Thorne Access & Security has installed access control units at Turf Moor, home of English Premier League football side Burnley FC. Thorne chose dual door controllers and single door stations from Access Control Technology (ACT), which now operate across all main areas of the stadium including offices and media facilities and provide a management tool for phased future expansion.
The football club is using both cards and readers from ACT, with the external doors fitted with panel-mounted readers, some of which have been incorporated into existing intercoms units. The ACT units function predominantly on non-match days rather than during games, explains Hadrian Thorne. "The system has a hierarchy of privileges, ensuring that only appropriate personnel enter certain areas. We are now able to manage all access rights and external readers have been fitted with vandal-resistant covers, which have already prevented damage to extremities in the first months of use."
The ACTpro 3000 two-door controller used at Burley FC is expandable to 16 doors using ACTpro door stations. Up to 2000 doors can be connected on a network and the system can be used with third-party 'Clock & Data' and 'Wiegand' format readers. ACT's open protocols allow integration with other providers but at Turf Moor the controllers are being used in conjunction with ACTpro-X 1030 slim-line proximity readers which read data stored on proximity cards or fobs to grant or deny access.
The controllers have a memory card slot enabling distributed intelligence, door plan and additional user rights. The units' built-in TCP/IP connectivity means installers can 'piggyback' on existing conduit, said to reduce engineering disruption on site and minimise material usage.
Thorne Access & Security has also recently installed dome cameras at the stadium, upgrading from legacy static units. "The next phase will be to link ACT's access control to the CCTV," Hadrian Thorne adds. If a staff member, legitimate visitor, intruder or even an inquisitive fan seeks unauthorised entry, an intelligent edge device will react to a signal from the door controller. The device will fire to a pre-set and instruct adjacent cameras to record the event. A further development, planned for the summer, is integration of the ACT access control with an intruder alarm system from Texecom."
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