Functionality
Highpower's new 901
Fingerprint Reader offers the ultimate in flexibility and convenience in access
control. The Model 901 fingerprint reader can be operated in several
different modes which offer levels of convenience or security depending on your
requirements. The 901 can operate in five distinct modes.
Convenience modes include Fingerprint Only, Keypad Only or Proximity Card
Only modes. Two additional modes for higher security applications are also
available including Proximity Card + Fingerprint and Keypad + Fingerprint mode.
You can specify independently which mode each user in the system operates in.
Each 901 reader operates independently even when the PC is off and the
management software is not running. The 901 includes enough on-board
memory to store over 4500 fingerprints or users in each unit. Units can be
ordered with either a plastic or metal keypad.
Simple Installation
Each 901 unit has
built-in 802.11af power over Ethernet which makes installation easy.
The built in power-over-Ethernet feature allows one Ethernet network cable to
provide connection of the unit to your existing Ethernet network and also can
power the unit and an external door strike. The 901 can also be powered
with a plug in wall transformer if power-over-Ethernet switches are not
available. Additionally, they can be connected to another door control
system for compatibility with existing installations via Wiegand interface.
901 units are
designed for indoor use and can be mounted on a standard single gang wall box
with two screws. An on-board relay can be used to directly control
electric strikes or mag-locks. If using the unit in a power-over-Ethernet
configuration, the unit can be configured to supply power to the strike directly
with this relay.
Fingerprint Reliability & Quality Ratings
Matching fingerprint
templates at the door is only as reliable as the original scan of the
fingerprint enrolled in the software. The ability to get a good fingerprint
match at the door is limited by the quality of the original fingerprint scan.
Recognizing this, scan quality ratings have been incorporated in our fingerprint
templates and management software that tells you how good the original
fingerprint scan is. The better the quality is of the original scan, the
easier it is for the 901 unit to confirm the fingerprint as a valid one which
reduces frustration when users are trying to scan their fingerprints.
When the fingerprint
templates are enrolled in the system, the management software tells you the
level of quality of the fingerprint scan. This quality rating is used to control
what level of scans are to be enrolled in the system. With high quality original fingerprints
in the system, the reader can quickly and accurately make a match at
the door and mismatched fingerprint templates are practically eliminated.
The 901 unit errs on the side of caution not letting un-enrolled fingerprints
in the system if the sample points are not similar.
Fingerprint Confidentiality
The fingerprinting
algorithm in the 901 unit is proprietary and has been selected out of many
others by our engineers to be the most reliable available. This algorithm
scans various points on the fingerprint and converts these points into a
fingerprint template, which is represented internally in the system as a stream
of characters. Because this template only indicates sample points on the
finger, the template can not be used to regenerate a user's entire fingerprint.
This ensures that your users actual fingerprint can not be recreated and then
fall into the wrong hands. For users that are cautious about providing
their fingerprints for enrollment, you can alternatively provide them with
either a PIN code that can be entered on the keypad or a proximity card which
can be held up to the 901 unit for reading.
Keypad Types Available
The 901 reader can be ordered with either a
plastic or metal keypad based on the manner in which you plan to use the reader
in your system. If you are heavily using proximity cards in conjunction
with the 901 reader, you may want to consider the plastic keyboard model as the
plastic keys are designed not to interfere with the signal generated by the
proximity card. The plastic keypad allows longer card read ranges when
using proximity cards.
The metal keypad
version of the 901 reader, the 901-M, is designed for environments that have
high use of the keypad for PIN entry. If you plan on running users heavily
in either Keypad Only or Keypad + Finger Mode, the ruggedness of the metal
keypad may be better for your application. The metal keypad version of the
901 reader also reads proximity cards, but provides card read ranges that are
shorter than the 901 with the plastic keys. The metal keypad version of
the 901 may not be ideal when reading proximity cards with small antennas like
the PSK-3 key fob.
Software & Hardware Integration
The Highpower
Management System Software has been recently updated to support the 901
fingerprint reader. A new fingerprint enrollment facility has been added
to the software that works in conjunction with it's existing card management
features. This means that you can not only use the 901 fingerprint reader
in your facilities, but you can also intermix other devices in the Highpower
product line in your system. The Highpower 8000 Door Controller using
standard proximity card readers or the Smart Series J readers can be used as
well as the stand-alone Smart Series STA readers. The 8000 Door Controller is a
two-door power-over-Ethernet based door controller that can operate two electric
strikes and two readers off of one power-over-Ethernet connection. STA
units are stand alone readers that can be ordered in any combination of
proximity, mag-stripe or barcode with many part numbers available with built-in
power-over-Ethernet. All three product lines, the 901, 8000 and STA
readers can be used in the same system managed by the same software
simultaneously. No matter which device you choose to use with the HMS
Software, all fingerprint or card activity is logged in real time and stored in
a database allowing you to generate various reports. Reports can be
printed or exported to other applications like Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word
and Adobe PDF.
Straightforward fingerprint facility in the Highpower Management System Software
 Highpower
also has a smaller fingerprint reader specifically designed to enroll
fingerprints into the system. The Model 902 fingerprint reader is attached
to any computer that is running the HMS Enterprise Client software. This
reader can be ordered in either USB or RS232 serial interfaces for direct
connection to a PC. You must have at least one 902 enrollment reader in
order to enroll fingerprints into the HMS software. Once the fingerprint
templates are enrolled at a PC using the 902 reader, the fingerprint templates
are then pushed out over the network to the appropriate 901 readers. The
902 reader provides a common secure enrollment point to manage the addition of
new fingerprint templates to the system. Due to the complexity of enrolling
fingerprints and managing the quality ratings of the fingerprints, enrollment
can not be done using the 901 reader alone.
Fingerprint Enrollment Interface
The HMS software
allows you to specify which Access Level a user has access to. This means
that you can easily control which doors a user has access to at what times.
You can also mark the fingerprints as being either Active, Inactive or
Suspended. This means that you can easily prevent a user from having
access to the system without changing your original access level settings.
Webcam support is included in the software in order to take a picture of the
user that you are enrolling for visual verification.
Although the facility
allows you to enroll all ten fingers of each user, its not recommended to do so.
Most administrators enroll one finger for access and a second finger as a backup
should the first finger become unreadable (i.e. the user has a band-aid on their
first finger or they have another obstruction in reading the fingerprint like
glue or other foreign materials). Also, since each fingerprint template
takes additional memory in the device, it is good practice to limit the number
of templates in the system to the minimum required as there is a memory limit
4600 templates in each reader.
The software also
allows you to specify a PIN code or a Proximity Card number that can be used in
conjunction with the fingerprints. You can also specify when the
Fingerprints are to expire. With the expiration date feature you can tell
the system what day the fingers should stop working. The next time the
system synchronizes with the reader, the expired fingerprints are dropped from
the reader's working memory. Synchronizations are very fast over the
Ethernet network and they occur in the background until all of the new
fingerprint templates are sent to the reader. Once all of the templates
are sent to the reader, the 901 reader switches memory banks which enables the
new changes to occur on the reader in an instantaneous manner.
Enterprise-Level
features of the HMS
Software
Along with the new
fingerprint management features of the HMS Software, you can also utilize the
existing enterprise-level features of the software. The HMS Software has
the ability to run multiple client computers connected to one common Server
application. The Server application handles all of the communication
between the client applications and directly to the hardware. Utilizing
Microsoft SQL Server as a database, IT departments can leverage their existing
database tools and backup procedures with the HMS software. The client
software, server software and database can all be on separate computers or can
be on the same computer. Their is no arbitrary limit on the number of
devices that can be managed with the HMS Software and no software imposed
limitations on the number of clients that you can attach to the system.
The only limitations in the system is the speed of your server computer and
network speed limitations. Since the HMS software is written completely on
.NET 2.0 platform, it can be deployed on practically any modern version of
Microsoft Windows including Windows 98, XP, Vista, Windows 7 and Windows Server
2003/2008. Both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows versions are supported. For more
detailed information on the capabilities of the HMS Software or to download the
software visit the following link: Highpower Management
System.
System administrators
are discovering how simple it can be to manage fingerprints, proximity cards,
bar-coded cards and magnetic stripe cards with the updated HMS Enterprise
software. Why not call today and order a trial installation to see how
simple it really is? Contact us at
203-634-3900 if you have a question or need help in choosing
the proper locking hardware for your application. We have tens of part
numbers available for both magnetic lock kits and electric strikes to retrofit
to your doors.
The
901 unit includes a license for the HMS Enterprise software and is available
starting at $1199. The 902 reader must also be purchased in order to
enroll fingerprints into the HMS Software. The 902 reader is available for
$299 when purchased with a 901. 901 Reader is designed for
indoor use only. The HMS Software may also be
used with any other supported Highpower hardware including the 8000 Door
Controller Kits and the Smart STA Readers with Version 8 Firmware.
Units are assembled in U.S.A. with foriegn and domestically produced components.
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