CAMPBELL, CALIF. - June
2, 2005 - Recognition Systems, the biometric component of Ingersoll-Rand's (IR)
Security Technologies, announced today that an integrated HID iCLASS card reader
is now an option available for its FingerKey DX family of products. These biometric
finger scanners work with a variety of credentials including proximity, magnetic
stripe and now HID iCLASS contactless smart cards, through its FingerKey DX-2200
model.
"Offering integrated HID iCLASS card readers makes our finger scanners
even friendlier to existing and future electronic access control systems,"
explains William Kennedy, Recognition Systems product marketing manager for
access control. "The FingerKey DX-2200, along with our already proven HandKey
II with integrated smart card option, provides greater security and biometric
template portability for our hand geometry and finger scanning technologies."
HID iCLASS contactless smart cards store both the user's ID number and fingerprint
template on the card, eliminating the need to distribute templates across a
network or require the access control system to manage biometric templates.
This means integration to existing access control applications is greatly simplified
and there are no additional network infrastructure costs. Because the template
resides only on the card, the solution also eases individual privacy concerns.
The FingerKey DX family of biometric access control readers provides low-cost
biometric alternatives designed to secure smaller user populations. The FingerKey
DX includes a keypad and LCD display. Expanded memory and Ethernet options are
also available.
Verification takes less than two seconds. The user simply enters a PIN code
or presents a card, which calls up a template to scan or pulls the template
from a smartcard. Then, the user places a finger on the FingerKey reader for
verification of the template.
Along with the new FingerKey DX-2200 iCLASS, Recognition Systems also offers
the FingerKey DX-2000, which uses a keypad or external reader for template verification,
and the FingerKey DX-2100, which has an integrated HID proximity reader. The
variety of options provided by Recognition Systems creates an extremely flexible
combination of solutions for most applications.
Recognition Systems was named recipient of the 2004 Application Market Penetration
Leadership Award for access control and time and attendance applications in
Frost & Sullivan's study, World Biometrics Market.
About Recognition Systems
Since 1969, IR Security Technologies has provided premium electronic access
control and biometric solutions from the leading brands in the industry-Recognition
Systems, Schlage, Locknetics, Von Duprin, and LCN. Products include hand and
fingerprint readers, electromagnetic locks, open architecture and wireless locks
and exit trims, electromechanical locks and strikes, electrical and electronic
exit devices, power supplies, monitoring consoles and controllers. IR Security
Technologies serves an international clientele of security professionals and
their customers from its headquarters in Forestville, Conn. and Campbell, Cal.,
where products are manufactured. From within the U.S., contact us at our toll
free numbers 866-322-1237 (CT) or 866-681-2480 (CA) or visit us on the web:
www.irsecurityandsafety.com, or www.recogsys.com. IR Security Technologies'
Electronic Control Systems is a business/business unit of diversified industrial-firm
Ingersoll-Rand Company Limited, a leading innovation and solutions provider
for the major global markets of security and safety, climate control, industrial
solutions and infrastructure. Further information on IR can be found on the
company's web site at www.irco.com.
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