Save the date: Matrix Systems Symposium

Would you like to see a one of the nation’s largest state-of-the-art healthcare security systems in action? Are you interested in talking to industry experts and your colleagues about best-in-class security efforts?

Be sure to save November 7-8 on your calendar to attend the Matrix Systems Symposium, to be held at the Cleveland Clinic, a long-term Matrix Systems security access control customer. No matter what industry you are in, you will benefit from hearing industry experts, Matrix customers, and Matrix executives talk about how your organization can better protect people, buildings, and assets.

More information coming soon!

MX iCLASS card reader available

The Matrix Systems MX iCLASS card reader has everything needed to handle your most demanding access control and security application such as built-in security features, application flexibility and compact, rugged construction. With the MX iCLASS, your organization’s doors, gates, turnstiles, and elevators can all be easily controlled and monitored. Plus its microprocessor-based, CMOS-programmable microcontroller provides reliable power and intelligence, all in one small package.

Key highlights include:

• Convenient telephone-style layout supports all key security functions needed
• Close-in reading range and high-speed communications system allow authorized personnel to pass quickly through secure areas
• Support for industry access control standards, including UL 294 and UL 1076, provides critical security assurance
• Clear audible and visual feedback plus compatibility with many card formats make the MX iCLASS a snap to use
• Adjustable-contrast display adapts to any lighting condition, including bright office areas
• Durable construction allows for easy use in both indoor and outdoor environments

The MX iCLASS card reader data sheet with product specifications, is available at: http://www.matrixsys.com/PDF/Matrix_iClass_DataSheet.pdf

What’s new in Frontier software?

If you missed the customer webcast on the new Frontier™ software 5.7.4 release, you have another chance to learn about all of the Frontier software increased functionality during the upcoming live repeat of the recent webcast.

Four major areas of new capabilities are standard with the 5.7.4 release and are explained during the webcast:

• Extended door access and ajar times are now available to comply with the access requirements for the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
• Specified badge holders can now gain access when the reader is locked — especially important in emergency situations
• Easy-to-define macros simplify setup and control of outputs, doors, alarms, and zones
• New logon policies provide additional options for defining passwords and inactivity options, allowing for better management

The webcast also covers several optional features that will enhance your total solution.

To learn more about Frontier release 5.7.4 and how it can help your organization, register for the customer webcast “Strengthening Your Access Control System.”

Date: July 24, 2007

Time: 2:00 pm EDT

Customer spotlight: Miami International Airport

When former Secretary Tom Ridge and other U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials sought a major American airport as a national role model for state-of-the-art aviation access control and security, they visited Miami International Airport (MIA) in Dade County, Fla. Once there, Raynier Davalos, MIA’s building systems support manager, demonstrated the monitoring and control of most system components in a laboratory built specially to test the newly installed system.

The unique testing laboratory, which most U.S. international airports don’t have, is one of the reasons. The testing facility is a working miniature replica of the entire security system at MIA, which had over 32 million passengers pass through in 2006.

Another reason for its superiority in airport security is MIA’s access control system, which is manufactured by Matrix Systems. During the major security upgrade, the Matrix Frontier software system was updated from the original Matrix legacy system that MIA installed in the early 1990s to the latest state-of-the-art Frontier software version.

The advantage of using Matrix Systems, according to Davalos, is it always custom designs its software to meet a customer’s specific needs. Plus, Matrix also manufactures the hardware, installs the system, and provides 24x7 customer service. “With other systems incorporating a variety of hardware vendors, integrators, and other suppliers, access control becomes a difficult task due to the reluctance to modify an “off-the-shelf product,” said Davalos. “The reality is that every facility has unique security needs and therefore requires a system that’s adapted to meet those needs.”

To read more about the MIA installation and how its staff
is looking to the future, read the entire case study at:
http://www.matrixsys.com/TESTIMONIALS/media_case_Miami.htm

Brivo Systems partnership announced

Matrix Systems and Brivo Systems have partnered together to provide web-hosted access control and security solutions for businesses without on-site IT departments and equipment. Matrix will sell the Brivo system in addition to its already robust security access control product line.

The partnership enables prospective Matrix customers an affordable access control and security system that needs only an Internet connection, web browser, and door subsystem hardware. Via the Internet, Brivo provides all servers, IT personnel support, maintenance, software licensing/upgrades, back-ups, redundancy, and other software costs associated with on-site access control and security management. In most cases, a site’s existing Wiegand output readers and door-locking hardware can be retrofitted or new door controllers, readers, and door-locking hardware can be purchased/leased and installed.

To find out more, contact your Matrix regional sales manager or read the full press release at: http://www.matrixsys.com/PRESS/media_press_brivo.htm