Access Control & Time Attendance system, ActAâ„¢, has the capacity to support customers of various size and complexity, from small ones to the very large ones.

With the installation of this system, client receives:

•    working hours data efficient recording and processing
•    physical access control in restricted areas within company
•    visitors management
•    video surveillance (optional)

Access Control & Time Attendance system, ActAâ„¢, consists of:

•    terminal device with two RFID smart card readers (or readers of the other RFID transponder - chip carrier)
•    turnstiles (optional)
•    computer that hosts the data base and the software package ActA™  (provided by the client)
•    ActA™ software package
•    identification cards

All  ActA™ 's hardware and software modules are manufactured and developed by SDD ITG.


Description of the system


Working hours recording terminal device (ITGsr-05 with ITGant-7 readers) provides accurate records of employees arrivals and departures from the company. Abuse by the employees can be reduced to the minimum by placing the network video camera to surrvey the spot arround the RFID readers. Video camera provides snap-shot of employees checking in or out.
Employees check in when arriving to the work and check out when departuring by placing their ID card in front of the appropriate terminal device reader (CHECK IN or CHECK OUT). While checking in or out, employee can hold his/her card in protective foil or wallet. The card doesn't have to be taken out in order to be detected by the RFID reader.

ID card usually contains printed company's trade mark, owner's basic data and his/her photo, so the card provides not only electronical but also visual identification of the employee.
ID card is equipped with re-writable EEPROM memory, of at least 1 KB capacity, which can be used for additional functions system provides (for example paying in company's restaurant).

Employee's departure from the company during working hours can be managed in different ways. We suggest that employee reports to his/her superior which then decides whether employee can leave the company. Depending on the decision, superior then issues electronic approval, using his/her PC. Employee checks out when leaving and checks in on the return.

Tripod turnstiles, series ITGbtt-0x, are placed on the gates for access control and passage records. They allow single person passage only. They can be equipped with RFID card readers, bar code readers, or both, as well as the coins and tokens acceptor. The turnstiles can be managed by external controller.

Existence of separate reading devices for arrival and departure recording and turnstiles on the entering gate enables anti-pass-back protection.



Aplikativni softver ActAâ„¢

Software package ActAâ„¢ is complete package which enables presence recording and/or access control to restricted areas (a room or an object within a company), based on RFID technology. Access control functionality is possible if RFID terminal device manages electric lock, barrier or tripod turnstile. Otherwise, system functions as attendance recording system and provides information about the length of the stay on a specific location in a specific period of time.
 
ActAâ„¢ software package contains several applications which manage whole system:
•    terminal device management,
•    data processing and storage,  
•    new users creation,
•    reports creation,
•    attendance monitoring with desirable time resolution,
•    working hours definition,
•    employees grouping etc.

ActAAdmin is made for end-users (operators). By its user-friendly interface it provides easy manipulation - entering, editing, searching etc of the data.

ActAGate is developed with a purpose to be used on all the entering gates.

ActAReaderControl maintains continuous communication with terminal devices.

ActADataProcessing processes the data collected from all the terminal devices and creates the reports.

Technical characteristics

1. Hardware components
1.1 Time attendance registration and access control RFID terminal
- Mifare technology (ISO14443A, 13.56MHz, read/write tags)
- based on ARM7 32-bit RISC microcontroller
- custom developed and fully adaptable firmware
- RTC (real time clock)
- 512 kB flash RAM for storing up to 25000 registered events and up to 12000 user ID cards
- 2 external antennae that can be as far as 15 m apart from terminal, connected by RG174 coaxial cable, indoor and outdoor versions
- Antenna's operating range (reading distance) up to 10 cm with configurable signaling lights and sound
- LAN 10/100 Mbps & RS232C/RS422 interfaces, optionally GSM/GPRS
- 3 digital inputs for detecting door / barrier / ramp statuses
- 2 digital outputs for locking-unlocking doors / turnstile barriers / ramps with configurable holding times
- operating temperature -20 to +85º C
- Power supply 85-240V, 50-60Hz, low consumption
- autonomous work (no computer presence required)
- also available in Hitag-S, Hitag-1, Hitag-2 (ISO11784) and I-Code (ISO15693) technologies
- Access Rights Tables generated centrally (on server), distributed to all RFID terminals.
Upon ID cards detection terminals make local decision on actions to be undertaken, based on its Access Rights Table.

1.2 Desktop RFID terminal
- Mifare technology (ISO14443A, 13.56MHz, read/write tags)
- for ID cards personalization, cashless payment
- USB interface
- Power supply over USB
- also available in Hitag-S, Hitag-1, Hitag-2 and I-Code technologies

2. Software components

2.1 Terminal control service
- acquires event data from terminals
- updates terminals with fresh access profiles
- takes care of system time synchronization

2.2 Data processing service
- processes event data acquired from terminals
- populate database with processed data
2.3 Administrative / client application
- System topology: set of hierarchically connected locations. Each location can have any number of gates covered by one or more RFID readers
- company structure: a hierarchical system of departments with employees belonging to them
- complete employee evidence
- Many types of time shifts (fixed, evening shift, night shift, weekend shifts, overtime), time tracking, and calendar of
holidays for one employee or a group of employees.
- Access rights for an employee or a group of employees for their presence on certain locations or in different sectors of
the company. All terminals in the system are updated with access rights as soon as they are changed.
- many categories of work type such as regular, absence due to private or business reasons, holidays, absence due to medical reasons, business trips, unpaid absence, …
- exit permissions system
- extra time distribution system
- application operator evidence including complex system of roles and privileges (by working unit and action permitted)
- reporting system including standard and customized reports as well as generating customized input for existing salary calculation systems
- remote terminal maintenance

2.4 Gate monitoring and visitors handling application
- real-time monitoring: when an employee is detected on a terminal it immediately shows his/her stored photo
- Complete visitors handling system including visitor introducing, keeping track, reporting etc.

3. System
3.1 Technology
- Windows XP / 2003 / Vista / 2008
- .NET Framework 2.0 or newer
- MS SQL Server or MySQL

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