technology need,” Adams says. “If some- one has DESFire or iClass, it will read it. If they still have old prox, it will read that. We have been building multi-tech readers for quite some time but we have been restricted in how much technology you can cram into that one little box. Now we can pack far more into them and that allows them to navigate to the data on the card without having to be specifically built for that technology.” IR recently introduced a lock/reader combina- tion designed to serve a similar purpose, Toscano
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