Site installation January/February 2012
Day 1
Review site, and installation locations
verify material needs.
Day 2
Excavate locations for Mast installation
Prepare for pulling antenna interconnect cable
Re-Run temporary comm data for existing prox card system
Day 3
Install and cement Mast post
Day 4/5
With the Mast poles installed it is time to start mounting the hardware, and prepare the Sirit readers.
The mounting brackets that come with the Sirit readers are only capable of being attached with a 1 1/2 in pole.So I designed a mounting bracket that will offer another axis of alignment , and will be easy to turn the reader around the post to a different aspect if needed for fine tuning the FOV of the antenna.
Next up is to install the Sirit readers on the pole mounts, and connect the slave reader cable , and the data cable
I pulled the slave interconnect cable through to one of the master readers , and mounted the slave antenna.
slightly different mount from the factory, interesting factory defect is the antenna is out of plumb, all brackets and poles are level and plumb, but the mounting bolts on the slave antenna are slightly off giving it a crooked aspect, this will have to be dealt with later.
First Continental access panel installed at Gatehouse
The existing access control system is a proximity card reader , with a Kantech access control processor.
For managing credentials, and managing history and forensic data the system is in it entirety unsuitable for enterprise level Vehicle ID access control. The original installation is a rats nest of wires some in use , som abandoned, and none labeled. A good portion of the next phase of this install will be to determine what wires are necessary, and land them in a sanitary, serviceable, installation. As you can see the original access panel is a absolute mess.
During the installation of the new transponder system, it is essential to keep the existing system fully operational. We had decided to use the existing enclosures, as they were fit for our needs , and all existing wiring and conduits fed to them. But the ability to fit both systems into the existing enclosure is definitely a challenge.
At one of the remote gate locations this is the existing access control panel
I removed the Continental panel from the factory enclosure to fit it in the small space available
Old.... Meet- "New"
Started Mounting the Sirit Transponder Readers on the Gatehouses
The last location that gets a transponder reader is a golf cart gate
Entry Side
Exit Side
ROADRUNNER !!
Friendly visitor stopped by to check things out
Starting to trim the access panels , and power up the Sirit Readers
and Continental panels, program network settings.
All devices will be natively accessible via the LAN
