The perfect solution for Velux
Velux is a global company, founded more than sixty years ago by Villum Kann Rasmussen, on a vision of daylight, fresh air and quality of life. Today these benefits are enjoyed by millions of homes around the world where Velux products have been installed. One of the company’s manufacturing arms, Fife Joinery Ltd, located in Glenrothes in Scotland, required an access control system that could provide security and manage access – and they chose Progeny.
Pointer who specialise in access control, were appointed to provide and install a system capable of meeting the needs of the company. The project involved controlling access across 9 buildings on the site which are used on a daily basis by 250 users. The doors to be controlled included the main entrance doors, doors throughout each building and access to the server room. One of the main problems which needed solving was how to link and control all doors to the main office block without the need for cabling and civil work between buildings.
Progeny’s market leading P4 online system – P4.net – was the ideal solution.
As well as being reliable, user friendly and easy to install, P4 online also has many technical advantages over other conventional systems. Features include 3 methods of connectivity: USB to a server computer, LAN/WAN making use of an existing data network and GPRS for difficult to reach applications. The P4 access controller is designed with flexibility in mind. It can be programmed to function stand-alone and from a PC and allows small systems to grow – from one door to 128,000 doors.
As the company already had an existing computer network in place, it was relatively simple to utilise the same network. A network point was fitted at the location of each door controller location and all the buildings were ‘connected‘ together over the network so they could be managed from one central location.
The latest version of Doors Enterprise being used and the company has full control of access of all doors across the site. As the reporting software is very flexible, it has allowed the company to create various levels of access where certain doors can only be accessed by certain personnel. The company uses the software’s capability to print names and photographs on the access cards, so they can also be used as ID badges. The latest version of Doors has a range of new features which are proving to be very useful including Time sheet, Zoned Anti-Pass-Back, Floor plans, new wizards and a new simplified interface.
Commenting on why they chose Progeny, Lynda Collins from the Admin Department said ‘Installing the P4.net system has been a great success. Because our factory is so large, it had to be simple, yet practical for our needs and it certainly has delivered these requirements.’