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Westford, Mass.-based Tyco Security Products announces the 2-Reader IP Access Control Module (IP-ACM) from Software House, an Ethernet edge device that is said to extend the scalability and cost-effectiveness of a network-based access control system.
The IP-ACM is installed near the doors it controls and can leverage a facility’s existing IT network to securely communicate via AES 256-bit encryption with an iSTAR Ultra General Controller Module (GCM), where the access control decisions are made using the local access database. It is capable of supporting two individual doors or one door with in-and-out readers.
According to the company, the IP-ACM is one of the industry’s only IP door modules that offers a configurable offline mode to allow authorized card holders to gain access if the network communications are lost.
