You may have already seen one.
They stand out when you approach most underground parking spaces and
business installations. They can either be sturdy concrete pillars
that emerge from the ground, stopping any vehicular movement at a
checkpoint, or they can be a pivoted vertical pole that controls
access to a facility. No matter the implementation, these automatic
garage doors play a
vital role in a facility’s access control implementation.
But did you know you can
benefit from the same convenience inherent in these systems at your
home? All you need to do is hire the best-suited company to install a
similar system for your home garage. There are many alternatives to
choose from. You can get a garage door that senses when your car is
when from a distance and opens automatically, or you can get doors
that open when you press a button. It all depends on your needs and
preferences. Here are a few things to think about before installing
electric swing gates
top quality systems:
1. How
many vehicles have access to the garage?
If you have more than two
vehicles that will use the automatic garage door, then a system that
relies on pushing buttons won’t be very efficient. If you decide to
go with buttons, then be prepared to issue a number of
remote-controlled entry devices to all drivers who will use the door.
This comes at a cost, as you will quickly find out from the person
installing the doors. Each extra remote operated entry device must be
purchased separately. Therefore, if you have thirty cars accessing
your facility, then you’ll need thirty keyless entry devices.
A much more elegant and
affordable solution would be a system that uses RFID cards to allow
vehicles in or out. RFID cards are cheap, easy to implement and less
bulky than remote controls. You can easily fix the RFID card on any
part of the car since virtually all of them are waterproof, and
program it to the system. When a vehicle fitted with the RFID card
approaches, the system detects the RFID signal and opens the garage
doors.
2. Do
you require access records?
If you want a detailed print
out of vehicles getting in and out of a facility, the ordinary
routine of drivers writing their names on a piece of paper won’t
hack it. You want a full record of which vehicle accessed the garage
at what time, and how many times the vehicle accessed the door at the
click of a button. Electric swing gates that use RFID technology
offer you this convenience.
Your installer can tweak the
system to keep a record of all movements and print it out for you
whenever you want to view the logs.
Those are the two main reasons
why you should use RFID technology with your automatic garage doors.
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