smarti, a biometric access control and time and attendance product, has been short-listed for the IFSEC Security Industry Awards in the “best new access control product” category for the third successive year.
At the beginning of this year TAB Systems Inc. launched a new biometric unit for access control, time & attendance and building management called smarti DIADEM. smarti is thought to be the only product nominated for such an award three times in a row. <br><br>The Slovenian firm says that access control is increasingly moving toward identification by who you are rather than by what key or card you may carry or PIN you might know. smarti identifies people by who they are (face and voice recognition) and not by what ID card or key they carry. The biometric information about an individual is saved as part of a swift enrolment process. smarti uses this information to recognise a person and then acts according to pre-defined instructions that the system controller sets up. These might include saving a photo of the person in the event log, and then opening a door, turning on a light, sending an e-mail or SMS etc, or a combination of such actions.<br><br>Also offered is integration of multiple additional features (video intercom, video and IP phone, video messaging, video surveillanceโฆ) into one device. smarti is also protocol independent and can therefore be used to control almost any kind of electronic device (sensors, electronic locks, lights, alarm systems, finger print scanners, RF ID readers). <br><br>Applications the firm says include business/corporate and security environments, and for home/building automation. The new DIADEM unit is fan-less. It has an aluminium front casing which is IP 65 compliant and is meant for indoor and outdoor use. It is in-wall or on-wall mountable. The inbuilt IR CCTV camera and IR LED lights provide identification in all lighting the makers add. The unit is also equipped with an eight-inch colour touch screen, motion detector, microphone, speakers, Intel Centrino processor, built in storage and internal memory. The integrated communication ports and relay I/O controller can be used to control lights, electronic locks, alarms, sensors and other electrical devices.
