Denchworth Manor

Scope of Works

• Intruder alarm
• Access control
• Biometric Fingerprint Readers

 

Project Background

David and Vanessa approached Contact Security to design and install a EN50131, PD6662 and DD243 compliant security system as required by their insurance company. One of the other clauses of their insurance requirements was that they were to employ an NSI Gold approved security installer.

David and Vanessa had one requirement out of their security system; they did not want to carry any keys with them to get in and out of their house, and certainly not a tag to set/unset their alarm system.

Luke Lewis-Rippington, Business Development Manager at Contact Security said:

"Being a listed building and the high specification interior fittings we had to make sure that, keeping with our company philosophy, the equipment we used was both aesthetically pleasing and functional. We are confident that we have offered David and Vanessa the perfect solution to meet their expectations and will perform and be maintained to the highest standards."

 

Client Background

David and Vanessa ran a very successful business trading in carbon emissions. The business is still based within the manor walls and runs from a beautiful, contemporary barn conversion.
The Manor Farm, north-east of the church, is a two-story building apparently erected by one of the three successive William Hydes in the 16th century. It is built of stone with a timber-framed addition on the north. A few of the windows retain their moulded stone labels, and the front door has a moulded four centred head surmounted by a handsome 18th-century shell hood on carved brackets.

 

The Solution

We needed to achieve keyless entry and keyless alarm setting that David and Vanessa were looking for and still make sure the alarm system conformed to the all the relevant standard to allow them to have police response.

We were the first to integrate CDVI’s High Security DGID fingerprint readers to Paxton Net2 Control Units to Castles Euro One IP Control Panel.

 

Net2 can monitor whether the intruder alarm is armed or disarmed. If the alarm is armed, the Net2 will only allow access to users who have the authority to disarm the system. All other users will be denied access, regardless of their normal access rights.

When allowing the first authorised access, Net2 will send a signal to disarm the alarm automatically. If this is successful the door is opened and standard access rights for all users are then allowed.
On the way out of the house they simply swipe their finger over the DGID Reader and push the “push to set” button adjacent to the reader. Pushing this button tells the access control not to open the door and sets the intruder alarm.

David and Vanessa are able to add/remove users onto their database using CDV’s and Paxton’s user friendly interface. They can set security levels by only allowing certain people through certain doors and only a select few are able to arm/disarm the alarm system.
DGID fingerprint reader's can be used stand alone or as part of a just about any networked access control solution either as a global reader technology or mixed with proximity readers.

 

Biometric fingerprint reading is reliable secure and above all quick to operate. When a new user has been enrolled, a simple low pressure swipe of the person’s finger or selection of fingers will recognise them and validate entry as appropriate. The units can be surface mounted as shown below or completely flushed.

The system is fully expandable and completely future proof. Both the alarm system and access control are on David and Vanessa’s home network and they can be accessed from any networked PC using the secure username and password assigned to the system.

David and Vanessa have already enquired to expand their system onto their onsite offices and link it into their home network to control this remotely.

 

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