In past few months SkyRFID has seen a dramatic rise in the requests for and implementations of access control systems for offices, residences, nursing homes, private homes, universities, and other facilities.
We are also finding that the reasoning for these systems is not just for access control but also for safety reasons. Access control systems not only allow or prevent access to a facility, department, room, waste bin, washrooms, and other access controllable objects; they also provide real time information on who is in the building in case of emergencies such as fire or explosions.
Years ago these systems were expensive complex to install and difficult to maintain. Today you can now implement a single door access system and then add to it whenever you want and not worry about interchanging access cards or door locks or access readers.
You can built an easy to use access control system with a few components and have a single access reader contain the tag information – with a built in battery back up – in case of power failure, and then you can add more access readers, more doors, remote building accesses, a PC to control all of the access rights and privileges and of course software. All of these modern components are fairly inexpensive to purchase. DIY (Do it Yourself) software, ready to implement software and source codes for modifying software to your exact requirements are readily available from SkyRFID.
Now for access control you can use 125 kHz or 13.56 MHz RFID technology and have a variety of inexpensive tags that can be killed quickly from the system should you lose an access card or tag. You don’t have to rekey the locks or even issue keys for the access locks! Simply just make the lost key or tag inactive and that’s all there is to it! And it is real time so the inactive tag can not be used anywhere. If you do recover the tag you can easily make it active again. This saves time and money plus you have an automatic audit trail of every access should you ever need it.
Since there is such a demand for these systems, SkyRFID has built several new web pages to educate potential buyers and also display some of the very wide variety of tags, readers, and other accessories that are readily available so you can have your own solution the way you want quickly and easily.
For a better understanding of potential access control solutions simply click on THIS link.
To add Time and Attendance to your Access solution – Click This Link
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And to see our wide variety of Keyfob, keychain, keyholder options click this link!
SkyRFID is a privately held Canadian company specializing in Automated Data Collection (ADC) solutions that use Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology. SkyRFID has over 20 years of experience in ADC and supplies everything from a single consulting engagement to a complete turnkey global solution. SkyRFID maintains its global presence through its skilled strategic partners that provide local RFID implementations, assistance and support. SkyRFID provides RFID solutions in all passive RFID frequencies and in 433Mhz and 2.4 GHz active technologies. Their specialties are Asset Management, Access Control, Document Management, Library Systems, Field Service, Manufacturing, Parking Management, Supply Chain, Warehousing and Distribution, Weapons Management, Event Management, Fleet Maintenance, and Custom Designer Tags.
For more information contact SkyRFID Inc. at +1 647-476-3265
Web Site: www.skyrfid.com
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Since we posted the Blog on our 13.56 MHz. (HF) and 900 MHz. (UHF) reader we have had a number of queries asking “Can the reader read both HF and UHF at the same time?”
Unfortunately the two technologies to read/interrogate the tags are completely different.
HF uses Near Field technology known as electromagnetic induction. The reader and tag literally make a transformer for communication and because of this transforming effect the read distance is very short, hence the term Near Field. Once there is a a coupling between the reader and the tag communication is established by the reader changing the amplitude (size) phase or frequency of the carrier wave to get a response from the tag. Since there can be multiple ways to read HF tags a single HF reader does not have the capability to read all HF tags. This is also one of the reasons HF tags are slower to read than UHF tags. HF also has many different encryption/decryption methods and ISO standards which also adds to the read time and makes a single reader possibility for all HF tags almost impossible to manufacture and if you could make one it would be so expensive most companies could not afford to purchase one.
UHF uses Far Field technology known as passive backscatter which is very similar to the radar gun used by law enforcement officials to check vehicle speeds. The UHF electromagnetic wave is partially absorbed by the UHF tag to power the chip and some reflects back to the reader depending on how well the tag resonates to the UHF frequency. While several years ago UHF was Gen 1 class 0 and Class 1 most of this has been replaced by Gen 2 which is a global standard for reader to tag communications. UHF Gen 2 has only two methods or ways to read a tag and that is totally dependent on the surrounding environment at the time of the read request. If the environment is RF noisy then the reader changes its read method to a slower read algorithm that eliminates the surrounding noise. This is done automatically by the reader and since either read speed is very fast users will not even know that the reader changed its interrogation method While UHF normally is Far Field technology, recent developments of small tags for item level deployment have produced the need for the UHF
to also use Near Field technology. Since the frequency is still UHF a change in antenna type is all that is needed to read NF UHF tags. Note that while you can have UHF tags that read 35 feet or more away from a reader Near Field is usually a foot or less depending on the reader power. The biggest reason for the Near Field tag is so that you can use all of the same hardware to read both Far Field and Near Field in the GEN 2 UHF frequencies.
Summary:
Unless a reader has two different antennas it can not read multiple frequencies (or different read technologies); and unless the reader has 2 separate operating systems, etc. in essence two readers contained in one enclosure you can not read an HF tag and a UHF tag at the same time.
SkyRFID has just started a new special feature on RFID readers.
This new item is an Industrial PDA that is not only a cell phone and a GPS device, it also reads and writes 13.56 MHz and UHF 900 Gen 2.
With an IP rating of 65 and both desk and car charging docks, this little portable is one mean and versatile machine. You can also get a CMOS digital Camera, 1 and 2 D bar code scanners and a Gun stock for heavy duty application requirements. It comes with 128 MB RAM and 128 MB ROM which is expandable to 256 MB.
Pricing is super good and starts at just over $ 1000 for a basic unit.
Check it out at
http://www.skyrfid.com/index.php?pr=Sky_Special
If you want a better deal, mention the promotion SKYTAG and get a variety of 13.56 MHz. and 900 MHz. tags (50 $ Value) included in your configurations price for free. The promo code is only good for the first 20 people that use it so look at the special pricing on our web site and move quickly.
Jewelery, watches and other small high value items can be a problem controlling in many stores. Often stores are forced to limit the number of people in the store at one time just to deter theft.
Instead of having to constantly look around to see if your jewelery and other high priced items are still on the shelves or how many people are in the store and where are they, use our new RFID jewelery tags. These tags not only add brand recognition to your already prestigious product line, it also visibly deters theft!
If just seeing the RFID tag is not enough to deter a thief, just let someone pick up one of your tagged items and watch the door lock automatically as the alarm goes off!
Never again will someone try to steal from your store! Everyone in the area will know you use a state of the art RFID Theft Deterrent System and only buying customers will be visiting you!
Since these RFID tags are a great deterrent you can spend more time selling and less time looking and watching – sales increase and loses simply don’t happen.
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