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The ACT-408A includes an eight-inch resistive touchscreen with a resolution of 800 x 600 pixels, a 500:1 contrast ratio, and a 250-nit brightness rating. Although this display may be used to show advertising and other information, its primary purpose is to act as a numeric keypad and facilitate user entry to a door, elevator, or other secure area, notes IEI.
IEI suggests that the ACT-408A, whose front bezel meets IP64 standards for weather resistance, can be placed outside a door to attract people's attention, and to display their identities once they have been scanned. The device includes an RFID reader that is compatible with 125KHz EM and 13.56MHz Mifare tags, and it also includes a VGA-resolution camera and microphones that may be used in face and voice recognition applications, the company says.
Further suggested as an adjunct to the system is an industry standard slave card reader/numeric keypad, which would be placed on the inside of the door to swipe cards as people leave. The bottom of the ACT-408A (pictured below) has an eight-pin terminal block for connecting such a Wiegand reader, providing five I/Os, a 5/12VDC power supply, and two ground connections.
Also on the bottom of the device are two USB 2.0 ports, one RS232 port, one RS232/422/485 port, and a 12VDC power input. On top, meanwhile, there's a gigabit Ethernet port, while a third USB 2.0 port is located on the front of the ACT-408A.
According to IEI, the ACT-408A has a four-pin terminal block for signal inputs (door sensor, tamper sensor, exit button, and ground) and an eight-pin block for outputs (12VDC, ground, three lock relays, and three alarm relays). Thanks to built-in anti-tampering functionality, an alarm will sound if either the ACT-408A or a connected slave reader is destroyed, the company says.
Features and specifications listed by IEI Technology for the ACT-408A include:
IEI Technology did not release pricing for the ACT-408A, but the device appears to be available now. More information may be found on the company's website, here.
