You’ve seen one or more access control products in shopping malls, department stores, small shops, schools, banks, hospitals, medical professional buildings and your local municipal buildings. Homeowners rely on access control systems to protect their home and family from burglaries. They may also have an access control device installed for their automobiles. Warehouses, industrial facilities, art galleries, museums and archival libraries rely on them. An access control product can be any device that provides safety, security and protection to facilities or a specific object. They also provide security for employees and as a deterrent to theft or criminal destruction.
Different Types of Door Access Control Products
Believe it or not, the original and most simple access control device is just a lock and key. At its core, access control is any way to limit the availability of a specific area or resource. By putting the area or resource behind a locked door, only people with the key that know how to open the lock can reach it. As such, you’ve controlled the access to it. A lock and key access control has shortcomings though. The key can be copied, passed around, or lost, which can require changing the door locks or lock cylinders, or even worse, result in compromised security and safety.
Over time, technology has advanced and led to more sophisticated access control products. Most modern access control products are electronic detection devices like security cameras, scanners, motion sensors, digital locks, photo-sensitive fingerprint and facial ID recognition, transponders and pass code entry pads. Indiana Wholesale Supply offers a wide range of access control devices to fit your use case. Our staff is familiar with the different applications for these devices, and can can help you pick the right solution to keep your business and people secure.
For Safety and Protection
While there is a broad range of electronic access control devices, any device that controls a lock mechanism will either be “fail safe” or “fail secure” when power to the control device is lost. Fail safe devices are meant to prioritize safety over security, so they will unlock when power is locked to allow passage in the event of a fire or other emergency. Fail secure devices do the opposite, they will remained locked without power to prioritize security of the area with its access controlled. Make sure to take this detail into account when choosing the right access control device for your project.
The next time you encounter an access control product, study it carefully. You’ll notice the design features immediately. The details found in electronic designs offers excellent access control. Many access control products are top quality systems manufactured with precision instrumentation. Contact Indiana Wholesale Supply Company, a leader in access control products, to purchase, upgrade or repair your access control devices. If you’re in the greater Indianapolis area, our team can supply and install various access control devices from keypads, to electric strikes for fob entry. We will make sure you have the right product, installed with precision and quality.
