
This is a high tech, small terminal that will read an
employee’s fingerprint and then store it as a mathematical
algorithm – this is an important point, as many employees
express concern that their fingerprint is being kept on
record. This is not the case; the algorithm is simply a code
to allow the reader to check the fingerprint. There is no
way to reconstruct a fingerprint from the algorithm.
Fingerprint Readers experience an extremely low number of
false accepts or false rejects.
When using the fingerprint reader for
access control, you may assign a ‘duress fingerprint’ . This
means another finger can be used in times of duress – for
example if you are being forced to open a door. The door
will open as normal but the system will silently send a
duress signal to the main terminal or guard room.