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What Are Different Types of Video Access Control Systems?

Video access control systems currently utilize 3 types of core technology.  This technology transmits the information necessary to provide both access control commands and video of access events: Hardwired internet connection Wi-Fi-based internet connection or...

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What is cellular telephone entry?

History of landline telephone lines vs cellular networks For decades, telephone entry systems were physical landline-based systems.  A property owner that wished to have a telephone entry system installed at their property’s gate to screen visitors, would first...

The evolution of gate access control systems

Landline-based gate access control For several decades, gate access control systems were often controlled by landline-based telephone systems. Such systems were programmed at the hardware or keypad level, and often required a landline telephone system to run. ...