March 18, 2005—Ingersoll-Rand’s FingerKey DX series of biometric fingerprint readers has passed the requirements contained in the Underwriter Laboratories’ (UL) Standard Access Control Systems, UL 294, as well as the requirements contained in the Canadian National Standard for Miscellaneous Signaling Equipment, CSA C22.2 No.205-M1983, the company announced.
The FingerKey DX fingerprint access control reader is a low-cost biometric alternative designed to secure smaller user populations. It includes a keypad and LCD display. Optional proximity reader, memory and Ethernet versions are also available. Verification takes less than two seconds. The user simply enters a PIN code or presents a proximity card, which calls up a template to scan. Then, the user places a finger on the FingerKey reader for verification of the template.
Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) is an independent, not-for-profit product-safety testing and certification organization Recognition Systems is the biometric component of Ingersoll-Rand Corporation’s Security & Safety Group’s Electronic Access Control Division. Founded in 1986, is the pioneer and only manufacturer of the leading two biometric technologies, hand geometry and finger scan, the company says. Both are used in access control and identification applications while hand geometry is used for time and attendance applications. For more on Ingersoll-Rand products, visit the company Web site.
